Chapter 16 Vocab Flashcards
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian who inaugurated the Protestant reformation movement in Europe
Kaozheng
“Research based on evidence”
Karl Marx
German philosopher whose view of human history as a class struggle formed the basis of socialism
Mirabai
One of India’s Bhakti poets
Guru Nanak
The founder of Sikhism
Isaac Newton
English natural scientist - formulation of laws of motion and mechanics
Ninety-five theses
List of 95 debating points about the abuses of the church
Protestant reformation
Massive schism within Christianity that had its formal beginning with the German priest Martin Luther
Matteo Ricci
The most famous Jesuit missionary in China in the early modern period
Scientific revolution
Great European intellectual and cultural transformation that was based on the principles of the scientific method
Sikhism
Religious tradition of northern India founded by guru Nanak
Combines Hinduism and Islam
Society of Jesus
Also called “Jesuits”
Founded to encourage the renewal of Catholicism
Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomer who developed the ideas of Copernicus
Huacas
Local gods of the Andes
Huguenots
The Protestant minority of France
Jesuits in China
Jesuit missionaries who made efforts to understand and become a part of Chinese culture
Council of Trent
The main instrument of the catholic counter-reformation
Taki Onqoy
“Dancing sickness”
Religious revival movement in central Peru
Thirty Years’ War
Highly destructive war the eventually included most of Europe
Between Protestants and Catholics
Voltaire
Pen name of the French philosopher François-Marie Arouet
Wahhabi Islam
Major Islamic movement led by the Muslim theologian Abd al-Wahhab
Wang Yangmin
Chinese philosopher who argued that it was possible to achieve a virtuous life by introspection
Charles Darwin
Highly influential english biologist
Deism
Belief in divine being who created the cosmos but who does not intervene directly in human affairs
Edict of Nantes
1598 edict issued by French King Henry IV that granted considerable religious toleration to French Protestants and ended the French wars of religion
European enlightenment
European intellectual movement of the 18th century that applied the lessons of the scientific revolution to human affairs and was noted for its commitment to open mindedness and inquiry
Sigmund Freud
Austrian doctor and the father of modern psychoanalysis
Bhakti
Hindu devotional movement that flourished in the early modern era
Catholic Counter-Reformation
An internal reform of the Catholic Church in the 16the century
