⚔️ Age of Exploration
These three “G’s” motivated explorers to sail across the oceans.
What are God, Glory, and Gold?
This theory said a nation’s power depended mainly on its wealth.
What is mercantilism?
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg helped spread Renaissance and Reformation ideas more quickly.
What is the printing press?
This list by Martin Luther criticized indulgences and Church corruption in 1517.
What are the 95 Theses?
This deadly factor brought by Europeans caused massive population loss among Native Americans.
What is disease?
This country, led by Prince Henry the Navigator, began the Age of Exploration.
What is Portugal?
This trade route forcibly brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
What is the Middle Passage?
This belief system most influenced European exploration by encouraging the spread of religion overseas.
What is Christianity?
The movement begun by Martin Luther that challenged the Catholic Church and created new denominations.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This forced movement of millions of Africans to the Americas had lasting social and economic effects on both continents.
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?
This explorer’s expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
Before Europeans, this ocean linked Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia through established trade routes.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This intellectual movement celebrated the individual and human achievement.
What is Humanism?
A certificate sold by the Catholic Church that claimed to reduce punishment for sins.
What is an indulgence?
Many Native American societies were drastically changed after Europeans arrived because of this process that reshaped land use and labor.
What is colonization?
This exchange between Europe, Africa, and the Americas introduced new crops, animals, and diseases after 1492.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This European country sponsored Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage across the Atlantic.
What is Spain?
This Renaissance artist is known for The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, works that show advances in perspective and realism.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This English playwright wrote works such as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet that reflected Renaissance humanism.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This epidemic factor caused massive deaths among Native Americans after Europeans arrived.
What is smallpox (or disease)?
This explorer sailed west in 1492 seeking a route to Asia, but instead reached the Americas.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This crop, first grown on plantations in the Americas using enslaved labor, became a highly profitable export to Europe.
What is sugar?
This famous Renaissance artist painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted David.
Who is Michelangelo?
This wealthy Italian family were powerful patrons of the arts during the Renaissance, funding artists like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
Who are the Medici?
The demand for sugar, tobacco, and cotton in Europe fueled this system in the Americas.
What is plantation agriculture?