Midterm 1 people

Question 1

Charles V

Answer 1

Habsburg emperor in Spain, held the Valladoid debate, butt heads with Martin Luther

Question 2

Zheng He

Answer 2

Chinese explorer, went as far as Egypt, purpose was diplomacy for ming dynasty, huge ships, 7 voyages/ 2 year expeditions, stopped exploration due to internal probs

Question 3

Henry the Navigator

Answer 3

Portuguese prince, naval innovation and education

Question 4

Vasco de Gama

Answer 4

Portuguese sailor on mission to reach India and open sea route from Europe to east

Question 5

Babur

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Mughal leader

Question 6

Sultan Mehmet II

Answer 6

ruler of Otoomans when in 1453 when they conquered Constantinople

Question 7

Suleiman

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extended Ottoman dominion to its widest geographical extent, struck alliance with Francis I against a Habsburg domination of Europe, authority flowed from him as sultan to servants, wife was Hurrem

Question 8

Hurrem

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wife of Suleiman, not just another concubine, she was involved in politics and was a great philanthropist and diplomat

Question 9

Babur

Answer 9

Mughal ruler that captured Kabul and won at Panipat with only 12,000 soldiers

Question 10

Akbar

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Mughal, grandson of Babur, very powerful army, developed an administrative bureaucracy centered on four co-equal ministers

Question 11

Shah Jahan

Answer 11

Mughal, Son of Akbar, built the Taj Mahal

Question 12

Aurangzeb

Answer 12

Mughal, non-muslim subjects unhappy with his islamic zealotry

Question 13

Martin Luther

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Butt heads with Charles V, believed salvation comes through God alone and that every repentent christian can be forgiven

Question 14

Jan Hus

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Desired equal access to sacraments and wanted a translation of the Bible for common people, prophesied of Martin Luther

Question 15

William Tyndale

Answer 15

fled to translate the Bible into english

Question 16

Louis XIV

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French king, believed authority based in the divine right of kings

Question 17

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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France general of finance. Applied mercantilism to France.

Question 18

Copernicus

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theorized the sun was at the center of the universe

Question 19

brahe

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charted the night sky for years, noticed new star

Question 20

Kepler

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hypothesized an elliptiacal orbit of the planets

Question 21

Galileo

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law of inertia, natural state of an object is in motion

Question 22

Newton

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used mathematics to discover gravity

Question 23

Bacon

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empirical research important! experiment and observe - empiricism

Question 24

Descartes

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helped with bacon to develop the modern scientific method

Question 25

John Locke

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wrote concerning Human Understanding, human knowledge gained through sensation to, all ideas are derived from experiences

Question 26

Moses Mendelssohn

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led the Enlightenment movement Haskalah

Question 27

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

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woman who actively participated in the Enlightenment.Cross-dressed to sneak into lessons. Joined a convent, published her writings which sparked religious thought in Mexico.

Question 28

Leo Africanus

Answer 28

known for his writings about Africa