Early Modern Europe Test
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jamesbstites11 on May 13, 2012
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Test includes Exploration, Scientific Revolution, Renaissance, Reformation and changes in economical and social structure.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 When was Age of Exploration? | 1450-1700 AD |
| What was the Age of Exploration? | time when there were more demand for imported goods and new places to export local products. Included Great Exchange |
| Columbus | Spanish explorer who was the first to find the New World, which was the Americas, the Old World was Europe |
| What was the cause of Age of Exploration? | The need for more foreign and exotic goods let explorers find new trade routes |
| What was the effect of Age of Exploration? | Was an increased economy and trade and made Italy into a trading center and banking center |
| Prince Henry | Sometimes called Henry the Navigator was a Portuguese Explorer who sailed down the western coast of Africa. Henry never actually sailed just sponsored these trips. |
| Connections between the AOE and SR, REF, REN, and Social and economic changes | People wanted more exotic things and had more free time which fueled new economic and ideas |
| Astrolabe | portable device used by sailors to help them find their way, helped determine latitude |
| Beginning of Navigation | Sailors were able to go further than ever before, this was important because as the economy of Renaissance continued to improve, there was a higher demand for people to find new trade routes and import goods |
| When was the Renaissance? | 1300's to 1500's |
| humanism | an outlook or system of attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters |
| secularism | rejection of religion's importance in civic and social matters |
| johan guttenburg | Invented printing press in 1445, enabled more people to buy books and learn to read |
| Medici Family | Upper class family from florence that helped establish the art of banking |
| michealangelo | famous sculptor and artist, made statue of david |
| leonardo da vinci | italian artist made the last supper and mona lisa |
| what was the cause of renaissance | bourgiosie had more leisure time which led to more time learning which led to better educational system and more litterate people which brought new ideas, demanded books in their own specific language instead of latin |
| what was the effect of renaissance | a boom in science, arts, socially, and political ideas |
| connections | before 1300s medieval thought was scholasticism, after it was more humanist, which was a balance of intellectual reason and religious faith. emerged from economic stagnation to a time of financial growth. increased trade and ideas which led to reformation and scientific revolution. |
| what was the protestant reformation | 16th century schism in western christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin, and other protestants |
| cause | was sparked by the posting of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, which basically detailed what was wrong with the catholic church especially the sale of indulgences |
| Martin Luther | german monk from wittenburg germany |
| what was the cause of protestant reformation | the catholic church had proved itself to be unable to fix the problems it had. so martin luther decided to try and fix them himself. the roman catholic church controlled all aspects all life, economic, political, and social protestants sought to fix this |
| results of the PR | there would not be modern science without reformation, the pilgrims would not have come to america, and ushered in the modern era |
| when was the reformation | officially started in 1517 with the publishing of 95 theses, ended in 1648 |
| john calvin | french theologin who was forced to move to switzerland there he began to try to reform the catholic church start his own called calvinism |
| john calvin vs martin luther | while they shared the same overall goal their biggest difference came in their thoughts on salvation, calvin believed in predestination, and luther did not. |
| what was the scientific revolution | through a long process a new way for understanding the natural world emerged |
| when was the scientific revolution | 1550 to 1700 |
| what were the causes of the scientific revolution | the link between navigation and astronomy influenced many astronomers to become interested in the stars, and exploration led to new discovery in plant and animal life. Ignited by scientists like copernicus |
| copernicus | made heliocentric theory published in 1544 during the PR, biggest adversary was church |
| kepler | made laws of planetary motion, biggest foe was chruch |
| galileo | astronomer who invented teloscope biggest foe was church |
| newton | made 3 laws of motion, and made laws of gravity, biggest foes were other scientists and personal life |
| vesalius | studied astonomy and dissected cadavers biggest foe was chruch |
| harvey | discovered the circulatory system, physiologist, other scientists were his biggest foe |
| cavendish | wrote book about science, gender was an obstacle |
| van leeuwenhoek | made the first microscope, wasnt very effective |
| carolus linnaeus | developed binomial nomeclature, work was never finished |
| symmetry | the golden mean was used by renaissance artists and had been used by greeks was a math ratio to determine what was beautiful |
| church in renaissance | when constructing chruches artists instead of using the cross as basis for structure used a circle |
| artists in renaissance | used more realism, light and dark more naked people, more people. |
| great exchange | the process of bringing things from the old world like plants, crops, and animals to the new world. |
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