Important People
Religion
Europe
Renaissance Arts
Important events
100
This is the author of the 95 theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
This movement was begun by Martin Luther.
What is Protestantism?
100
This major body of water made trade faster between countries.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
This is the painter of The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
These city-states grew very wealthy during the Renaissance.
What are Florence and Venice?
200
This Catholic queen murdered protestants in England.
Who is Queen Mary I
200
King Henry VIII created this religion.
What is the Anglican religion or Church of England?
200
This Italian city-state uses canals for transportation.
What is Venice?
200
This Northern artist was famous for his engravings.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
200
This famous writer directed plays at the Globe theater.
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
This Italian politician wrote a controversial novel.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
300
This religion believes in predestination, that it is already decide who is going to heaven.
What is Calvinism?
300
The Italian city-states became wealthy because of these activities.
What are banking and trade?
300
This famous Spanish writer wrote a popular novel.
Who is Miguel de Cervantes and what is his novel, Don Quixote?
300
The Catholic Church excommunicated this critical monk starting the Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
This Spaniard founded the Jesuits.
Who is Ignatius of Loyola?
400
This religious event murdered 2,000 Spaniards.
What is the Spanish Inquisition?
400
These religious workers were sent to America and Asia to spread Catholicism.
What are missionaries?
400
This painter specialized in oil painting.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
400
The civil war in this country was between these two religious groups.
What is France and the two groups, the Catholics and the Huguenots?
500
This painter in Italy competed against Leonardo da Vinci.
Who is Michealangelo?
500
Members of this persecuted religion ended up settling in the New World.
What is the Puritan religion?
500
This Italian merchant traveled along the Silk Road and worked with the Mongols.
Who is Marco Polo?
500
This new Renaissance technique softened edges using light and shadows.
What is chiascuro?
500
This Jesuit missionary arrived in Japan on this date.
Who is Francis Xavier who arrived in 1549?
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