Renaissance Figures
He is known as the "Father of Humanism".
Who is Petrarch?
He protested against the Catholic Church by nailing his 95 Theses to a church door.
Who is Martin Luther?
This Portuguese explorer reached India by sailing around Africa's southern tip.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
This is a tax on imported goods.
What are tariffs?
She was known as the "Virgin Queen".
Who is Elizabeth I?
He painted the Mona Lisa.
This religious doctrine says that God has already chosen who will be saved.
What is Predestination?
They sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas.
Who is Ferdinand and Isabella?
This is the exchange of goods, crops, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
What is the Columbian/Biological Exchange?
This is the official religious book of the Church of England.
What is the "Book of Common Prayer"?
He wrote the famous work "The Prince".
Who is Machiavelli?
This was a series of meetings called by the Catholic Church to address issues raised by the Protestant Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
This agreement divided newly discovered land in the Americas between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This type of business was used by explorers to allow investors to share in their profits and losses?
What is a joint-stock company?
This ended the Thirty Years War.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia?
This Dutch humanist was known for his critical view of the Catholic Church.
Who is Erasmus?
This English monarch was responsible for breaking away from the Catholic Church.
Who is Henry VIII?
He and his crew were the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This economic theory promotes the mother country accumulating wealth (silver and gold) through trade and colonies.
What is mercantilism?
This first attempt at religious tolerance in the Holy Roman Empire stated that your ruler determined your religion.
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
This English playwright lived during the British "Golden Age".
Who is Shakespeare?
This granted religious freedom to Protestants in France.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
This royal promoted and funded exploration and navigation in Portugal.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
This economic theory allows businesses to operate without the government getting involved?
What is the Free enterprise system/Capitalism?
These monarchs (heads of states) prioritized a strong state over religious differences.
What is a politique?