Renaissance Vocabulary
It was the intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements.
Humanism
Renaissance artists used this style to represent subjects as they actually appear in real life.
Realism
This 1494 agreement divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
Treaty of Tordesillas
One major religious motivation for the Crusades was the desire to capture this holy city.
Jerusalem
This exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people connected the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
The Columbian Exchange
Writing in the everyday language of the people, such as Italian instead of Latin.
Vernacular
This Aztec capital city was built on an island and became one of the largest cities in the world.
Tenochtitlan
In this economic theory, nations gained power by collecting gold and establishing colonies.
Mercantilism
A major economic effect of the Crusades was that Europeans were reintroduced to luxury goods like these, encouraging long-distance trade.
What are spices (or silk)?
This leg of the Triangle Trade carried enslaved Africans to the Americas under brutal conditions.
The Middle Passage
This concept focuses on worldly matters rather than religious ones.
Secularism
A small, fast ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish during the Age of Exploration.
Caravel
This system forced Native Americans to work for Spanish landowners.
Encomienda System
In The Prince, Machiavelli argued it is better for a ruler to be this rather than loved.
Feared
Name three products/organisms that came from the "Old World" to the "New World" in the aftermath of Columbus' voyage.
Horses, Cattle (cows), Pigs, Sheep, Goats, Chickens, Wheat, Rice, Sugarcane, Coffee, Citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, limes), Smallpox, Measles, Influenza
This artistic technique gives paintings depth, making objects appear three-dimensional.
Perspective
This crop is grown mainly to sell for profit, not for personal use.
Cash Crop
This Inca labor system required people to work for the government on public projects.
Mita System
He painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David.
Michelangelo
Name three products/organisms that came from the "New World" to the "Old World" in the aftermath of Columbus' voyage.
Maize (corn), Potatoes, Sweet potatoes, Tomatoes, Peppers (bell peppers, chili peppers), Squash and pumpkins, Beans (kidney, lima, etc.), Peanuts, Cocoa / Cacao (for chocolate), Tobacco, Vanilla, Turkeys
The Renaissance began in what is now this country.
Italy
These floating gardens allowed the Aztecs to farm on shallow lakebeds.
Chinampas
This network exchanged goods such as guns, manufactured products, and enslaved people between Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
Triangle Trade
His invention vastly increased the spread of Renaissance ideas through printed books.
Johannes Gutenberg
This product was the biggest driver of the slave trade.
Sugar