World Religions
This religion has no clear founder
Hinduism
These two countries fought in the Hundred Years' War
England and France
This concept describes the increased focus of Renaissance artists, authors, and philosophers on the value and potential of humanity and of the individual. Also an increased focus on the human body
Humanism
The original point of the Age of Exploration was to find this
Name two goods which were traded along the Silk Road
Silk, spices, porcelain, etc.
Muhammad founded Islam in this holy city
Mecca (Makkah)
The war ended in this year
1453
This is the general name for an increase in how lifelike an image is. Renaissance art had a much greater emphasis on this than Medieval art had
Realism
This was the first European nation to invest majorly into exploration and mapmaking around western Africa with the goal of getting to Asia
Portugal
This is the name given to the diffusion of culture, goods, people, and disease between the New and Old Worlds which began after European discovery of the New World
The Columbian Exchange
This is the founder of Buddhism (birth name - not Buddha)
Siddartha Gautama
The Hundred Years' War was a major turning point leading to the decline of this social system of land ownership
Feudalism
This is the name for rich families who would sponsor and pay artists to create works for their homes and local areas
Patrons
Columbus landed in America in this year
1492
This Portuguese explorer was the first to make it to Asia directly from Europe by water, going around the southern tip of Africa to land in India
Vasco da Gama
This is the name for a specific group of faiths, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which all trace their roots back to the same cultural tradition
The Abrahamic faiths
The Hundred Years' War actually lasted this many years
116
This is the name of the Renaissance trend in which artists began de-emphasizing religion within art, while not totally rejecting it
Secularism
This treaty agreed to by Portugal and Spain essentially divided the world between them and gave them permission to colonize any non-Catholic areas.
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
This economic theory suggests that colonies only exist to enrich the mother country which created them.
Mercantilism
Muslims try to face Mecca when praying. How many times per day is this traditionally done?
5
This is the name of the people who, believing the Black Death was a divine punishment, started flaying or whipping their own backs to cause suffering and appease God
Flagellants
The fall of this city in 1453 helped to revive classical culture in Europe when its Greco-Roman scholars fled the city and brought their knowledge with them to Europe
Constantinople
This Chinese sailor's ships were burned after his voyages, leading to a long period of Chinese isolation from the West
Zheng He
The Dutch were able to take control of the spice islands from Portugal by forming this type of company