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World History 2 Exam

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When and where did the Renaissance begin? Where did it spread to? Renaissance began in 1350 in Italy and spread to Northern Europe.
Who invented the printing press? What book was the first mass production? Gutenberg invented the printing press. The bible was the first mass production.
Best known writer of the Renaissance? William Shakespeare.
Machiavelli Wrote The Prince. Argued that a ruler should be only kind when it serves the purpose.
Painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Leonardo Da Vinci
Painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David. Michelangelo
Wrote Praise of Folly. What did this make fun of? Erasmus (Humanist). Made fun of christian society and the Catholic Church.
Products from Europe Weat, wool
Products from India Spices, luxury goods, textile, medicine, perfume, and the number system
Products from the Middle East Coffee and Ceramics
Products From China Porcelain, paper, compass, silk
Products from Africa Salt and gold
What regional trade route connects China with Europe? Silk Road
Who wrote the first book? What was the book called? Miguel Cervantes, Don Quixote
Define Reformation The effort in the 16th century (1500) to reform the western church that results in the separation of the Protestant churches and Roman Catholic Churches.
John Wycliff Called for reformation in England. He is a Dissenter.
Whats a Dissenter? One who argues against church doctrine(policy.
John Hus Called for reformation in Bohemia. Said, " The pope do not have worldly powers". The bible has more authority than the church leaders. Burned at the stack for his beliefs.
Martin Luther He posted the 95 thesis. He was concerned with indulgences, he argued with church interpretation of the Bible, and said that people win salvation by faith alone.
Martin Luther's 3 big ideas 1.people win salvation by faith alone 2. Bible is the ultimate authority 3. all people are equal
What is Martin Luther credited for? The birth of the Protestant Church
Define Protestant Reformation A movement in the western Christian Church to split with the Catholic Church.
3 religions founded during the Reformation? Lutheran, Calvinism, and Anglican
John Calvin's beliefs? What did he expand? Predestination, faith revealed by living a righteous life, and work ethic. Expanded the Protestant Movement.
What was the main goal of the Jesuits? To spread Catholic religion and fight heresy.
Charles V Ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. He is Catholic and a Hapsburg. He tried to stop Luther at the Diet of Worms.
Secularism Worry about life on Earth VS. the spiritual world
What was the Council of Trent? Meeting that reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings in opposition to protestant beliefs.
What was the 30 year's war? Conflicts between Protestants and Catholics, was the first war due to religious purposes, but later political thanks to Cardinal Richelieu.
What was the Edict of Nantes? The French catholic monarchy granted protestant Huguenots freedom of warship in France.
William Harvey Discovered the circulation of blood.
Johannes Kepler Planets revolve around the Sun. Planetary motion.
Nicholas Copernicus The sun is the center of the universe. Heliocentric Theory.
Galileo Law of pendulum. Built his own telescope and used it to support the Heliocentric Theory. Also, he discovered that the moon has craters.
Isaac Newton Law of universal gravitation. Earth & Heavens.
Fredrick the Wise? He kidnapped Martin Luther to save him, hid him in his castle, Wartburg.
Henry VIII Because of him England becomes protestant. He dismisses the authority of the pope! He wants a divorce from Catherin of Argon, wants to marry Anne Boleyn. England breaks away from Rome. He takes all wealth and property of Roman Catholic Church in England.
Queen Elizabeth I Made Church of England the Anglican Church. Had a tolerance for dissenters. Expands colonies and over seas empires.
What cause the reformation in England? Pope refused to grant King VIII a divorce from his wife.
Society of Jesus? Who was it founded by? Jesuits. Founded by Ignatius of Loyola.
Who developed the scientific method? Francis Bacon
Voltaire Wrote the Treatise on Toleration. All religion should be tolerated. Separation of church and state. The "power of the pen".
Baron De Montesquieu Wrote " On the Spirit of the Laws". Separation within a gov't or separation of power: Executive & Legislative. Checks and Balance.
