Renaissance
What does Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
How many times was Henry VIII married?
6
Chinese invention that tracked distance by using a magnet and a needle.
Compass
What does conquistador mean?
Conquerer
What was New York City originally named?
New Amsterdam
Study of literature, philosophy, and history
Humanities
What does vernacular mean?
Native language
Arab invention that allowed ships to sail against the wind.
Triangular sails
What city in North America did Spain make as their capital in the 16th Century? (Holy Faith)
Santa Fe
People of mixed Spanish and Native American parents
Mestizo
What is the term for a well educated and multi-talented person?
Renaissance man/woman
Sigma
Name one reason why Martin Luther was irritated with with Catholic Church.
Indulgences
What is another name for a mapmaker?
Cartographer
What was the base of the French colony in what is now Canada?
Quebec
French middle class
Bourgeois
What did the Flemish painter, Jan Van Eyck, put in his paint that allowed him to take a longer time with his work?
Oil
What Catholic religious order did St. Ignatius of Loyola create?
Jesuits or Society of Jesus
Who were the natives that greeted Christopher Columbus on the beaches in the Bahamas?
Tainos
Who was the Jesuit priest who explored the Great Lakes and came down the Mississippi R with Joliet?
Fr. Marquette
What is the French day of revolution celebrated every year on July 14th?
Bastille Day
Who wrote about how to attain and keep political power in his famous book, The Prince?
Machiavelli
Another name for the Dutch Republic
Netherlands
Italian explorer who maps the east coast of South America. America is named for him.
Amérigo Vespucci
What was the 1st English colony named (in Virginia)?
Jamestown
Who were France’s Declaration of Rights inspired by?
American Revolutionaries