AP Euro 5-8
What helped lead to the witch hunts in Europe?
"New Science" led to intellectuals questioning tradition
Early Modern Russia
"Time of troubles" followed the death of Ivan "the terrible"
Who would most likely object to mercantilism?
Adam Smith
Agricultural revolution
Amount of land cultivation increased, enclosure of common lands led to new demographics and seed planting was done with a machine
The price revolution of the 16th century led to what?
An increase in the production of goods
Countries with significant Calvinist movements in the early 17th century
Bohemia, Holland and England
Results of the glorious revolution in England
Creation of a constitutional monarchy, parliamentary control over royal revenues and taxation and religious toleration for puritans and quakers
A significant consequence of the industrial revolution for the working class was...
Decline of women's financial contributions to the family
Key accomplishment of peter the great
Development of Russia's Baltic region
Which country was a dominant economic power in Europe during the early 17th century?
Dutch republic
Which idea brought about increased accusations of witchcraft?
Economic upheavals, increased population, and the gold/silver influx
Francis Bacon
Empiricism, inductive reason in analyzing the physical world
Difference between society of western and Eastern Europe in the 17th/18th century
Extent to which nobles had control over peasantry
Descartes and who were responsible for the promotion of experimentation, empiricism and mathematics?
Francis Bacon
The commercial revolution led to what effect on Western Europe?
Increase in political/economic influence of middle class
Things that allowed England to industrialize
Increased food supply, surplus population in the country, abundance of natural resources such as coal and iron
Isaac Newton's Principia was a milestone in science because...
It explained the universe through natural forces
Results of the Glorious Revolution
James abdicated the throne, England became a constitutional monarchy and William and Mary ruled as co-monarchs
Educational opportunities were first embraced by who?
Leaders of the Protestant reformation
Important consequence of the treaty of Utrecht
Louis XIV was contained
Goal of mercantilism
Maintain favorable balance of trade to increase country wealth
Social class at the front of the commercial revolution in the 16th century
Middle class
What is true about child-rearing in the 18th century?
Middle class families were more child centered/nurturing
Who gained new legal privileges and increased political political influence in France in the seventeenth century
Nobility of the robe
Which area saw their decline in Europe in the 17th century?
Ottoman Empire and Poland-Lithuania
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was prominent in advocating the...
Responsibility of the government to rule by consent of the people
Serfdom
Rise of serfdom partly as a result of the Black Death in the 14th century
The most important innovation of the agricultural revolution that allowed for the increase of food
Rotation of crops
Oliver Cromwell
Strict moral laws outlawing gambling, dancing and alcohol
Why did the Dutch enjoy continued economic growth in the early 17th century?
Strong middle class that ruled with commerce as a priority
What was a major case of increased power of the "new monarchs" in early modern Europe?
Tax supported armies
Peter the great received a "window into the West" for Russia in the Baltic as a result of what?
The great northern war
What did Peter the great's programs of westernization have as its biggest impact?
The improvement of the Russian military
Major difference between western and Eastern Europe in the 17th century
The middle class in eastern europe was smaller