The Renaissance
This period, known for its focus on humanism and cultural rebirth, followed the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
Martin Luther initiated this movement by challenging the Catholic Church's practices in the early 1500s.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
These navigational tools, such as the compass and astrolabe, were vital for Renaissance explorers.
What are navigation instruments?
Two opposing views on religion emerged during the Renaissance. One followed the Catholic Church's teachings, while the other encouraged personal interpretation of this text.
What is the Bible?
One major complaint of Martin Luther was the Church charging money for forgiveness, also known by this term.
What are indulgences?
This Portuguese prince funded numerous voyages and established a navigation school, earning him this nickname.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
This invention made it easier to distribute maps and navigational tools, fueling exploration during the Renaissance.
What is the printing press?
The division of Christianity during the Reformation led to the creation of this new Christian branch.
What is Protestantism?
This Spanish explorer circumnavigated the globe, proving the Earth’s roundness, though he did not survive the journey.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This term describes the practice of exploring new lands and expanding one’s nation.
What is expansionism?
This religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants arose due to disagreements on how to worship and interpret doctrine.
What are the religious wars?
This term combines ethnocentrism, expansionism, and the Age of Exploration, describing European control over other regions.
What is imperialism?
Renaissance ideas such as this philosophical movement encouraged individuals to explore and question their world.
What is humanism?
This term describes a world view that assumes one’s culture, religion, or nation is superior to others, which escalated during the Reformation and Renaissance.
What is ethnocentrism?
This French explorer traveled the St. Lawrence River and encountered the Haudenosaunee settlement of Hochelaga.
Who is Jacques Cartier?