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The cradle of Renaissance art
the home of the Medici family
Start of the Renaissance movement
What is Florence, Italy?
a revival of or renewed interest in something
What is the Renaissance?
the science or practice of drawing maps
what is Cartography?
the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation
What is the Scientific Method?
This is the largest church in Europe
What is St.Paul's Basilica inside the Vatican (Head of the catholic church)
Beginning of the Enlightenment
Where is London and Paris?
the process of reforming an institution or practice
What is the Reformation?
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
What is an Epidemic?
rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws
What are natural rights?
Norway knighted what odd animal from the Edinburgh zoo?
What is a penguin? (his name is Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III)
Main countries involved in the Age of Exploration
Where is Portugal and Spain?
an approach to life based on reason and our common humanity, trusts in people, not divinity
What is Humanism?
an economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests with the motive to make a profit
What is Capitalism?
an agreement, either implicit or explicit, governing the behavior of individuals and organizations within a certain context such as a workplace
What is a social contract?
This country has the oldest monarchy in Europe
What is Denmark
Home of the Reformation
Where Martin Luther posted his 95 theses
What is Wittenberg, Germany?
a social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control
What is Individualism?
based on the idea that a nation's wealth and power were best served by increasing exports and reducing imports
What is Mercantilism?
meaning the sun is at the center of the universe
What is heliocentric?
Only 1% of this museum's collection is on display at any given time. This 1% is around 800,000 pieces of history
What is the British Museum?
Beginning of the Scientific Revolution
Where Copernicus studied and began his experiments
What is Krakow, Poland?
a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries
What is a Caravel?
the theory that reason rather than experience is the foundation of certainty in knowledge
What is Rationalism?
a movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion
What is the Enlightenment?
The most chocolate in the world is sold in this odd place, as many people buy it for loved ones as the return from trips
What is the Brussels Airport in Belgium?