AP World - U3STK

This flashcard deck contains everything one should know to prepare for assessments over AP World History: Modern Unit 3.

Henry VIII

Henry VIII

England’s king; wanted a male heir to succeed him

Anne Bolelyn

Married to King Henry VIII after his annulment

Charles V

Powerful emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Philip II

Spanish Armada

Peace of Augsburg

Edict of Nantes

Thirty Years’ War

Final religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Europe; led to economic catastrophe for most of the continent.

Peace of Westphalia

Indulgences

Granted a person absolution from the punishments for sin

Simony

The selling of church offices

Holy Synod

Counter-Reformation

Inquisition

Jesuits

Society of Jesus

Council of Trent

Martin Luther

Concluded that several traditional Church practices violated biblical teachings; objected to simony and the selling indulgences

95 Theses

A book of Martin Luther’s grievances to the Catholic Church; advocated for “sola fide” (faith alone)

John Calvin

Broke with Catholic Church; authored The Institutes of the Christian Religion; helped reform religious community in Geneva, Switzerland.

Elect

Those predestined to go to heaven

Predestined

Pre-determined

Puritans

English protestants

Protestant Reformation

Term to describe various reform efforts against the Catholic Church

Anglican Church

Church of England

Shariah

Sikhism

Syncretic faith developed from Hinduism and may have been influenced by Sufism; a monotheistic faith that recognized the rights of other faiths to exist

Empiricism