The Renaissance
The Renaissance is the rebirth of the __________ and ____________ classics.
What are Greek and Roman Classics?
This device was invented by Johannes Gutenberg and helped spread information and books across Europe.
What is the Printing Press?
The scientist who developed the Heliocentric Theory.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
The Native Americans who lived in the Great Plains hunted __________.
What are Bison?
This time period took place at the same time as Queen Elizabeth's "Golden Age".
What was the Age of Discovery?
This famous Renaissance Man painted the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper".
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
This Christian reformer nailed his 95 Theses to the doors of a church.
Who was Martin Luther?
Galileo Galilei believed that ____________ were the best to gather knowledge.
What are Experiments?
What is the Central Mexican Plateau?
What are the "Three Sisters" that were traded from the New World?
What are Squash, Corn, and Beans?
This playwright wrote scripts for "Romeo and Juliet", "The Taming of the Shrew", and "Macbeth".
Who was William Shakespeare?
This Christian reformer believed in "Predestination" and that church leaders should be elected by the people.
Who was John Calvin?
Who was Sir Francis Bacon?
The Incan Empire were destroyed by the Spanish led by ___________ _____________.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
This Portuguese explorer sailed to India by going around Africa.
Who was Vasco de Gama?
This Italian family lay the cultural prosperity in Florence, and was highly influential and powerful.
Who was the Medici Family?
This English king created the Church of England to divorce his wife and marry another woman.
Who was King Henry VIII?
This scientist created the Three Laws of Motion, Calculus, and the Color Theory.
Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
The Mayan Empire was made up of 50 _____________.
What are City-States?
This Spanish leader rejected his influence on the African slave trade and became a spokesman for human rights.
Who was Bartolome de la Casa?
Aristotle + Natural Law = _____________________
Who was Thomas Aquinas?
The time period in which Catholic leaders reformed their ways to bring people back into the church is known as the __________ _________________.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
Johannes Kepler theorized ____________, oval paths that revolved around the Sun.
What are Ellipses?
Which civilization's social system had nobles and priests in different classes?
Who were the Aztecs?
What were Spain's two goals travelling to the New World?
To gain Wealth and Convert Native Americans to Christianity.