Renaissance
This Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance
Florence
This reformer nailed the Ninety-Five Theses to a church door in 1517
Martin Luther
This civilization ruled from Cusco and worshiped a sun god
The Inca
These three "G"s were the motivations for European exploration
God, Gold, Glory
This explorer sailed in 1492 seeking a westward route to Asia
Christopher Columbus
A person who takes control of land and people for a country
Conquistador
This Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
This Protestant reformer believed in predestination
John Calvin
This civilization was centered in Central Mexico and ruled by Montezuma II
Aztecs
This document divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.
Line of Demarcation
This explorer conquered the Aztec Empire
Hernán Cortés
The movement emphasizing human potential and achievements during the Renaissance
Humanism
This wealthy family became famous patrons of the arts in Florence
Medici family
This king broke from the Catholic Church and created the Church of England.
Henry VIII
This ruler of the Aztecs met Cortés and believed he may have been a god
Montezuma II
This ship design improved long-distance sea travel during exploration
Caravel
This explorer sailed around Africa’s southern tip to reach India
Vasco da Gama
The system in which England’s monarch became head of the church instead of the Pope
Church of England / Anglican Church
This invention helped spread ideas quickly throughout Europe
Printing Press
Another name for the Society of Jesus founded by Ignatius of Loyola.
Jesuits
This Aztec capital was known as the “Venice of the New World.”
Tenochtitlan
This exchange involved goods, diseases, and ideas between the Old and New Worlds
Columbian Exchange
This explorer captured the Inca ruler Atahualpa
Francisco Pizarro
Protestants who believed the Church of England was still too corrupt chose to leave it completely.
Separatists
Renaissance thinkers were inspired by the cultures of these two civilizations
Ancient Greece & Ancient Rome
This Catholic council responded to the Protestant Reformation and reformed the Church
Council of Trent
This Native American culture built a large urban center in present-day Illinois
Cahokia
This Muslim empire controlled Constantinople and restricted European trade to the East
Ottoman Empire
This explorer crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
A set of beliefs that included ideas like predestination, total depravity, and limited atonement.
Five Points of Calvinism, Calvinism