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AP Euro Exam

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Revival of Antiquity   The awakening from the dark ages and the focusing on the Roman's  
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Friar Girolamo Savonarola   Dominican friar who attacked Paganism and moral vice of Medici and Alexander VI. Was burned at the stake in Florence  
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Secularism   the belief in material things instead of religious things.  
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lorenzo Valla   Father of modern historical criticism  
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Vernacular   Everyday language of a specific nation  
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Virtu   The striving for excellence. Humanistic aspect of the Renaissance  
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Act of Supremacy   Declared the king the head of the Church of England  
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Anglicanism   Upholding to the teachings of the Church of England as defined by Elizabeth I  
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John Calvin   theological writings profoundly influenced religious thoughts of Europeans. Developed Calvinism at Geneva. Predetermination.  
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Consubtantiation   the bread and wine undergo a spiritual change  
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Council of Trent   Called by Pope Paul III to reform the church and secure reconciliation with the Protestants. Lutherans and Calvinists did not attend.  
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Thomas Cranmer   Prepared the First Book of Common Prayer  
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Diet of Worms   assembly of the estates of the empire, called by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V  
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Edict of Nantes   Granted the Huguenots liberty of conscience and worship. 1598  
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Excommunication   When a person is kicked out of the Catholic Church  
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Huguenots   French Calvinists  
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John Huss   Bohemian religious reformer whose efforts to reform the church eventually fueled the Protestant Reformation  
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Ignatius Loyola   Founded the Society of Jesus, resisted the spread of Protestantism  
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Indulgences   Selling of these was common practice by the Catholic Church, corruption that led to reformation  
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The Institutes of Christian Religion   John Calvin  
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Jesuits   Members of the Society of Jesus, staunch Catholics, led by Loyola  
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John Knox   Dominated the movement for reform in Scotland. Had been taught by Calvin in Switzerland  
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Martin Luther   95 theses, posted in 1517, led to religious reform in Germany, denied papal power and absolutist rule, Claimed there were only two sacraments: communion and baptism  
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Simony   the selling of Church offices  
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Ususry   The practice of lending money for interest  
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Theocracy   A community in which the state is subordinate to the church  
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Predestination   Calvin's religious theory that God has already planned out a person's life  
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Johann Tetzel   The leading seller of Indulgences  
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Thomas Wolsey   Cardinal, highest ranking church official and lord chancellor. Dismissed by Henry VIII for not getting the pope to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.  
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John Wycliffe   Forerunner to the Reformation. Created English Lollardy. Attacked the corruption of the clergy, and questioned the power of the pope.  
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Ulrich Zwingli   Swiss reformer, influenced by Christian Humanism. He looked to the state to supervise the church. Banned music and relics form services. Killed in a civil war.  
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Baroque   Style in art and architecture developed in Europe from about 1550 to 1700, emphasizing dramatic, curving forms, elaborate ornamentation, and overall balance of disparate parts. Associated with Catholicism.  
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Defenestration of Prague   The throwing of Catholic officials from a castle window in Bohemia. Started 30 years war.  
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Peace of Westphalia   Treaty the ended 30 Years War and readjusted the political and religious affairs of Europe.  
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre   Mass slaying Huguenots in Paris, 1572  
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War of the Three Henrys   French civil war because the Holy League vowed to bar Henri of Navarre from inheriting the French throne. Supported by the Holy League and Philip II of Spain, Henri of Guise battles Henri III of Valois and Henri of Navarre.  
