The Age Of Exploration Flashcards
(23 cards)
Bartholomew Dias….
Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
What did Prince Henry the Navigator discover?
Established a navigation and exploration school in Sagres
Christopher Columbus set sail to..
With the goal to Convert the whole world to Christianity
Where did Hernan Cortes land?
Mexico/ Aztec Empire
Francisco Pizarro went to Peru and captured the…
Incas
What is another word for plantations for the Spaniards?
Haciendas
What did the new world bring to the old world? The old to the new?
A. Potatoes, corn, vanilla tobacco chocolate turkeys syphilis
B. coffee sugar wheat horses colonists salves smallpox measles
What was the motto of the Age of Exploration?
God Gold Glory
What is the Concordat of Bologna?
Treaty with the papacy established Catholicism in France
Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre…
Catholics killed Parisian Huguenots
Who were the 3 Henry’s?
Henry duke of guise, Henry of Navarre(IV) , king Henry III
What is the Edict of Nantes?
Sanctioned Huguenots religious toleration
Where did the 30 years war begin?
In Bohemia
What is the Edict of Restitution?
The edict outlawed Calvinism and required Lutherans to turn over all property
The edict of Restitution caused
Gustavus Adolphus to join the 30 years war
What ends the Thirty Years war?
The peace if Westphalia which ensured that the emperor would remain an ineffectual force within German politics
What has provided balance of power among major Italian city-states?
Treaty of Lodi
Who wanted religious uniformity in Spain?
Ferdinand and Isabella
What was the Reconquista?
Spanish conquering the Islamic outposts in Spain
Who launched the Spanish armada? Why?
Philip, as an attempt to conquer Europe
The council of Blood..
Was created to give Spain back it’s power and control but failed
What document practiced the electing of an emperor?
The Golden Bull of emperor Charles IV
What was the 30 years war?
A struggle that combined political and religious issues
