world history #2 Flashcards
Vasco da Gama
sailed around the cape of good hope to india
Amerigo Vespucci
explored the coast of south america and dioscoversed it was not asia
Ferdinand Magellan
expedition was the first to sail around the worldw
John Cabot
searched for a westward route to the east indies but he only ended up on newfoundland.
Renaissance and Reformation-
Did not reach russia because of isolationism.
Belgic Confession of Faith
Was a protestant statement of beliefs.
Huguenots
were french protestants.
Peter the Great
Despised by his people for trying to change their culture.
Inquisition
Was a movement initiated by the roman catholic.
Edict of Nantes
Granted freedom to protestants.
Battle of White Mountain
decisive victory for catholic forces.
Edict of Restitution
restored the supremecy of the roman catholic church n
Peace of Westphalia
guaranteed freedom of religion, for catholics and all protestants
Francis Drake
helped defeat the invincible armada
Peace of Paris of 1763
gave engulf control of all of north america and india
Old Believers
argued that reform in the russian orthodox church was corrupting the third rome.
Peace of Munstero
granted the untited proverenices independence from spain
Treaty of Tordesillas
Line of demarcation
Portugal gets Africa
Henry IV
Issued the edict of restitution.
Frederick V
Was a representative of the election of the Holy Roman Empire.
John III Sobieski
defeated an ottoman at the battle of vienna
Ferdinand II-
Empire of the holy roman empire who started the 30 years war.
Frederick II
Prussia who challenged Hapsburg for leadership in centel europe.
