Western Civ Final Review

Rule seized by force

Government in which a king or queen exercises power

Rule by the few, often from the business class

fundamental political unit in Ancient Greece

French peasant who felt moved to rescue France during Hundred Years’ War

German priest who protested the sale of indulgences by the Church

Signed by Spain & Portugal that identified a line of demarcation in the Americas

The act of taking away a person's right to membership in the Church?

His study of math and physics helped develop a single theory of motion

What did Columbus intend to do with the natives

300 year period to gain control of the Holy Land

Wrote the influential political book The Prince

Native American labor system used by the Spainish in the Americas

The belief in “divine right” was used to support the concept of

the Duke of Normandy who defeated the Anglo Saxons at the Battle of Hastings and became king of England

Person of mixed Spanish and Native American descent

If reaching consensus easily is the highest priority, which form of government is best?

A German craftsman who developed a new type of printing press in 1440

He believed the earth revolved around the sun in “perfect divine circles”

the Church court used in Spain to persecute Jews and Muslims

an organization of individuals in the same business looking to conditions for its members

A belief that the power held by a monarch was ordained by God

Germanic people from Scandinavia who raided areas of Western Europe

The royal court at Versailles was NOT used by Louis XIV

An important religious ceremony administered by the clergy

 The effect of mining wealth was

legislative group established in England that looked to check royal power

Which code were knights expected to follow?

Earth-centered model of the universe  

Genoese sea captain who worked for Spain and made a daring journey west

The idea that God determined long ago who would achieve salvation

deadly disease that killed nearly one-third of the European population in 18 months

promoted the ideas of liberty and the separation of powers

used satire in his staunch defense of liberty

Locke’s arguments were used in the eighteenth century to

believed in general will and popular sovereignty

A Frenchman who created a Protestant belief in predestination

The scientist who created theories on astronomy and laws of motions who came into conflict with church leaders

Worldly view where focus and power was in politics

Which of the following was true of the patricians?

How did the scientific method change science and research in the early 1600s?

A ruler who has complete authority over government and the lives of the people

The expansion of trade and business that resulted in increased trade goods

defended the concept of representative government and natural rights

the organized effort to drive the Muslims out of Spain

Rule by a landholding elite

He proved that planets move in ellipses (ovals) around the sun

Could not lawfully leave the place where they were born

What system of government was based on the exchange of land for protection and services?

Spanish conqueror of the Americas

Henry VIII became head of the English church

What action of Luther’s led to his excommunication in 1521?

A release from all or part of the punishment for sin

a document drawn up by English nobles to guarantee certain basic political rights

Government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s power

a belief that focused on human potential and achievement

What was the “Glorious Revolution”?

Government by the people