Matching Pairs History 104 Review Online version Opening activity for SI session for section 1 by Jessica Fox 1 major cultural development of the Renaissance 2 Louis XIV of France 3 economic liberalism 4 The Mughal Empire 5 An accomplishment of the Spanish He gained the support of powerful nobles through a system of patronage. It looked back to a cultural past but also fostered the idea that a new golden age was beginning. They were the first to cross both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. the pursuit of individual self-interest in a competitive market would lead to rising prosperity and greater social equality, rendering government intervention unnecessary and undesirable. Islamic power began a period of radical governmental reorganization in India and the flowering of intellectual and architectural creativity