Barrons Book Chapter 3 and 4 Flashcards
What is deism?
The belief in one god, many enlightenment thinkers believed in this, believing god was like a watch maker. They believe he started the process and stepped back.
What is a system in which Middle Age farmers used?
The open field system, a system in which strips of land were divided and designated to certain individuals.
This man is credited with the discovery of gravity and many laws of physics.
Isaac Newton
This man is credited as being the father of Capitalism.
Adam Smith
What is the thought that people will act in their best interest and brings up an idea of an invisible hand.
Laissez Faire
This man is credited with making the first telescope along with studying much of earth’s nights sky.
Galileo Galilee
Who started empiricism or the process of coming to conclusions based on scientific experiments.
Francis Bacon
Who created Cartesian dualism or the belief in a physical and non-physical realm.
Rene Descartes
Which King had 6 wives and created the Church of England?
King Henry VIII
Who discovered the Americas in 1492? He was originally an Italian but sailed under the Spanish flag.
Christopher Columbus
This Ottoman leader broke the rules when he married a woman under his class and married no other women?
Suleiman the Magnificent
This document eased tensions between Catholics and Protestants in France
Edict of Nantes
This war assured that no one family would rule predominantly over the kingdoms of Europe. It dealt with France and Spain.
The War of Spanish Succession
This treaty allowed Philip V to rule over France as long as one ruler never ruled over both France and Spain
The Treaty of Utrecht
This war was France’s unsuccessful attempt to seize the Spanish Netherlands (Belgium) as part of a feudal claim.
The War of Devolution
