Monday, December 5, 2011

Chapter 16+17 GSPRITE NOTES


Geography
What areas (exploration and trade are claimed by which countries)
Areas new to the global trade network
Purpose of early explorations=Discover passage to India

Social
The West (Europe) becomes center of world culture
How do New World crops impact Europe?
What did the new European family look like?
What is the Proletariat?

Political
Results of Seven Years War and 30 Years Wars
                  -Warfare in Europe on the rise
Model of an absolute monarch=Louis XIV
Parliamentary Government in Europe=British
Enlightenment movement=looking after common people

Religious
Philippines- Only Asian colony to accept Christianity
Martin Luther’s Challenge to Catholic Church
                  -Why did both rich and poor support Luther?
Jean Calvin and Predestination
Deism
Edict of Nantes

Intellectual/Technology
Renaissance
Prince Henry the Navigator- Promoted exploration for Portugal
Vasco da Gama- First European to reach India by Sea
Chris Columbus- new world discovery
Gutenberg-printing press
Magellan-circumnavigate globe
Copernicus-helio-centric universe

Economic
Mercantilism
Regional economies move to global
Core economic zones located in Europe
Private exploration=British and Dutch
                  -British and Dutch East India Companies
Gov’t exploration=Spain and Portugal
Colombian Exchange-who got what?
Too much gold for Spain a bad thing?

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