Ap World History 1450-1750 – Flashcards
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Renaissance
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The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history
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Reformation
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A religious reform movement which challenged political and ecclesiastical authority of the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages.
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Humanism
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an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics
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Gutenburg
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Created the first printing press with moveable type in Europe
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Machiavelli
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Wrote "The Prince", a book that recommended harsh and arbitrary rule for princes
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Erasmus
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(1466?-1536) Dutch Humanist and friend of Sir Thomas More. Perhaps the most intellectual man in Europe and widely respected. Believed the problems in the Catholic Church could be fixed; did not suport the idea of a Reformation. Wrote Praise of Folly.
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Luther
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The founder of Protestantism whose religion, based on 95 Theses, rejected Catholic orthodoxy, the sale of indulgences, and papal authority.
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Calvin
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Wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion; created the idea of predestination(God already who knows whos going to heaven and hell) through the elect; no free will
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Counter Reformation
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the reform movement within the roman catholic church whose goals were to abolish abuses and reaffirm traditional beliefs
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Scientific Revolution
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the era of scientific thought in europe during which careful observation of the natural world was made, and accepted beliefs were questioned
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Copernicus
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Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
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Isaac Newton
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English mathematician and scientist who invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about the nature of light, and three laws of motion. His treatise on gravitation, presented in Principia Mathematica (1687), was supposedly inspired by the sight of a falling apple.
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Deism
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The religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws. Denied that God communicated to man or in any way influenced his life.
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Enlightenment
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An intellectual movement concentrated in France during the 1700's developed rational laws to describe social behavior and applied their findings in support of human rights and liberal economic theories.
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Social Contract
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the notion that society is based on an agreement between government and the governed in which people agree to give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others
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Hobbes
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English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
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John Locke
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English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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(1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.
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Cortes and Pizarro
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Spanish conquerors of great Indian civilizations
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Encomienda System
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system in Spanish America that gave settlers the right to tax local Indians or to demand their labor in exchange for protecting them and teaching them skills.
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African Slave trade
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African people were taken as slaves to be sold in America, in America they would work in mines & plantations. The profit went to europe where they built goods to then be sold to Africans. It was a triangle.
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Commericial Revolution
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resulted from the Age of Exploration; changes in business practices. Increased standard of living for European merchants.
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Mercantilism
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an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
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English Civil War
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This was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually, the kingship was abolished
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Glorius Revolution
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The overthrow of English King James II in 1688 and his replacement by Willian and Mary.
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Edict of Nantes
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1598, decree promulgated at Nantes by King Henry IV to restore internal peace in France, which had been torn by the Wars of Religion; the edict defined the rights of the French Protestants
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Louis XIV
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king of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)
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Versailles
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Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility.
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Holy Roman Empire
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Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806.
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Suleiman the Magnificant
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powerful ruler of the Ottoman Empire during the 16th Century
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Ivan III, Ivan IV
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Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible
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Peter the Great
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ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725, wanted closer ties to western europe, modernize and strengthen Russia
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Mughal Empire
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Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Akbar
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Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus.
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Zheng Hue
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Chinese Explorer who searched for sea routes to Africa and australia.
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Ming dynasty
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A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia
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Qing Dynasty
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the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
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Qianlong
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Chinese Qing emperor (r. 1736-1795), grandson of Kangxi who continued his grandfather's conquests by consolidating hold on Xinjiang province (westernmost). He made Vietnam, Burma and Nepal vassal states of China, and delegated responsibilities to his favorite Eunuchs, marking the decline of the Qing Dynasty
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Tokugawa Shogunate
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shogunate started by Tokugawa Leyasu; 4 class system, warriors, farmers, artisans, merchants; Japan's ports were closed off; wanted to create their own culture; illegal to fight; merchants became rich because domestic trade flourished (because fighting was illegal); had new forms of art - kabuki and geishas
