Unit 4 Flashcards

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1
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weakened the idea that war was ennobling; allow you to kill from a distance

A

gunpowder

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2
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Made Catholicism state religion of France

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Concordat of Bologna

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3
Q

massacre of Calvinists by Catholics in Paris in 1572

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St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

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4
Q

French Calvinists

A

Huguenots

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5
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French moderates that believed French unity was more important than religious differences

A

politiques

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6
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1st French politique king

A

Henry IV

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7
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granted French Huguenots freedom of worship in specified areas of France

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Edict of Nantes

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8
Q

ruling dynasty of Spanish and Austria

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Habsburgs

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9
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Spanish king who had to deal with Protestant revolt in the Low Countries

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Philip II

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10
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literally, “Low Countries”

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Netherlands

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11
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catholic leader sent by Philip II to crush revolt of Protestants in the Netherlands

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Duke of Alva

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12
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he consolidated the 17 northern provinces of Netherlands into Union of Utrecht

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William of Orange

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13
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English monarch that supported Protestant revolt in Netherlands

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Elizabeth I

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14
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implicated in plot to assassinate Elizabeth; she was beheaded

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Mary, Queen of Scots

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15
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fleet sent by Philip II to invade England

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Spanish Armada

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16
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event that ignited Thirty Years’ War; Protestants threw Catholic officials out the window of castle

A

Defenestration of Prague

17
Q

religious conflict that divided Germany into mid 17th century

A

Thirty Years’ War

18
Q

Portuguese prince that started the age of exploration

A

Henry the Navigator

19
Q

Portuguese explorer who reached the Cape of Good Hope

A

Batholomew Diaz

20
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Portuguese explorer who reached India

A

Vasco da Gama

21
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small, light, three-masted ship

A

caravel

22
Q

helped determine latitude

A

astrolabe

23
Q

circumnavigated globe

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Ferdinand Magellan

24
Q

conquered Aztecs

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Hernan Cortes

25
Q

conquered Incas

A

Francisco Pizarro

26
Q

used the essay to express thoughts; skeptic

A

Michel de Montaigne

27
Q

School of thought founded on doubt that total certainty or definitive knowledge is attainable

A

skepticism

28
Q

artistic movement influenced by Counterreformation’s desire to appeal to sense of common man and move them emotionally

A

Baroque