global civ final Flashcards
1.What were the main reasons for The Reformation?
sales of indulgences and political corruption
- What was Martin Luther’s view about the sale of indulgences?
angered him, he viewed it as an abuse of church practices
- Why was Luther’s translation of the Bible into German important?
allowed the average person to read and interpret the bible
- Why did King Henry VIII split with the Roman Catholic Church?
he wanted to divorce his wife
what is the council of trent?
council of catholic church, response to reformation ended the sale of indulgences and addressed financial corruption in the catholic church
- Why are the contributions of Copernicus, Galileo and Newton similar and important?
practiced experimentation and observation (scientific method) challenged geocentric theory, proposed/supported heliocentric theory
- Why are da Gama and Columbus important?
european explorers that made new global connections
- How did the conquistadors conquer the Aztecs and the Incas?
with the help of weapons and disease
- What effects occurred due to the arrival of Columbus in the Americas?
colonisation of the americas, enslavement or the natives, the atlantic slave trade, mass death and the spread of diseases, the eschange of plants and animals across the atlantic
- What led to the development of the Triangular trade?
The mass death of native americans left European colonies without a workforce
- What is an absolute monarch?
a king or queen with unlimited power
- What is the Glorious Revolution?
the relatively bloodless coup in which parliament placed william and mary on the throne of england
13.What is the English Bill of Rights?
limited the power of the english monarchy and gave more rights to nobles
- What did Enlightenment thinkers promote or support?
reason, science, religious tolerance and all natural rights (life liberty property) education for all
- According to John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, how should a leader be chosen?
People are born with natural rights. the purpose of the government is to protect those rights, and if the government fails to do that then the citizens have the right to overthrow the government
- What was the primary cause of the French Revolution?
inequalities in society
ideas of enlightenment
poor leadership by king louis xvi
financial problems
hunger and cold weather
- Who were the bourgeoisie?
middle class
- Who was the leader during the Reign of terror?
robespierre
What was a result of the French Revolution
more power to the middle class
- What document was written during the French Revolution that became part of the first written constitution of France?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen - guaranteed liberty equality and fraternity