Renaissance
This invention led to the spread of ideas and increased literacy.
Printing Press
This monk is accidentally started the Protestant Reformation when he announced his 95 complaints with the Catholic Church in 1517.
Martin Luther
This scientist is known for his theories of motion and gravity.
Sir Isaac Newton
Colony
Spanish and Portuguese conquerors in the New World were called _____________.
Conquistadors
This artist was a true 'Renaissance Man,' known for being a painter, architect, scientist, and inventor. He is known for painting the famous "Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa".
Leonardo Da Vinci
Which complaint in 95 Theses is most frequently cited as the main critique of the Catholic Church?
The sale of indulgences
This Catholic Church belief was the theory that earth was the center of the solar system and universe.
Geocentric Theory
Why did Europeans begin exploring the world by sea in the 1400's?
Searching for trade routes to Asia
Upon discovering the Americas, what motivated Europeans to conquer and colonize this new territory?
God, Gold, & Glory
This term refers to a decline in the importance of the Catholic Church as new humanist ideas were born. It is seen in art that doesn't display Bible stories.
Secularism
This monarch is the father of the Church of England. He started this new denomination of Christianity so he could get a divorce from one of his wives.
Henry VIII
Galileo used a telescope to prove this Copernican theory.
Heliocentric Theory
Cotton, sugarcane, and tobacco are examples of this type of agricultural product.
Cash crops
This three-way system of trade saw slaves shipped to the Americas, raw materials shipped to Europe, and manufactured goods sent to Africa for the purchase of more slaves.
Triangular Trade
This "Ninja Turtle" artist is responsible for painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, which contains "The Last Judgement" and "The Creation of Adam".
Michelangelo
This Catholic court of the Counter-Reformation often tortured people into recanting their Protestant beliefs and converting back to Catholicism.
The Inquisition
This scientist is remembered as the father of the Scientific Method.
Sir Francis Bacon
This treaty divided the world in half: half for Portugal and half for Spain. Spain clearly won this deal.
Treaty of Tordesillas
This term refers to the trade of plants, animals, people, disease, and ideas between the New World and the Old World.
Columbian Exchange
Humanism is the belief in human potential and critical thinking to solve problems in the world. Who is credited as its founder?
Petrarch
This new denomination of Christianity believes in predestination, or the idea that God knows where each person will go when they die even before they are born.
Calvinism
Name the steps of the Scientific Method in order.
Make an observation
Ask a question
Make a hypothesis
Conduct an experiment
Draw conclusions
Report results/do it again based on evidence
This system of forced servitude failed because Native Americans either effectively resisted or died from European diseases.
Encomienda System
How were Europeans able to conquer the Americas with relative ease?
Guns, Germs, Steel, Horses