Renaissance
People & Events of the Renaissance
Explorers
Revolutions
Russia
100
A series of military expeditions
What is the Crusades?
100
A famous painter, scientist, engineer, and inventor of the Renaissance.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
What all the explorers were looking for.
What is a quicker route to Asia?
100
The revolution, led by Galileo, in which many advances in science were made.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
100
The Russian term for "emperor".
What is czar?
200
means "re-birth"
What is renaissance?
200
A famous English playwright of the 17th century.
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
Italian explorer that landed in the Caribbean in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
The workers
What is labor force?
200
The czar that added vast lands to Russia, but did not improve life for the peasants.
Who is Catherine the Great?
300
New class of wealthy businesspeople who lived in Italian city-states
Who are the aristocrats?
300
Leader of the event in which the practices of the Catholic church were protested.
Who is Martin Luther?
300
He was the first explorer to circumnavigate around the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
Changes in the the way goods were produced.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
300
The czar that wanted to "modernize" Russia.
Who is Peter the Great?
400
Someone who gave money, work or food to artists and scholars.
What is a patron?
400
The 16th Century movement to change the Catholic Churches practices.
What is the Reformation?
400
This country controlled the waterways and coasts along the Indian Ocean.
What is Portugal?
400
The economic system in which the businesses are privately owned.
What is capitalism?
400
The first czar of Russia.
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
500
This is the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is the Italian Peninsula?
500
The Catholic Churches response to the Reformation.
What is the Counter Reformation?
500
The first explorer to discover a water route from Europe to Asia.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
500
The attack on the Bastille prison led to this revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
500
During this event, the Russian monarchy was forced to give up power.
What is the Russian Revolution?