World History Final Flashcards
Humanism
Celebrating human potential and achievement. Stresses the importance of studying subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.
Inquisition
The court set in place by the church to find and punish heretics, or people who stray from the catholic religion.
Reformation
A movement of opposition to the Roman Catholic Church beginning in the 16th century
Ninety five thesis
Disputes Luther had with the church over them selling indulgences to finance St. Peter’s cathedral in Rome.
Geocentric
The theory that earth is at the center of the universe
Cortes
Spanish explorer who conquered Aztec civilization
Lemonade da Vinci
Italian Renaissance painter, born in 1452. Painted many masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and the last supper. Also excelled in scientific research
Alberech Durer
German renaissance artist, created many woodcuts
Catholic
Describing specific traditions in the Christian church in theology, doctrine, liturgy, ethics, and spirituality.
Natural law
The right that people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property.
Natural law- people have the right to not have their government interfere in economics
Spain
Columbus sailed from Spain. Early 1500s Spanish conquered went to the Americas in search of gold. Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztecs. Within ten years, Spain controlled all of current day Mexico and Central America. They also conquered the Incan. They enslaved most conquered people.
Laissez faire
No government interfering with trade.
Portugal
Henry the navigator was the prince. He created the school for navigation, map makers, and shipbuilders. He sponsored voyages. This led to the caravel. They set up trading posts along the coast of Africa.
How did the scientific revolution affect the enlightenment
People began to look at things with logic and reason in mind so they wanted to know things on a factual base, not religious
Europe’s affect on the Americas
About 20 million native Americans died from diseases brought by the Europeans. They converted people to new religions. They put them into slavery. They took their land and nature.
Triangular trade
The exchange of goods and slaves across the Atlantic Ocean between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Colombian exchange
The movement of plants, animals, and other living things between the eastern and western hemispheres after Columbus’s voyages
The Americas after being conquered
20,000,000 native Americans were killed by diseases. Empires were conquered and destroyed. Land was no longer respected, but used for gain. Many people were enslaved. Many people traveled to the Americas to look for fortunes.
Enlightenment
18th century philosophical movement in which philosophers used reason to understand truths about human nature.
Luther
German theologian, born in 1483, who was a leader of the reformation and taught salvation through faith in God
Heliocentric
Having the sun at the center of the center of the universe
Aztec
Capital Tenochtitlàn (place of the prickly pear). Used chinampas to grow crops, montezuma ll demanded more sacrifices, taken over by Spanish
Michelangelo Buonarroti
An Italian Renaissance artist, born in 1475, worked mainly as a sculptor but also painted (Sistine chapel in Rome)
William Shakespeare
Most famous English writer of the Renaissance, best known for plays Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet
