World History Reiveiw 2 Flashcards
(28 cards)
What are the later medieval cultural developments?
Scholasticism, gothic cathedrals, vernacular languages, vernacular literature,
Late medieval changes?
Weakening of feudalism and the power of the church development of the nation state in England, France, and Spain
What is the importance of gutensburg?
Revolutionary printing press
Author of the prince
Machiavelli
Where did the spread of the renaissance begin
Form Italy northwards through Western Europe
Most versatile of the renaissance figures,
Leonardo di Vinci
“David” and the Sistine chapel
Michaelangelo
The praise of folly by Erasmus was ___________ _________ ________
Cristised church corruption
What was John Calvins greatest contribution?
Spread of Protestantism with his missionaries, appeal, to the growing middle classes
What were Luthers teachings?
Every man is his own priest, and is free to study the Bible himself, salvation by faith with good works
Bantu migrantion were caused by?
Climate change
She firmly established Protestantism in England
Elizabeth l
Aztecs are located?
Central Mexico
Europeans looking for an all water route to Far East to gain control of the spice trade and to cut out Muslim and Italian merchants
Age of Exploration
The first successes of the age of exploration were by the _____
Portuguese
Horrible journey of enslaved Africans from Africa to Americas
Middle Passage
He believed he could sail west and reach the Asia reached the indies so he called the natives Indians
Columbus
Most important impact of European settlement on Native Americans
Disease and death
Most valuable resources from Spanish America
Gold and silver
By the mid 1700s the greatest colonial power was ____
Britain
Great changes in European economy as a result of the ages of exploration
Commercial revolution
Economic theory of the age of exploration, state of control of a capitalist economy, gain colonies to acquire raw materials
Mercantilism
Isolated china from the rest of the world, began a decline for china
Ming Dyanaty
The great population in china and Japan disrupted ______
Social structure
