Vocab
The Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
Who is conquistador
A term used by the Europeans to describe the Americas
What is the New World
What wiped out most of the Native American population?
What is disease
This group had control over the government before the Protestant Reformation
Who is the Church
This is what they called goods being traded from Europe, Africa, and Asia to the Americas
What is the Colombian Exchange
A person who goes on a long journey usually with religious ties
Who is a pilgrim
European cultural, artistic, political, and scientific "rebirth"
What is renaissance
Who did Martin Luther stand against?
This group was in control of the Church before the Protestant Reformation
Who is the government
This invention led to Martin Luther sharing his ideas a lot more easily and quickly
What is the Printing Press
This is a route sought by explorers for a shorter trade route from Europe to Asia
What is the Northwest Passage
Where a foreign power invades, settles, and establishes control over another territory and its people
What is colonization
Where was Christopher Columbus originally trying to get to?
Where is Asia/India
Which country brought in the most slaves in the new world?
Where is Brazil
This is what they call a person that has many different talents
What is renaissance man
The brutal, forced journey of millions of enslaved African men, women, and children across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
What is the Middle Passage
The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas between the Americas and the Afro-Eurasian hemisphere
What is the Colombian Exchange
What % of all African slaves came to the present day USA?
What is 8%
This explains that the sun is at the center of the universe instead of the earth
What is the heliocentric model
What is education
A profound shift in thought marking the transition from traditional, authority-based, and religious explanations to modern, evidence-based science
What is Scientific Revolution
An outlook attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters
What is humanism
When did the renaissance period take place?
when is 1300 - 1500 AD
What is the process when someone expressed an idea (hypothesis) and does research and backs up the idea with facts
What is the Scientific Method
This man discovered the three laws of motion
Who is Sir Isaac Newton