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 Louis XIV of France 4 An accomplishment of the Spanish 5 economic liberalism 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. Islamic power began a period of radical governmental reorganization in India and the flowering of intellectual and architectural creativity They were the first to cross both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It looked back to a cultural past but also fostered the idea that a new golden age was beginning.