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Chapter 8 Old Stuff Flashcards

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323690354William ShakespeareThe most famous European writer.0
323690355Sir Thomas MoreWrote Utopia,which described an ideal society, in which everyone shared the wealth, and everyone's needs were met.1
323690356ErasmusOne of the most well known learned men of the time, counseled kings and popes.2
324618163MachiavelliPublished THe Prince, a how-to book for monarchs who wanted to maintain their power.3
324618164Martin LutherSupposedly nailed a list of 95 these on a church door- a list that was distributed quickly and widely by aid of new-fangled printing press.4
324618165JesuitsPracticed self-control and moderation, beliving that prayer and good works led to salvation.5
324618166KeplerDeveloped laws of planetary motion based on observation and mathematics.6
324618167The EnlightenmentThe seventeenth and eighteenth centuries focused on the role of mankind in relation to government, ideas which greatly influenced the framers of the U.S. constitution.7
324618168MontesquieuArgued for separtation of powers among branches of government.8
324618169VoltaireEspoused the idea of religious toleration.9
324618170Enlightened MonarchsSuch as Joseph II of Austria and Fredrick II of Prussia.10
324618171Vasco da Gamarounded the Cape of Good Hope, explored the east Africaan kingdoms, and then went all the way to India, where he established trade relations.11
324618172Amerigo VespucciHe explored South America on several trips around 1500; realized that the continent was huge and not part of Asia; America was named for him.12
324618173Ponce de LeonIn 1513, he explored Florida for Spain in search of the fountain of youth.13
324618174Vasco de BalboaIn 1513, he explored much of Central America for Spain; laid sight on the Pacific Ocean.14
324618175Ferdinand MagellanIn 1519, he saild around the tip of South America to the Pacific Ocean for Portugla. He made it as far as the Philippines, where he died; his crew continued, however, and became the fist to circumnavigate the globe.15
324618176Giovanni da VerrazanoIn 1524, he explored the North American coast for France.16
324618177Sir Francis DrakeIn 1578, he became the first Enlishman to circumnavigate the globe.17
324618178John CaabotIn 1567, he explored the coast of North America for Enlgand.18
324618179Henry HudsonIn 1609, he sailded for the Dutch looking for a northwest passqage to Asia; ecplored the Hudson River and made claims to the area for the Dutch.19
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