Geography
This Italian explorer traveled throughout the Mongol Empire on the Silk Road to China, and often wrote extensive tales of his journey
Marco Polo
The name of the disease or pandemic that ran through Europe in the late 1300s, killing millions
Black Death or Bubonic Plague
This explorer set sail in 1492 to find a sea route to India, but ended up somewhere very different
Christopher Columbus
A cash crop that was grown in the deep south that many slaves were forced to pick by hand
Cotton
This person painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
This major port city in Northern Italy was responsible for an increase of trade all across Europe because of their holdings in the eastern Mediterranean. It's known for luxurious glasswork.
Venice
The governmental system that developed during the Middle Ages. It has peasants on the bottom, then knights, aristocrats, and the king at the top.
Feudalism
This Italian explorer is credited with mapping out the continental United States, whom the continent is named after. His writings were often propaganda, convincing people to come to the new world.
Amerigo Vespucci
This is the nickname of the branch of the Triangular Slave Trade was from Africa to the Americas, where slaves were packed together inhumanely on ships.
The Middle Passage
This city in northern Italy is considered the capital of the Italian Renaissance
Florence
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the eastern half renamed itself this, after the old name for Constantinople
Byzantine Empire
The Catholic Church
This Portuguese explorer discovered the first sea route to India around Africa.
This country was the first to import slaves to their colonies, specifically in South America
Portugal
His work fills the inside of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
This is the first official land settlement by Europeans in the continental United States, located in the south and is still a popular tourist area
St. Augustine, Florida
The Crusades
This country in the Caribbean today is where Columbus first landed, a popular vacation spot and cruise hub.
The Bahamas
This religious group of Protestants was always against slavery. They often settled in Pennsylvania and have a very famous oats brand.
Quakers
An Italian Renaissance artist that was known for his extraordinary portrait work, smooth curves, and vivid colors.
Raphael Santi
This modern city sits on top of the ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, on Lake Texcoco, after the Spanish colonized it during the age of exploration.
Mexico City
This brutal warrior king was the leader of the biggest continuous land empire in the world. His empire stretched from China and Korea to Turkey and Poland. His men accidentally spread the plague to Europe.
Genghis Khan
This Portuguese explorer wanted to be the first man to circle the Earth by sea. He sailed from Spain down past the bottom of South America, for where the strait is named after him. He was killed in the Philippines before he could complete his journey.
Ferdinand Magellan
This French colony in the Caribbean had a successful slave revolution in the late 1790s, leading to their freedom and a new nation.
Haiti
It is thought that the myth of "spilling the salt" being bad luck comes from this Renaissance painting, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, of a famous Christian religious scene.
The Last Supper