Protestant Reformation
He was a catholic monk who challenged the church to bring reforms, as stated in his 95 Theses (Complaints)
Who is Martin Luther?
The theory in which the Sun is at the center of our solar system?
What is heliocentrism?
He was the first European to sail west in order find the spice islands. He ended up landing in the Caribbean Islands and opened the door for other explorers to follow and colonize the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus
What country did the Renaissance begin in?
Double Jeopardy: Name the specific city where the Renaissance began.
What is Florence, Italy
The two powerful empires in Asia with which the Europeans were trying to establish exclusive trade.
This leader of the Catholic Church was responsible for setting moral standards, crowning/blessing Kings, and creating religious rules and political laws.
Who is the Pope?
This Portuguese leader started a navigational school to teach Captains how to sail long distances using astronomy
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Name two technological advances that Portugal achieved under its leadership
Who is Prince Henry (the Navigator)
1. First sailors to use the magnetic compasses
2. Building bigger and faster ships with large sails known as Caravels.
Known for her cruel persecution of Protestants and for banning the Church of England, this Queen gained a reputation and a nickname for her actions.
Queen Mary I
Bloody Mary
Known as a special certificate or blessings sold by the Catholic church that granted people a place in heaven and forgiveness for their sins.
What are indulgences
He was the first humanist to challenge the belief of geocentrism and sparked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution.
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
He was the first European sailor to sail around to the southern tip of Africa.
Who is Vasco de Gama
What is Greek & Roman History?
The process of a foreign nation’s control over a people or territory
What is Colonialism?
Name one of the major causes of the Protestant Reformation?
What is the rise of Humanism, Corruption in the Catholic Church, the Great Schism of 1054, and/or the Printing Press?
This mathematician used data collected by Tycho Brahe to determine that the orbit of the planets as an elliptical shape as opposed to a perfect circle.
Who is Johannes Kepler
The treaties and diplomacy between the Christian Kingdoms and Islamic Caliphates during these Holy Wars sparked the Renaissance.
Double Jeopardy: Name the two leaders of these empires that led this cultural exchange
What are the Crusades?
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Saladin, the King of the Ayyubid Caliphate & Sultan of Egypt)
Richard I, the Lionheart (King of England)
The Catholic response to Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation, which attempted to reorganize the Catholic church and stop its corruption.
What is the Council of Trent 1545 also known as the Counter-Reformation?
This technology allowed for an increase in literacy among Europeans and the spread of new information
Double Points: What was the first book to be published and spread by this machine?
What is the Printing Press?
What is the Bible?
He faced an inquisition by the church for his beliefs about a heliocentric solar system. He was also credited for being the first human to observe Jupiter's moons & imperfect sunspots on the sun.
Who is Galileo?
The three main reasons that started the Age of Discovery?
Escaping religious persecution, exploring new trade routes to Asia, and spreading the word of God
Name two reasons why the Renaissance happened.
What is cultural exchange with Islamic Caliphates, fall of Constantinople, the rise of Humanism, and revival of classical history, focusing on the Greeks and Romans.
These two companies were known as Merchant Empires that represented Europe; even though they are not around anymore, their estimated worth was 7.8 Trillion Dollars. More than Apple, Nike, Amazon, and more.
What are the Dutch VOC and the British EIC?
This English reformer established his own Church, known as the Church of England. Some historians claim it was to gain more influence, others say it was so he could divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon
Double Jeopardy: How many wives did this King have in his lifetime?
Who is King Henry VIII
Six Wives
Catherine of Aragorn, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Katherine Parr
Through inductive reasoning (eliminating conclusions through experiments) this humanist established the modern scientific method.
Who is Francis Bacon?
This agreement was signed in 1494 between the Portuguese & Spaniards, set the rules of interaction between the two empires in the new world promsising no interference and setting two zones of influence around the world.
What is the Treaty of Tordesaillas?
This famous Renaissance artist was famous for his blending of art and observational anatomy in his painting, creating a more realistic reflection of people and nature.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
About 75% of slaves or unpaid laborers worked in these large fields in the New World under the Spanish.
DOUBLE POINTS: NAME THE FIRST CASH CROP THEY FARMED
What is Sugarcane?
The experiments of Galileo Galile & Johanes Keppler challenged the Catholic Church's creation story by demonstrating...
What is an imperfect, chaotic, heliocentric universe?
An inconclusive scientific method in which experiments attempted to convert simple metals into gold.
What is Alchemy?
This was the first navigator to lead an expedition to circumnavigate (sail around) the entire world.
Who is Ferdinand Magallan?
This technology, which was exchanged/traded in the crusades, allowed for a better understanding of astronomy, the movements of planets, and calculating sunrise/sunset
What is the Astrolabe?
The Catholic Inquisition (1478-1834) targeted which THREE groups of people in Europe were targeted, imprisoned, and forced to confess through torture?
HERETICS, JEWS, AND MUSLIMS
This reformer of the church believed that salvation was already pre-determined for a person when they were born, and God would have a plan for them in their lifetime.
Who is John Calvin
Name the fields of study that were expanded on by the Scientific Revolution
What are the fields of Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics? (Medicine is also accepted)
The Fall of this Ancient Christian Empire to the Ottoman Islamic Empire pushed Columbus to find a new route to Asia
What is the Fall of Constantinople in 1453?
The creator of Algebra, which allowed for a new way of balancing equations and calculating.
Who is Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (Al-Khwarizimi)
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER EVER