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 The Mughal Empire 3 economic liberalism 4 Louis XIV of France 5 An accomplishment of the Spanish Islamic power began a period of radical governmental reorganization in India and the flowering of intellectual and architectural creativity He gained the support of powerful nobles through a system of patronage. 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. 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.