Chapter 3 Test: 10/17 Flashcards
factors encouraging exploration
- trade with the East (India) is in high demand
- curiosity about the East sparked by writers like Marco Polo
- scientific progress (better maps, compasses)
who dominates trade?
the Italians
how do spain and portugal challenge the Italian monopoly?
they seek an all water route to the East
reason Portugese have commercial empire
Prince Henry the Navigator encourages exploration
Diaz
reaches the Cape of Good Hope (S. tip of Africa)
Columbus
runs into new world and claims it for Spain
effects of Commercial Revolution on Europe
- expanded world trade
2. economy shifts from Italy to West Coast
effects of Commercial Revolution outside Europe
- African slave trade BOOMS
2. Europeans migrate to the new world and bring culture/civilization
issues with Commercial Revolution
- inflation
2. usery (charge interest on borrowed money)
Pom System
raw materials to home
Factory System
machinery; attracts workers to move into cities
Social Structure
- kings/royals
- aristocracy/nobility
- middle class
- peasants/working poor
middle class in France
Bourgeoisie
middle class in England
Yeomanry
why was there an increase in universities?
the demand for educated workers grew
who benefited most from the commercial revolution and why?
the nobility because of an increased demand for agricultural products
robot
forced laborers for Prussian lords
Junkers
landlords in Prussia
Prussian government
weak, inefficient
Phillip II
strong catholic who believed his duty was to crush the protestant revolution all together
writer of Don Quiote
Cervante
modern day Spanish Netherlands
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
North (Germany)
Protestant
South (France)
Catholic
principle city in the Netherlands
Anthwerp
William of Orange
led 200 nobleman who formed a league to stop the spread of Spanish Influence in the Netherlands which ended in a revolt