Thomas Hobbes Wrote "Leviathan". Exists in primitive state of nature and naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish. The gov't needs to protect them(absolute monarchy).
John Locke Wrote "Two Treatise on Government". People have certain natural rights: Life, liberty, and property and gov't needs to protect them. Monarchs are not divine. If gov't fails, rebel.
Rousseau Wrote "social contract". Society agrees to be governed. Government is a contract between rulers and the people.
Triangular Trade Europe, Africa, South or North America.
Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal Created a school to train navigators. Established trade markets on the west coast of Africa, in trading Portugal to the slave trade.
This means to travel completely around the world. Circumnavigate
Bartolomeo Dias (Portugal) Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, but didn't make it all the way to Asia.
Vasco Da Gama (Portugal) Cape to India and back with success.
Christopher Columbus (Spain) Discovered San Salvador, West Indies
Ferdinand Magellan (Spain) Named to Pacific Ocean and reached the Philippines. Sailed around the world but died before he could make it all the way around.
Hernando Cortes (Spain) Discovers Mexico and defeats the Aztecs.
Francisco Pizarro (Spain) Conquered the Inca's and is a Conquistador in Peru,
Jacques Cartier (France) Sailed up the St.Lawrence River and Discovered Quebec.
Sir Francis Drake (England) Successfully sailed around the world.
Louis XIV Encourages a blossoming of culture. Cancels the Edict of Nantes. He says " I am the State". Sun King. His house in France is the Versailles.
Peter the Great Westernizes Russia, cleaned up the nobles, centralized power, and was a divine ruler.
Charles I Wanted to be an absolute monarch, but fails. EXECUTED.
Whats is it called when the mother country benefits financially from its colonies? Mercantilism
When money becomes worthless, because too much is printed, cause by an influx of silver into Europe. Inflation
Where did many enlightenment ideas come from? The classical times of Greece and Rome
How did Delacroix use classical themes? Religion only and Baroque art.
"Romantic Art" Classical subjects, public events, natural scenes, and portraits of living people.
Enlightenment Composers Josef Hayden and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Communism Am economic/government system in which their is almost no private property, no economic choice and no profit; government will redistribute wealth equally among all people.
Socialism An economic system in which the gov't owns and controls some of the factors of production; gov't decides who gets what.
Capitalism An economic system in which there is little or no gov't role in the economy; economic choice, private property; entrepreneurs take the risk of starting businesses and get the profit.
Adam Smith Writes "The Wealth of Nations"
Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin, 1793. Increased demand for slaves.
James Watt Invents steam engine, 1764.
George Stephenson Invents steam powered locomotives, 1820's.
Henry Bessemer Invents process for making steel, 1856
Edward Jenner Small Pox Vaccination, 1796.
Louis Pasteur Discovery of bacteria, 1862.
The first country to abolish slavery? Great Britain
Napoleon Unsuccessfully attempted to unify Europe under French domination. Creates the Napoleonic Code and awakens feelings of national pride called Nationalism.
Congress of Vienna 1."balance of power", no country can dominate Europe 2.New political map of Europe 3. Restored old monarchies 4. New political philosophies: conservative and liberal
Ideology A system of thoughts and beliefs (new ideas)
Enclosure Movement Land owners converted common lands to private farm lands.
Toussaint L' Ouverture Led a slave rebellion in Haiti. Defeats armies of 3 foreign powers: Spain, France, and Britain. (they all opposed him!)
Miguel Hidalgo Mexican independence from Spain. Built Catholic Church missions to do the work of missionaries.
Simon Bolivar Native resident, a creole. Liberated or freed from Northern Latin America. Liberates (frees them) from Spain.
Count Cavour Unification of Northern Italy. Fights the Austrians.
Garibaldi Unifies the South of Italy and then joins with the North.
Otto Von Bismark From Prussia, organized the unification of 300 German separate states. Uses Nationalism. Must defeat France in the Franco-Prussian War. He gives money to king Ludwig of Bavaria to build a castle.
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