113846516 | Who was Niccolo Machiavelli? | - Author of the prince -emphasized realistic discussions of how to seize and maintain power | 0 | |
113846517 | humanism. | Focus on humankind as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavor. | 1 | |
113846518 | in 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 | |
113846519 | Explain 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 | |
113846520 | Where did the Northern Renaissance take place? | France The low countries Germany England styles also affected Hungary and Poland. | 4 | |
113846521 | What 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 vernacular | 5 | |
113846522 | Francis I | -became a patron of the arts -allied with the Ottoman Sultan - politics strategy > religion | 6 | |
113846523 | What was Johannes Gutenberg responsible for in Western Europe? | - introduced movable type and then printed the first bible on it. | 7 | |
113846525 | At what age were most people married by the 16th century? | late 20s | 8 | |
113846526 | How did access to property affect marriages in the 16th century? | If you didn't have access to property you couldn't marry. | 9 | |
113846527 | Who 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 Wittenberg | 10 | |
113846528 | what are theses? | propositions | 11 | |
113846529 | indulgences. | grants of salvation | 12 | |
113846531 | Why 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 | |
113846533 | Explain why Henry the VIII established the Anglican Church in England. | he wanted to divorce his first wife because she couldn't give him a son | 14 | |
113846534 | On what concept was john Calvin's Protestantism based? Explain this term. | ... | 15 | |
113846535 | How did calvinism shape politics? | ... | 16 | |
113846536 | What areas were defended by the Catholic Church successfully? | ... | 17 | |
113846537 | What is the Catholic Reformation? | ... | 18 | |
113846538 | What role did the Jesuits play in the Catholic Reformation? | ... | 19 | |
113846539 | Explain the Edict of Nantes. | ... | 20 | |
113846540 | What were the results of the Thirty Years' War and the Treaty of Westphalia? | ... | 21 | |
113846541 | how was the English Civil War both a religious and political war? | ... | 22 | |
113846542 | In what ways did the political balance change due to the various religious wars in Europe? | ... | 23 | |
113846543 | How was the concept of family altered due to the Reformation? | ... | 24 | |
113846544 | What other important change took place because of the religious change? | ... | 25 | |
113846545 | Explain what happened during the commercial revolution. | ... | 26 | |
113846546 | What effect did the commercial revolution have on the average Western peasant? | ... | 27 | |
113846547 | What population group was born from the commercial changes taking place in Europe? | ... | 28 | |
113846548 | How did many of the communities respond to this new class of people in society? | ... | 29 | |
113846549 | What was the Scientific Revolution? | ... | 30 | |
113846550 | Which scientist disproved the Hellenistic belief that the Earth was the center of the universe? | ... | 31 | |
113846551 | Why is there controversy over Copernicus' mathematical work? | ... | 32 | |
113846552 | WHat contribution did Johannes Kepler make to science? | ... | 33 | |
113846553 | Who would become known as the father of anatomy? | ... | 34 | |
113846554 | Who was Galileo? | ... | 35 | |
113846555 | Who discovered the circular movement of blood in animals? | ... | 36 | |
113846556 | How did francis Bacon and Rene Descartes contribute to the scientific revolution? | ... | 37 | |
113846557 | What was the purpose of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica.? | ... | 38 | |
113846558 | Explain the Deists view of God. | ... | 39 | |
113846559 | How did Western science differ from other civilizations? | ... | 40 | |
113846560 | List the features of an absolute monarchy. | ... | 41 | |
113846561 | Who best represented the idea of absolute monarchy? | ... | 42 | |
113846562 | Explain the economic theory of mercantilism. | ... | 43 | |
113846563 | Where else did the absolute monarchy form of government form of government spread? | ... | 44 | |
113846564 | What areas stood apart from the growing trend of absolute monarchies in Europe? | ... | 45 | |
113846565 | What was the Glorious Revolution in England? | ... | 46 | |
113846566 | Explain John Locke's role in England become a parliamentary monarchy. | ... | 47 | |
113846567 | Define parliamentary monarchy. | ... | 48 | |
113846568 | Why was absolute monarchy becoming inefficient in France? | ... | 49 | |
113846569 | Explain how Frederick the Great can be considered an enlightened despot. | ... | 50 | |
113846570 | What was the Enlightenment? | ... | 51 | |
113846571 | Explain what Adam Smith argued for in his 1776 book Wealth of Nations. | ... | 52 | |
113846572 | How is Denis Deiderot related to the Enlightenment? | ... | 53 | |
113846573 | List the basic principles of the Enlightenment. | ... | 54 | |
113846574 | Who was Mary Wollstonecraft and what does she represent? | ... | 55 | |
113846575 | How did the attitudes of parents change in regards to raising children? | ... | 56 | |
113846576 | List changes in agriculture during the late 17th century. | ... | 57 | |
113846577 | Define capitalism. | ... | 58 | |
113846578 | What was manufacturing like during the 18th century? | ... | 59 | |
113846579 | Explain the significance of John Kay;s flying shuttle. | ... | 60 | |
113846580 | How was the population affected by these changes in agriculture, commercialism, and manufacturing? | ... | 61 | |
113846581 | What combined to create a very unusual agricultural civilization by 1750? | ... | 62 |
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