AP World History 16 Flashcards
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298274528 | Italian Renaissance | 14th/15th century movement challenged medieval values, 1st of its kind | 0 | |
715502401 | Northern Renaissance | Cultural/intellectual movement influenced from Italian Renaissance | 1 | |
182770751 | Martin Luther | Catholic German monk initiated Protestant reform by 95 theses, faith over work | 2 | |
964977943 | Protestantism | Wave of religious dissent against Catholic Church that began with Martin Luther | 3 | |
239066987 | Jean Calvin | French Protestant stressed predestination and wider access to government and education | 4 | |
444020071 | Jesuits | Religious order during Catholic Reformation, active in politics, education and missionary work | 5 | |
401694841 | Edict of Nantes | 1598 Grant of tolerance to French Protestants after war between Catholics and Protestants | 6 | |
718343830 | Copernicus | Polish monk astronomer disproved belief that sun was center of universe | 7 | |
753316125 | Galileo | Published Copernicus's work and his own on laws of gravity and planet motion, was condemned by church | 8 | |
938465143 | John Harvey | English physician demonstrated circular motion of blood in animals and function of the heart as a pump | 9 | |
877021697 | Rene Decartes | French philosopher showed importance of skepticism of all wisdom, and that humans could explain laws of nature | 10 | |
430261631 | Proletariat | Manufacturing workers, paid laborers and urban poor without access to producing property | 11 | |
700633702 | Merchantilism | Stressed government promotions of internal and international imports and strengthened economics policy | 12 | |
367478469 | Enlightenment | featured scientific advancement and rational laws to explain social behavior | 13 | |
219497829 | Adam Smith | Established school of economic thought that government should avoid regulation of economy | 14 | |
576594970 | Johannes Kepler | Basic issues of planetary motion, big work in optics | 15 | |
632647256 | Issac Newton | Laws of gravity, published theories of astrology together | 16 |