Reformation
Exploration
Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment
Grab Bag
100
This man started the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
This Italian man is given the credit for discovering the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The belief that the earth is at the center of the universe is called the ___________ theory.
What is geocentric?
100
This Enlightenment thinker promoted freedom of speech and religious tolerance.
Who is Voltaire?
100
This man was put on trial by the Catholic Church for supporting the idea that the sun was the center of the universe.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
200
The Anglican Church was started by this man.
Who is King Henry VIII of England?
200
Name the three main reasons why Europeans began exploring the rest of the world.
What are "God, glory, and gold"?
200
He was the first person to propose the heliocentric theory.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
200
The group of Enlightenment thinkers who promoted the use of reason and logic and the protection of individual rights were known by this name.
Who are the philosophes?
200
This man invented the printing press.
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
300
Many people were unhappy with the Catholic Church's practice of selling these, or pardons from sins.
What are indulgences?
300
This explorer was the first European to go around the southern tip of Africa and make it to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
300
This man was the primary creator of the experimental, or scientific, method.
Who is Francis Bacon?
300

The place where Enlightenment thinkers met to discuss and share new ideas.

Paris, France

300
This Renaissance belief focused on the achievement and potential of humans.
What is humanism?
400

She was a Roman Catholic that executed many Protestants during the English Reformation?

Why was Queen Mary known as Bloody Mary?

400
A region, settlement or area of land controlled by another country is known as a _____________.
What is a colony?
400
This man "discovered" the law of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
400
This thinker promoted the separation of powers in order to keep a government from abusing its power.
Who is Montesquieu?
400
By saying that leaders should do whatever necessary to protect their state, this Renaissance thinker helped monarchs become more powerful.
Who is Machiavelli?
500

Pope created the Jesuit Order and called the Council of Trent

The Counter Reformation 

The church starting to challenge the growing Protestant movement 

What is the Catholic Reformation?

500
Under this economic policy, countries tried to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver.
What is mercantilism?
500

This man invented the first microscope.

Who is Zacharias Janssen?

500
This term refers to an unspoken agreement between the people and a government about how and why the people will be governed.
What is a social contract?
500
This was the name for the transatlantic trading network that transported slaves, raw materials, and goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is the triangular trade?
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