History Keyword Review Flashcards

Flashcards testing knowledge of key historical terms, figures, events, and legislation from the lecture notes.

What was Dum Diversas and why was it significant?

It was a papal bull issued by Pope Nicholas V in 1492, regarded by some as the initial justification for the enslavement of Africans.

What is the definition of an anachronism?

The representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed from unrelated traditions.

What was Beringia?

An ancient land or ice bridge linking Asia and North America.

What was Tenochtitlan?

The capital of the Aztec people in the central valley of Mexico at the time of the Spanish invasion of Mexico.

How is the term Moors defined in the lecture notes?

The term used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages and the Reconquista.

What was Grenada's historical significance in 1492?

It was the last stronghold of the Moors on the Iberian Peninsula, which fell in 1492.

What does the Latin phrase 'Cuius regio, eius religio' mean, and with whom is it associated in 1557?

It means 'Whose realm, his religion' and is associated with Charles V, HRE.

What was the Schmalkaldic League?

A group of Protestant leaders in the Holy Roman Empire.

Which European explorer established Quebec in 1608?

Champlain.

What treatise did Richard Hakluyt write regarding colonial expansion?

A Discourse Concerning Western Planting.

Which monarchs belonged to the House of Tudor, along with their ruling dates?

Henry VII (1485-1509), Henry VIII (1509-1547), Edward VI (1547-1553), Mary I (1553-1558), and Elizabeth I (1558-1603).

What were the three types of English colonies mentioned in the notes?

Charter, Proprietary, and Royal.

When was the British East India Company chartered and by whom?

It was chartered by Elizabeth I in 1600.

What quote and biblical passage are associated with John Winthrop in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

"…city upon a hill." (Matthew 5:14: You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.)

How did New York become an English colony in 1664?

It was established as a proprietary colony granted to James, Duke of York (future James II), taken from the Dutch at the outset of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

What were the three specific provisions of the Plantation Duty Act of 1673 under Charles II?

(1) Placed a penny tax on each pound of tobacco; (2) required a five-shilling tax for every hundred weight of sugar; and (3) placed a "revenue-collecting administration" in British North America for the first time.

What was mandated by the Navigation Act of 1663 (Staple Act)?

All European products must be shipped to colonies via England.

What conflict was directly caused by the Navigation Act of 1651?

First Anglo-Dutch War.