Wprld History Final (mayes) Flashcards
(29 cards)
What was the major idea of the enlightenment thinkers?
All people are created free and equal.
A German printer who worked on a project that would create a new way of printing books. He created the printing press and movable type.
Johannes Guttenberg
Established a line of demarcation between Spanish and Portuguese territories.
Treaties of Tortesilies
What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 17th century?
Mercantilism
A sculptor who lived during the 1400s. He created the sculpture “David.”
Michele Angelo
When did the Renaissance take place?
1300-1600
Who went to the grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia when he in fact had discovered the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
Explorer who sailed around the world in 1520
Ferdinand Magellan
Where did the Renaissance began
Italy
What is the most important idea that rose out of the Renaissance?
Individualism
The journey of the slaves from Africa to America was known as?
Middle passage
The right of Spanish settlers to use the native Americans as laborers
Encomienda System
And intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievement is known as
Humanism
Who where the Enlightenment thinkers?
John Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, Adam Smith, Rosseau, Mary Wollstonecraft
Who believed that humans were naturally cruel, greedy, selfish and should be ruled by government to ensure orderly society?
Thomas Hobbes
Extremely profitable trade item from southeast Asia was
Spices
I believe that humans have natural rights to life liberty and property
John Locke
The idea that businesses can operate with little or no government interference is known as
Laissez-Faire
Renaissance is a French term meaning
Rebirth
The ceiling of Romes Sistine chapel was painted by
Leonardo da Vinci
Vasco De Gamas discovery of a route to India by sea resulted in
Several thousand percent profit
The debts try to dominate the clove trade by
Limiting the cultivation of the crop to one Island and forced others to stop growing and tried in the spice
What renaissance author wrote the prince
Nichola Makaveli
What Italian scientist found himself in trouble with authorities for claiming that the sun sat motionless at the center of the universe?
Galileo