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John Cabot   Italian-born navigator explored the coast of New England, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. Gave England a claim in North America  
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Pedro Cabral   Claimed Brazil for Portugal  
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Entrepot   Big commercial center for importing and exporting commdities  
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Conquistadors   Spanish conqueror of soldier in the New World  
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Bartholomew Diaz   Portuguese, first European to reach southern tip of Africa  
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Sir Francis Drake   English sea captain, robbed Spanish treasure ships, armada  
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella   Monarchs who united Spain, reconquista  
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Encomienda   Indians were required to work a certain number of days for a land owner, had to work their own land as well  
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Vasco de Gama   Sailed from Portugal to India  
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Prince Henry the Navigator   Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire  
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Magellan   Portuguese navigator. While trying to find a western route to Asia, he was killed in the Philippines. One of his ships returned to Spain, thereby completing the first circumnavigation of the globe  
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Sir Walter Raleigh   English courtier, navigator colonizer, writer. Favorite of Elizabeth I, was convicted of treason by Jammes I  
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Treaty of Tordesillas   Set the Line of Demarcation which was a boundry established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possesions in America  
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Giovanni de Verrazano   Italian explorer of the Atlanitc coast of North America  
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Absolutism   When soverignty is embodied in the person of the ruler  
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Sovereignty   Possessing a monopoly over the instruments of justice.  
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Totalitarianism   Twentieth century phenomeno that seeks to direct all facets of a state's culture in the interest of state  
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Cardinal Richelieu   Became President of of the Council of ministers and the first minister of the first French crown.  
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Louis XIII   Influenced by Richelieu to exult the French monarchy as the embodiemnt of the French state  
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Fronde   1648-53. Brutal civil wars that struck France during the reign of Louis XIII  
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Jules Mazarin   Became a cardinal in 1641 succeeded Richelieu and dominated the power in Frecnh government  
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Su King   Louis XIV had the longest reign in European history. Helped France to reach its peak of absolutist developement  
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Louis XIV   King of France who ruled as an absolute monarch, even as a child  
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Jean-Baptise Colbert   An advisor to Louis XIV and proved to be a financial genius who managed the entire royal administration.  
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Mercantilism   the philosophy that a state's strength depends on its wealth.  
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French classicism   Art literature and advcnements during the age of Louis XIV  
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Nicholas Poussin   French classical painter who painted the Rape of Sabine Women known as the greatest French painter of the 17th century  
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William of Orange   Dutch prince invited to be king of England after the Glorious Revolution. Joined League of Augsburg as a foe of Louis XIV.  
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Louis Pontachartrain   French controller of finance who imposed the capitation of an annual poll tax  
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Peace of Utrecht   Ended Louis XIV's attempts to gain military power and land. End of French expansionist policy. End of Spanish war of Succession.  
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Constitutionalism   Limitation of government by law, developed in times of absolutionism  
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Leviathan   Written by English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, maintained that sovereignty is ultimately derived from the people, who transfer it to the monarchy by implicit contract  
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William Laude   Archbishop of Canterbury, tried to impose elaborate ritual and rich ceremonies on all churches. insisted on complete uniformity of the church and enforced it through the Court of High Comission.  
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Oliver Cromwell   As Lord Protector of England he used his army to control the government and constituted military dictatorship  
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The Restoration   Restored English monarchy to Charles II, both Houses of Parliament were restored, established Anglican church, courts of law and local government.  
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John Locke   Believed that people were born like blank slates and the environment shapes development (tabula rasa)  
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Thomas Hobbes   Leading secular exponent of absolutism and unlimited sovereignty of the state. Absolutism produced civil peace and rule of law. Tyranny is better that chaos. Claimed life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."  
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Bill of Rights   1689, no law can be suspended by the king, no taxes raised, no army maintained except by parliamentary consent. Establish after the Glorious Revolution.  
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New Model Army   Created by Cromwell  
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Petiton of Rights   Limited power of Charles I of England. Could not declare martial law, could not collect taxes, could not imprison people without casue, soldiers could not be housed without consent  
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War of Austrian Succession   Conflict caused by the rival claims for the dominions of the Habsburg family. before the death of Charles VI, HRE and archduke of Austria, many of European powers had guarenteed that Charles' daughter Maria Theresa would succeed him.  
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Junkers   Members of the Prussian aristocracy, a class formerly associated with political reaction and militarism  
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Pragmatic Sanction   Issued by Charles VI of Austria in 1713 to assure Maria Theresa would gain the throne  
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Romanovs   Russian dynasty, started with Michael Romanov after the Time of Troubles and lasted until 1917  
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Frederick William the Great Elector   First man who made modern Pussia  
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