World History Midterm Review III

Identify where each of the following items went during the Triangular Trade.

The [blank_start]Commercial Revolution[blank_end] was the period of extensive changes in the European economy between 1400 and 1750 began as the result of money becoming standardized or gets a [blank_start]fixed value[blank_end] (two words).

The Age of Exploration began as the results of new economic developments such as:

[blank_start]Copernicus[blank_end] (last name) came up with the [blank_start]heliocentric[blank_end] theory, which states that the sun is the center of the universe, but could not prove it because he did not have the instruments or mathematics. [blank_start]Kepler[blank_end] (last name) proved the theory using [blank_start]mathematics[blank_end]. [blank_start]Galileo[blank_end] proved the theory physically using the [blank_start]telescope[blank_end].

The Catholic Church started the Counter/Catholic [blank_start]Reformation[blank_end] to stop people from leaving the Church as well as to stop the spread of [blank_start]Protestantism[blank_end]. The person who was responsible for starting this was Pope [blank_start]Paul III[blank_end].

[blank_start]Henry VIII[blank_end] was the English monarch who left the Catholic Church, and formed the Anglican Church or [blank_start]Church of England[blank_end] (three words).

The religious movement that divided the Catholic Church and created new Christian religions was called the [blank_start]Reformation[blank_end].

Ignatius Loyola started the Catholic religious order known as the [blank_start]Jesuits[blank_end] or the Society of Jesus.

Jan & Hubert [blank_start]van Eyck[blank_end] were responsible for creating a new style of painting known as the [blank_start]Flemish School[blank_end] which used oil on canvas. They also were known for the detail of the faces they painted as well as their painting of [blank_start]Adam[blank_end] and [blank_start]Eve[blank_end].

[blank_start]Michelangelo[blank_end] sculpted the statue David and helped design [blank_start]St. Peter’s Basilica[blank_end].

[blank_start]Maria Theresa[blank_end] (first and last name) was able to gained control of Habsburg lands as the result of the [blank_start]Pragmatic Sanction[blank_end] which was an agreement between her father and other European leaders.

The [blank_start]Index of Forbidden Books[blank_end] was a list of books the Catholic Church banned because they were considered a threat the Catholics. [blank_start]Galileo[blank_end]'s book was put on it for 200 years after he appeared before the [blank_start]Inquisition[blank_end].

The [blank_start]Middle Passage[blank_end] was the second stage of the Triangle Trade which involved the transportation of [blank_start]slaves[blank_end] across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

The differences between the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance was the Italian Renaissance looked to the [blank_start]ancient Greeks and Romans[blank_end] for inspiration while the Northern Renaissance looked at the [blank_start]early Christian Church[blank_end].

[blank_start]John Calvin[blank_end] formed a new religion based on the idea of predestination.

[blank_start]Absolutism[blank_end] is a system of government in which the ruler determines policy without consulting either the people or their representatives.

The [blank_start]Habsburg[blank_end] family controlled Holy Roman Empire, Spain, the Netherlands, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, parts of Italy as well the territories in the Americas

In 1643, [blank_start]Louis XIV[blank_end] became the king of France and was known as the “Sun King”.

As a child, [blank_start]Louis XIV[blank_end], he was frightened by the [blank_start]Fronde[blank_end], which was a series of civil wars in France that involved the nobility and citizens of Paris. As a result he moved his palace from Paris to Versailles. This palace, known as [blank_start]Versailles[blank_end] became his symbol of absolute power.