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113846516Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?- Author of the prince -emphasized realistic discussions of how to seize and maintain power0
113846517humanism.Focus on humankind as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavor.1
113846518in what was did the Renaissance have an impact on politics and commerce?- merchants improved banking techniques and became more profitable. - city-state leaders experimented with new political forms and functions and they justified their rule on the basis of what they could do to advance general well-being and their city's glory. they also sponsored cultural activities and tried to improve the administration of the economy. - developed more professional armies.2
113846519Explain why the Renaissance in Italy began to decline around 1500.- French and Spanish invasion - New Atlantic trade routes reduced the importance of Mediterranean ports.3
113846520Where did the Northern Renaissance take place?France The low countries Germany England styles also affected Hungary and Poland.4
113846521What are some of the differences between the Italian Renaissance and he Northern Renaissance?-northern humanists were more religious than their Italian counterparts -tried to blend secular interests with continued Christian devotion -Wrote in vernacular5
113846522Francis I-became a patron of the arts -allied with the Ottoman Sultan - politics strategy > religion6
113846523What was Johannes Gutenberg responsible for in Western Europe?- introduced movable type and then printed the first bible on it.7
113846525At what age were most people married by the 16th century?late 20s8
113846526How did access to property affect marriages in the 16th century?If you didn't have access to property you couldn't marry.9
113846527Who is most commonly associated with starting the Protestant Reformation during the 16th century?Martin Luther -nailed 95 theses go ghd door of the castle church in Wittenberg10
113846528what are theses?propositions11
113846529indulgences.grants of salvation12
113846531Why was Protestantism so popular among the German princes?German peasants saw Luther's attack on society as a sanction for their own social rebellion against landlords.13
113846533Explain why Henry the VIII established the Anglican Church in England.he wanted to divorce his first wife because she couldn't give him a son14
113846534On what concept was john Calvin's Protestantism based? Explain this term....15
113846535How did calvinism shape politics?...16
113846536What areas were defended by the Catholic Church successfully?...17
113846537What is the Catholic Reformation?...18
113846538What role did the Jesuits play in the Catholic Reformation?...19
113846539Explain the Edict of Nantes....20
113846540What were the results of the Thirty Years' War and the Treaty of Westphalia?...21
113846541how was the English Civil War both a religious and political war?...22
113846542In what ways did the political balance change due to the various religious wars in Europe?...23
113846543How was the concept of family altered due to the Reformation?...24
113846544What other important change took place because of the religious change?...25
113846545Explain what happened during the commercial revolution....26
113846546What effect did the commercial revolution have on the average Western peasant?...27
113846547What population group was born from the commercial changes taking place in Europe?...28
113846548How did many of the communities respond to this new class of people in society?...29
113846549What was the Scientific Revolution?...30
113846550Which scientist disproved the Hellenistic belief that the Earth was the center of the universe?...31
113846551Why is there controversy over Copernicus' mathematical work?...32
113846552WHat contribution did Johannes Kepler make to science?...33
113846553Who would become known as the father of anatomy?...34
113846554Who was Galileo?...35
113846555Who discovered the circular movement of blood in animals?...36
113846556How did francis Bacon and Rene Descartes contribute to the scientific revolution?...37
113846557What was the purpose of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica.?...38
113846558Explain the Deists view of God....39
113846559How did Western science differ from other civilizations?...40
113846560List the features of an absolute monarchy....41
113846561Who best represented the idea of absolute monarchy?...42
113846562Explain the economic theory of mercantilism....43
113846563Where else did the absolute monarchy form of government form of government spread?...44
113846564What areas stood apart from the growing trend of absolute monarchies in Europe?...45
113846565What was the Glorious Revolution in England?...46
113846566Explain John Locke's role in England become a parliamentary monarchy....47
113846567Define parliamentary monarchy....48
113846568Why was absolute monarchy becoming inefficient in France?...49
113846569Explain how Frederick the Great can be considered an enlightened despot....50
113846570What was the Enlightenment?...51
113846571Explain what Adam Smith argued for in his 1776 book Wealth of Nations....52
113846572How is Denis Deiderot related to the Enlightenment?...53
113846573List the basic principles of the Enlightenment....54
113846574Who was Mary Wollstonecraft and what does she represent?...55
113846575How did the attitudes of parents change in regards to raising children?...56
113846576List changes in agriculture during the late 17th century....57
113846577Define capitalism....58
113846578What was manufacturing like during the 18th century?...59
113846579Explain the significance of John Kay;s flying shuttle....60
113846580How was the population affected by these changes in agriculture, commercialism, and manufacturing?...61
113846581What combined to create a very unusual agricultural civilization by 1750?...62

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