Quarter 2 Flashcards
who nailed the 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg Castle in 1517?
Martin Luther
who founded the Society of Jesus AKA the Jesuits?
Ignatius Loyola
who came up with and proved with the telescope, the heliocentric theory?
Copernicus/Galileo
who do we consider to be the founder of the scientific method?
Bacon
what country was the first to go on Voyages of Discovery?
Portugal
where’s the Gold Coast?
West Coast of Africa
what do we call plants that travel from the new world to Old World or vice versa prior to 1492?
Archaeophytes
which of the following king became king of 4 was an absolutist and reportedly said “I’m the state” “I am the Sun King” and “I am the Most Christian King”?
Phillip II
where do we credit the Renaissance starting?
Florence
this queen of England made England a major power
Queen Elizabeth
Who put together the first encyclopedia?
Diderot
The Black Death is a major factor in ending the Middle Ages in feudalism by making this resource much more scarce?
Labor
What does the Middle Passage refer to?
Traveling slaves from Africa to the new world
Ultimately, which of the following businesses dominated world trade more than any other?
British East India Company
Who led the invasion of and defeated the Aztec empire?
Cortez
This was brought about Catholic Church in an attempt to combat the British reformation and to self analyze it’s positions on issues
Council of Trent
Where did the 30 Years’ War take place? (for the most part)
Germany
The Renaissance started in Italy, due in large part because of?
the wealth of the merchants
Brunelleschi designed an enormous dome for the Duomo Church. Where is this church?
Florence
When Hennig Brand boiled down urine trying to find gold, what other element did he discover?
Phosphorus
Who put together the first encyclopedia?
Diderot
Who wrote the “Spirit of Laws”?
Baron Montesquieu
“The invisible hand dictates the cost of goods in a free economy” - who would say that?
Adam Smith
Which of the following was a harsh critic of society and used sarcasm to make fun of inequities?
Voltaire
