Age of Discovery

Renaissance

100

An artist who is responsible for painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

Leonardo Da Vinci

200

A thought system which places prime importance on the individual rather than a divine being

Humanism

300

The system in which a wealthy person would sponsor an artist to create a piece for them

Patronage

400

An invention, created by Johannes Gutenberg, that increased the spread of ideas

Printing Press/Movable Type

500

A wealthy Florentine family which commonly patronized the arts during the Renaissance

Medici

Reformation

100

The German Monk responsible for starting the Protestant reformation

Martin Luther

200

A list of complaints with the Catholic Church whcih was posted on the Wittenburg Church door in 1517

95 Theses

300

The forgiveness of sin that could be purchased from the Catholic Church prior to the Reformation

Indulgences

400

The crime of holding beliefs that go against the teachings of the Church

Heresy

500

The language spoken by the majority of people in a particular place

Vernacular

Scientific Revolution

100

This is the theory that the sun is the center of the solar system, which kick-started the Scientific Revolution

Heliocentric Theory

200

This man is credited with discovering the laws of motion

Sir Isaac Newton

300

This man is credited with coming up with the Scientific Method

Sir Francis Bacon

400

This is the man responsible for originally coming up with heliocentric theory

Copernicus

500

What are the 6 steps of the Scientific Method?

1. Make an observation

2. Ask a question

3. Make a hypothesis

4. Conduct an experiment

5. Draw conclusions

6. Report results/do it again based on evidence

Exploration

100

The spread of ideas, plants, animals, people, and disease between the Old World and the New World

Columbian Exchange

200

This was the route in which African were brought to the Americas; one "leg" of Triangular Trade

Middle Passage

300

What "3 G's" motivated the conquistadors to to explore, conquer, and later colonize the New World?

God, Gold, Glory

400

How were Europeans able to conquer the Americas relatively easily? List at least two reasons

Guns, Germs, Steel, Horses, GEOGRAPHY

500

This system of servitude's failure allowed for the growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Encomienda System

Variety

100

Someone who is good at many things

Renaissance Man

200

This man proved heliocentric theory by invevting a high powered telescope in which he could observe the movement of Venus and Jupiter's moons.

Galileo

300

Which conquistador is responsible for conquering the Aztecs? 

Hernan Cortes

400

This treaty is the reason why Brazilians today speak Portuguese

Treaty of Tordesillas

500

The father of humanism

Petrarch