Rizz-a-ssance
What was the first thing that Gutenberg printed?
The Bible
Name 3 famous renaissance artists:
Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Bellini, Titian, Van Eyck, Raphael, etc.
What Italian explorer is credited with "discovering" America?
Christopher Columbus
What are the Olmecs known for?
Rubber people, stone heads, and the first American Civilization
What weapons helped cause the end of feudalism?
English longbow and the gun
What Italian banking family funded the Renaissance?
The Medicis
What was the Copernican revolution?
Change from geocentric to heliocentric universe
What conquistador conquered the Aztec?
Hernan Cortez
These "Big Dogs" had the largest empire in America, 25,000 miles of roads and a mountaintop capital.
The Inca
What is a quipu?
a system of knots tied on a string for record-keeping.
What philosophy highlights human achievement and beauty?
Humanism
How did Humanism affect the subject matter of art?
Non-biblical paintings and highlighting the human body
Name 5 domesticated plants from the Americas:
Cacao, Watermelon, Corn, Squash, Beans, Chili, Avocado, Tomato, Potato, Pumpkin, etc.
These guys loved trading tropical bird feathers and seashells and large earthen pictures.
The Nazca
What is a chinampa?
a manmade floating island for agriculture
What was the first document to limit the power of the king and give power to commoners?
The Magna Carta
Name 2 things Galileo discovered:
Rings of Saturn, Moons of Jupiter, Craters on the Moon, Law of Gravity, Phases of Venus, Microscope.
Name 2 domesticated animals from the Americas:
Guinea Pigs, Llamas, Alpaca, Turkey, Muscovy Duck
Huitzilopochtli told these folks to find a new capital city on lake Texcoco and farm corn on their chinampas.
The Aztec
What were they "reviving" in the renaissance?
Knowledge from classical civilizations
What are 3 things that Isaac Newton is credited with discovering?
Calculus, Laws of Gravity, Refraction of light, Newtonian telescope, Laws of Motion, Alchemy.
What 3 things allowed Pizzaro and 260 conquistadors to conquer 10 million Incas?
Guns, Germs, and steel (and a little civil war on top)
This agrarian civilization invented the wheel for children's toys, and writing and loved big stone calendars and pyramids for human sacrifice.
The Mayans
What geographical feature made it difficult for domesticated plants to spread across the Americas?
North-south orientation of the continents