We were wealthy merchants and bankers or popes or rulers who paid for artists to make their great works of art.
What are patrons?
100
This well known Greek thinker said that the Earth stands still and the universe revolves around the Earth.
Who was Aristotle?
100
To raise money to build elaborate churches, the Catholic Church would sell these pardons for sin.
What are indulgences?
100
This Chinese invention changed warfare.
What is gun powder?
100
The Age of Exploration was possible because this Portuguese leader brought together ship builders, map makers, astronomers, and sea captains at his "School for Sailors."
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
200
The French word for rebirth gives this period of history its name because there was so much more trade, learning, and better art than during the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
200
During the Renaissance the Geocentric Theory was replaced by this "Sun Centered" Theory.
What is the heliocentric theory?
200
This German priest began the Protestant Reformation by making a list of 95 complaints against the church.
Who was Martin Luther?
200
Johannes Gutenberg combined movable type and a press to make this invention which greatly increased how information could be spread.
What is the printing press?
200
Portuguese explorers tried to reach Asia by sailing around this continent?
What is Africa?
300
The Renaissance began in this boot shaped country.
What is Italy?
300
This Polish astronomer was the first to propose that the Earth and other planets orbit the sun.
Who is Copernicus?
300
This invention spread Luther's ideas and made the Protestant Reformation possible.
What is the printing press?
300
This large ship with movable sails made the Age of Exploration possible.
What is the caravel?
300
Columbus's goal was to reach the east by sailing in this direction.
What is west?
400
Members of this wealthy family from Florence became the model for being patrons of the arts.
What is the Medici Family?
400
Using a telescope, this Italian astronomer proved that the heliocentric theory is correct.
Who is Galileo?
400
This famous English king joined the Protestant Reformation so he could divorce his wife and marry Anne Boleyn--the second of his six wives.
Who is Henry VIII?
400
This Muslim invention used the stars and the sun to find your location.
What is the astrolabe?
400
This brave explorer led the first expedition to "circumnavigate" the world.
Who was Magellan?
500
Renaissance artists wanted to make sculptures and paintings like these ancient cultures.
What are Greece and Rome?
500
This English scientist used his Laws of Gravity to give additional proof to the heliocentric theory.
Who is Isaac Newton?
500
During the Reformation there were many religious wars. The most famous war took 3 decades, so it had this name.
What is the 30 years war?
500
This Chinese invention which the Europeans learned about from the Muslims was needed to find your direction especially on cloudy days or nights.
What is a compass?
500
Cabot, Hudson, Cartier, and Verrazano sailed for England, France, and the Netherlands. Explorers from these countries were looking for this different way of getting to Asia.