The Renaissance
Meaning “rebirth” in French, this was a period in European history, from the 14th to the 17th century, when there was a renewed interest in art, science, literature, and learning, leading to many cultural and intellectual changes.
What is the Renaissance
This individual was Italian explorer and navigator who sailed for the Spanish monarchy and "discovered" the Americas while on his way to India to buy spices.
Who is Christopher Columbus
This individual started the Protestant Reformation/
Who is Martin Luther
This is a form of government where a king or queen has complete control over all aspects of the country, with no limits on their power.
What is absolutism?
This man was considered the Father of Italian Humanism.
Who is Francesco Petrarch?
This was an intellectual movement during the Renaissance that emphasized the value of human beings, the importance of individual experience, and a renewed interest in the study of classical Greek and Roman culture.
What is humanism
This individual was a Portuguese explorer who received credit for being the first individual to circumnavigate the globe. However, he was killed in the Philippines and his crew finished the journey alone.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Although Martin Luther had 95 problems with the Catholic Church, this was his main problem.
What is the sale of indulgences?
This was the first war in Europe to use muskets and cannons.
What is the 30 Years War.
True or False: Christine de Pisan, an early Renaissance feminist, instructed women to learn the trades (jobs) of their husbands so they could run the business if their husbands were unable to.
What is True
This is the country where the Renaissance began
What is Italy
These were the two reasons that drove European exploration of new lands.
Explorers wanted to covert people to Christianity and finds spices in order to gain wealth.
What is Martin Luther was fired from his position as a Catholic priest and excommunicated from the church.
This refers to the way countries in Europe started organizing themselves after a big event called the Treaty of Westphalia, which was signed in 1648. This treaty ended the 30 Years War in Europe and helped create the system of independent countries, or sovereign states, that we have today.
What is the Westphalian state system?
This was the reason young wealthy Renaissance women attended church, in addition the the spiritual significance.
What is attending church was the only time a young wealthy woman was allowed to leave the house.
This was the reason Florence become the center of the Renaissance
What is the wealthy Medici family's support of artists allowed artists to focus on their work without having to worry about money. This caused a renewed interest in Roman and Greek art.
These were two consequences of the Age of Discovery.
What is mercantilism, death of natives from European diseases, colonization, increased militarism to protect new land holdings outside of Europe (any two of these are acceptable answers)
What was the impact of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press on the Protestant Reformation?
What is bibles were was produced for the first time in the common languages of the day (Spanish, French, Italian, and English) so that everyone could read the bible.
What are two characteristics of absolute monarchy?
What is (any of these two are acceptable) centralized authority, diving right of kings, strong military presence, bureaucratic control, and control over religion.
At this battle, King Henry V is shot in the face with an arrow but survives.
What is the Battle of Shrewsbury?
This is the reason a new middle class developed during the beginning of the Renaissance.
What is the serfs demanded better wages and / or overseas exploration led to a new entrepreneur class
This was the impact of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press during the Age of Discovery.
The printing press contributed to the Age of Exploration by speeding up the exchange of information and enabling the printing of maps. The printing press allowed travel and exploration narratives to be printed relatively cheaply and disbursed throughout Europe. These narratives made people interested in exploration.
This was the first European king to convert to Protestantism.
Who is King Henry VIII of England.
This is why feudalism collapsed and was replaced by mercantilism.
The Habsburg emperor Leopold I amended the law of succession in order for this person to become ruler of Austria.
Who is Maria Theresa of Austria ?