Renaissance
This artist painted the Sistene Chapel.
Michelangelo
North and South America were known as the "New World"
True
Who discovered America in 1492
Columbus
Who invented the Printing Press?
Guttenberg
What is another name for the "black plague or black death?"
Bubonic plague
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
Rebirth in the French language.
90% of all people living in the New World died of starvation.
False. It was disease.
He failed in trying to sail around the world but claimed The Philippines for Spain.
Magellan
Who discovered a sea route to the Indian Ocean?
Dias
What was the name of Europeans born in the Americas?
Creole
What city in Italy was the start of the Renaissance?
Florence
The 3 G's in European exploration were God, Glory, and Gemstones.
False. God, Glory, and Gold
Unlike Columbus, He recognized the "New World" was not Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci
What 3 continents were involved in
"The Triangle Trade?"
North America, Europe, and Africa
What is the economic system based on private ownership?
Capitalism
Name 5 examples of interests that Leonardo Da Vinci had that caused him to be known as "a true renaissance man".
He had many interests such as inventions, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, math, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astromomy, anatomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.
Conquistadores were Portuguese soldiers who conquered the Aztecs and Incan empires.
False. They were Spanish.
This explorer defeated the Spanish armada and sailed around the world.
Sir Francis Drake
Name 5 things that were introduced to Europe that traders brought from The New World to Europe?
Squash, pumpkins, peanuts, potatoes, corn, tomatoes and turkeys.
These 3 continents were known as the "Old World"
Europe, Asia, Africa
What was the name of the family that financed
the arts in Florence?
Medici
Mestizo were people of both Spanish and Native American descent.
True
Name 2 of Michelangelo's famous works.
The David
Painting the Sistene Chapel
Pieta
This explorer claimed large portions of Canada for the French.
Jacques Cartier
What is the theory called when a nation's power depends on its wealth.
Mercantilism