Test #6 Flashcards
The major goal of the movement called Christian humanism was
the reform of the Catholic Church
What was based on learning the classics?
Christian humanism
What did Desiderius Erasmus think was most important about religion?
inner piety, or inner religious feeling
Both Erasmus and Martin Luther wanted the Catholic Church to reform because
there seemed to be corruption in the Catholic Church
Luther’s idea of justification by faith alone meant that…
human beings went to heaven because they had faith in God
Luther finally broke with the Catholic Church because
the Catholic Church insisted that he change his belief about faith alone
The first Protestant faith was based on
Martin Luther’s religious movement
What did Anabaptists believe?
All believers should be equal
When did John Calvin became a Protestant leader?
after he wrote the Institutes of Christian Religion
What set of principles dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century?
mercantilism
During its Golden Age, ______ led the world in science, art, and trade
the Netherlands
What was the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the American continents called?
triangular trade
Europeans profited from their colonies through
farming and landowning
What did encomiendas allow Spanish settlers to do?
use native Americans as laborers
Which group was one of the first to condemn the enslaving of Africans?
the Quakers
