World Civilizations, Spring, 2009

Early Modern Europe Test Review

Be sure to review the textbook pages listed in the syllabus. Here is a list of the most important terms and concepts that we covered. Know the approximate date of when these items occurred/lived. You do NOT need to know specific dates, but you DO need to know: early , middle, or late centuries, e.g. Reformation started in the early 16^th Century with Martin Luther.

Be sure to download a copy of the class notes from the server. They will be very helpful.

TERMS:

Reformation

Indulgences

“Counter Reformation” or “Catholic Reformation”

Martin Luther

95 Theses

John Calvin

Henry VIII

Diet of Worms

Council of Trent

Society of Jesus

Inquisition

Fernando and Isabella

Peter the Great

Feudalism

Absolutism

Capitalism

Urbanization

Putting out system

Columbian Exchange

Mercantilism

Triangular Trade

Favorable balance of trade

Navigation Acts

Adam Smith and the “invisible hand”

Scientific Revolution

Copernicus

Johannes Kepler

Tycho Brahe

Galileo Galilei

Geocentric (Ptolomeic) v. Heliocentric (Copernican)

Enlightenment

Political theorists

State of Nature

“Natural Rights”

Isaac Newton

John Locke

Philosophes

Deism

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Social Contract

OVER FOR THE BIGGER QUESTIONS…

BIGGER QUESTIONS:

Since the Roman Empire, how did the Church become so powerful?

What was the impact of the Reformation on the Church and European history?

What conditions led to the consolidation of power for monarchs?

What is necessary for early capitalism to develop?

What are positive effects of early capitalism? Negative effects? Think social, economic and political.

How was Adam Smith critical of mercantilism?

Why was Galileo’s thinking so controversial?

How is the Scientific Revolution related to the Enlightenment?

How does John Locke apply “scientific” thinking to the development of government?

Short term and long term effects of the Enlightenment?

Review the concluding paragraph of the chapter…list the “profound and unsettling changes” that European society experienced in the early modern era.

Mapping: Be able to locate the countries (only) of the European continent. Be able to locate the triangular trade routes. Be able to locate the native countries of any individual listed above.

“PAPER”: acronym to help remember how to read a primary source. I’ll be giving you a source (not something you’ve seen before) and you will analyze it based on this guideline. (So be sure that you know what PAPER stands for!)

Powerpoints: Be sure to look them over