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45 Cards in this Set
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The Swiss city-state of Geneva became a model of Protestant morality under the leadership of
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john calvin
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What was the result of the Peace of Augsburg in 1555?
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allowed princes to decide what religion would be followed in their land
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Anabaptists believed that infants should not be _____________ because infants are too young to accept the Christian faith.
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baptized
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Humanist scholars differed from medieval thinkers in that humanists tended to focus more on _______________ subjects.
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worldly
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The purpose of the Council of Trent was to direct the reform of the_______.
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catholic church
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Unlike Francis Bacon, René Descartes believed that the best road to understanding was through ______________.
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human reasoning
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n the 1600s, Robert Boyle’s work transformed the field of
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chemistry
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The age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called the
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renaissance
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What humanist of Northern Europe wrote about his vision of an ideal society, in which people live in peace and harmony?
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sir thomas moore
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The inventor who perfected the microscope and was the first person to see cells and microorganisms was
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Anton van Leeuwenkoek
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The calculations of astronomer Johannes Kepler showed that the planets move around the sun in ______
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an oval shaped orbit
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What was the primary event that trigged the formation of the Church of England?
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King Henry wanted a divorce
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The main goal of the Jesuits was to _____, ______, and _______ the Catholic faith.
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defend___, ___restore___, and ____ spread
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In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a possible ______________________ to be tested.
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explanation
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The Line of Demarcation divided world trade and exploration rights between the _______
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___Spanish____ and _portugese___
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Who were the Boers? ____________
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dutch farmers who settled around Cape Town
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In Ming China, European traders paid for Chinese silks and porcelains in gold or silver instead of exchanging trade goods because the Chinese did not want inferior European _________.
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trade goods
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After the Japanese, and later the Manchus, invaded Korea, the Koreans responded by ______
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excluding foreigners
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When the first European traders arrived in the 1500s, the Japanese responded by ______ trade with the West.
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welcoming
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The first Europeans to challenge Portuguese domination of Asian trade were the
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Dutch
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The voyage to Calicut by Vasco da Gama soon led to the creation of a vast trading empire for
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Portugal
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How did Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias seek a sea route to Asia in 1460?
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he rounded the southern tip of africa
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The islands that Christopher Columbus explored in his voyage in 1492 later became known as the
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spice islands
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In 1513, Spanish adventurer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean by traveling _________
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Overland through Panama
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Europeans usually acquired African captives for the slave trade by relying on ____
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african traders
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To rule China effectively after seizing Beijing in 1644, the Manchus _____ the Confucian system of government.
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accepted
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when the Mughal empire weakened, British and French armies fought for power in India with the help of Indian troops known as
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sepoys
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Why did Japanese shoguns turn against foreign traders in the mid-1500s? Because they saw foreigners as a threat after ___________ seized the _____________.
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___spain_____ ______phillipines__________.
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The Ming rulers allowed limited trade with Europeans under the condition that the Europeans would
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leave
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To conquer the Aztec empire, Hernán Cortés _____ ______________ with conquered people who hated the Aztecs.
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___formed ___ _____alliances_________
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The conquistador who added the lands of the present-day countries of Peru, Ecuador, and Chile to the Spanish empire was _________________________.
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Francisco Pizarro______________.
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At the top of Spanish colonial society were the _______.
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______Peninsulares________
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Through the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494, _______ claimed its empire of Brazil.
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_____Portugal____
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The English colonies of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were mainly set up as havens for ____________ _____________groups.
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______persicuted______ _______religious______
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The first leg of the triangular trade route brought _____________ goods to ________.
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__european______ goods to ____africa_
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Widespread inflation struck Europe in the mid-1500s due to the increasing amounts of _____ and ____ from the Americas.
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silver & gold
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What mercantilist policy was designed to protect local industries from foreign competition? _____ increased the _______ of imported goods.
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_Tariffs___ increased the ____Price___
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The Spanish king maintained strict control over his empire through his _____ of the
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___council____ of the
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In Spanish colonial society, creoles were ________ ______________of Spanish settlers.
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native born_________ _______descendents
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To ensure that its colonies would be profitable, Spain established _______ _____ ______ for its colonies.
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__strict____ trade ____laws_
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In 1607, the English established their first permanent colony in the Americas at ________
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jamestown Va
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As a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, Britain gained ______ and all ____ lands east of the Mississippi River.
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____canada_____ .... _____France's_____
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Spain tried to change its American colonies with the New Laws of the Indies in 1542 which forbade the _____________ and __________ of Native Americans.
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abuse and enslavement
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The Mayflower Compact set out guidelines for governing the ____________
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plymouth colony
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In their effort to gain control of the Incas, the Spanish _____ the Inca ruler Atahualpa.
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killed/ransomed
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