Renaissance
This Italian city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
He started the Protestant Reformation by writing the 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
The main motive for exploration during the 15th century.
What is finding new trade routes/wealth?
The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds is called ___.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is Triangular Trade?
This man painted the Mona Lisa and is called a true “Renaissance Man.”
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The Catholic Church sold these as a way to forgive sins.
What are indulgences?
Tool that helped sailors determine direction.
What is the compass?
Two foods introduced to Europe from the Americas.
What are potatoes and corn (or tomatoes)?
Goods sent from Europe to Africa in exchange for slaves.
What are guns/textiles/manufactured goods?
The study of worldly knowledge, curiosity, and individual achievement was called ___.
What is Humanism?
John Calvin’s belief that God already chose who would be saved.
What is predestination?
This explorer’s voyage in 1492 connected Europe to the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Two things introduced to the Americas from Europe.
What are horses and wheat (or diseases)?
The brutal journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
This invention by Gutenberg spread Renaissance ideas across Europe.
What is the printing press?
This king broke from the Catholic Church to form the Church of England.
Who is Henry VIII?
This explorer sailed around the tip of Africa to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Which group suffered the most from new diseases brought by Europeans?
Who are Native Americans?
Raw goods sent from the Americas to Europe.
What are sugar, tobacco, and cotton?
This wealthy family of Florence funded artists and learning during the Renaissance.
Who are the Medici?
The Catholic Church’s response to the Reformation, including Jesuits, was called ___.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
This explorer’s crew was the first to sail around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
One long-term positive effect of the Columbian Exchange.
What is improved diets/population growth in Europe?
One effect of the Triangular Trade on Africa.
What is population loss or destabilization of societies?