World Studies Definitions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Renaissance | 1300-1650; reached peak 1500; rebirth; creativity & change, realism, energy, perspective; Donatello, Castiglione |
| Reformation | 1517; economic (poor), corruption in Church, power struggle against Pope, kings, & princes; black death/plague; Martin Luther, John Calvin, Tetzel |
| Scientific Revolution | 1500s; new way of thinking about physcial universe; breakthroughs in medicine & chemistry; Bacon, Descartes |
| Exploration | 1400s; monarchs wanted more land, new trade routes, discovery of gold and spices; Dias, Prince Henry, Columbus; |
| Age of Absolutism | 1500s; time when European rulers strove to extend their power over all aspects of life in their nations; Peter the Great |
| Enlightenment | 1650-1800; intellectual revolution in which the philosophes stressed reason, natural law, and progress in their criticism of prevailing social injustices; Bach, Bacon |
| American Revolution | 1775-1777; british settlers who rebelled against England in the Thirteen Colonies; John Adams, Sam Adams |
| Compare Philosophy of Locke & Hobbes | both thought a ruler was absolutely necessary for a country to thrive and flourish; own ideas for the world to see and have influenced world leaders and the modern world |
| Constitutional Government | a government whose power is defined and limited by law; ex) cabinet system |
| Compare Scientific Rev. & Enlightenment | both stressed about natural laws and reasoning |
| Absolute Monarchy | a form of government headed by a ruler, or monarch, with unlimited power ex) Louis XIV of France |
| Reasons to conquer people/countries | 1) spread religion 2) gain wealth/build empire 3) spread democracy |
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