Chpt. 1 Flashcards
Definition of reformation
Religious movement
The 16th century to reform the Roman Catholic Church
Definition of Renaissance
Revival Rebirth Art Literature Learning During 14 to 16 century Transition from medieval to modern world
Definition of Protestant
Belonged to the Christian congregation
Separated from the Roman Catholic Church during reformation
Definition of humanism
Human interest predominant
Definition of scientific matter
Method of systematic scientific research
Five steps
Definition of empire
Group of states of territories controlled by one country
Important people: Martin Luther
Battled against the church
Creating a new religion off of Christianity
Nailed 95 complaints on the door
Important people: Shakespeare
His plays, sonnets and humanism
Performed plays in globe theatre
Important people: Galileo
Backed Copernicus with science
World revolved around the sun
Created the telescope
Important people: Francis bacon
Created the scientific method with it’s five steps
Important people: Fredrick the wise
Protected Martin Luther from the church. Made sure that he wasn’t excommunicated because of the head pope.
Important people: Isaac Newton
Discovers gravity and also brought explanation of the universe.
Important people: Copernicus
Found out that the earth went around the sun just didn’t have any scientific expiration tell Galileo.
Important people: sir Walter Raleigh
Adventured the sea
Important in the Elizabeth I court
What means did kings use to make themselves the supreme authority in their realms?
Chooses religion for kingdom
Nobles lose power
Instead nobles moved to administrator of the kingdom.
What were some of the important changes in agriculture during this time?
Trading for things they didn’t have
Created bigger fields
Didn’t have a bunch of small crops instead had one big one.
Made Drainage making the soil better
What significant change in Europe was started by Martin Luther?
He created Protestant and reformation
Nailed 95 complaints to a church door
Created a battle against the church
Explain how humanism changed the way people viewed the world, and their place in it.
Inspiring thinking about life
Less about religion
More about every day life
How did the printing press contribute to the spread of humanism?
Spreading ideas
Inspired schools
Inspired people to learn how to read and write.
I why were the discoveries of Copernicus and Galileo viewed as dangerous?
Church had a lot of power
Proven wrong was a big problem
Broke a thousand year of tradition
What did sir Walter Raleigh mean by “whoever controlled the sea would control the world?”
Rule the trade
Decided who would go through
Barrier around the sea
Power over everyone
