the renaissance
what is the renaissance?
the movement that revitalized visual, and to a lesser extent literary, art in Europe.
makes objects from far away look closer
teloscope
Fill in the blank: Three significant Ancient Civilizations were the Mayans, the Incans, and the _________
Aztecs
The single ruler in charge of the Inca
emperor
Name the explorer that sailed into the Bahama Islands in 1492 on three ships while thinking he landed on the shores of the country of India
Christopher Columbus
belived the sun was the center of the universe
Galileo
A method of procedure
The Scientific Method
What is the purpose of a totem pole
to display your wealth
aztec did this to prevent the final destruction of the world
human sacrifice
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do
divided the land in the western hemisphere between Spain and Portugal
Michelangelo painted the roof of this building.
Sistine Chapel
discovered gravity
Isaac Newton
What effect did farming have on the way of life of early peoples
They settled in one place
To pay a tax to a ruler
tribute
During the 1400s, how did many Europeans view the world as being
flat
when was the renaissance?
1300s to 1600s
he improved the teloscope
Galileo Galilei
What is geography
Geography is the land and bodies of water in an area
writing system based on pictures
hieroglyphs
Why did Columbus call the people he had encountered Indians
he thought he reached the East Indies
term used for renasance art
realism
The word for the idea that the earth is in the center of the universe
Geocentric
What is a hunter
People who hunt for meat
The Mayans created a sophisticated writing system based on hieroglyphs what happened to all their writings
Spanish burned them
a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire
Hernando Cortes