SS9-WH Flashcards
When did the Renaissance take place?
1300 - 1560 AD (CE)
Where did the Renaissance start?
Italy
The Renaissance has been described as a ______ movement
humanistic
Who posted a list of 95 arguments against then-common Church practices of giving blessings and forgiveness in exchange for money?
Martin Luther (in the year 1517)
Breakaway groups from the Church in the 1500s were known as what? What was this breakaway called?
Protestants (because they were protesting the Church). This was called the Protestant Reformation.
Who was influential during the Protestant Reformation, creating a new system of Christian belief?
John Calvin - this system was called Calvinism
Henry VIII created the Church of England and made himself pope for what reason?
He wanted a divorce and it was against the Church doctrine.
When did Christopher Columbus arrive in America?
1492
What was it called when European countries tried to colonize many parts of Africa, America, and Asia?
Imperialism
What was the main reason that countries wanted to grow colonies?
For money reasons
What was the process where European plants and animals made it to America, and vice versa?
The Columbian Exchange
How did “white man” disease strike the native populations?
It traveled with them from overseas
What was the world called with all the new colonies and European countries being much stronger?
The New World
When did overseas colonization begin by Europe?
Late 1400s
When was the English Commonwealth started?
1649, when King Charles was beheaded
