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What was the rise of arts and sciences in Europe after the Middle Ages called?
Renaissance
What is a patron?
Wealthy person that supports an artist
What is a colony?
Land taken over and controlled by another country. Colony sends all of its resources to parent country
What is a Caravel?
Spanish Ship designed for long journeys
Who were the Medici and Borgias?
Rich Crime families in Italy
Who inspired the rennaissance?
Ancient Greeks/Romans
What is Humanism?
The idea that individuals don't need a church or king to think for them
What is the Columbian exchange?
Transfer of Food, Plants, Animals, Diseases, People, etc from the Old World to the New World and Vice Versa
What is Exploitation?
Taking advantage of people/places weaker than you
Who was Leif Ericson?
Viking who settled in Northern Canada
Who was Shakespeare, and who was his patron?
Famous Actor/Playwriter, Queen Elizabeth of England
Who benefited more from the Columbian Exchange?
Europe
Who is the namesake of the Americas?
Amerigo Vespucci
True or False: Christopher Columbus was Spanish
False, he was Italian
Who was Martin Luther?
German Monk who rebelled against the church and started his own denomination
Name 4 Renaissance artists and what they were known for
Leonardo da Vinci- Inventor/Painter
Raphael- Apprentice to Leonardo
Michelangelo- Painter
Donatello- Sculptor
Name four of Shakespeare's plays
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream
Why did Henry VIII start his own church?
Church didn't let him get a divorce
Name 4 Renaissance Inventions
Printing Press, perspective, Cartography, Scientific Method
How did the Bubonic Plague end Feudalism?
Less Serfs meant that Serfs became more valuable
What is the difference between the Treaty of Tordesillas and the Berlin Conference?
Berlin Conference worked, and it was all of Europe. Treaty of Tordesillas didn't work, and was just Spain and Portugal
Why did Europeans want to find a new way to Asia?
Ottoman Empire takes Constantinople, so europeans can't make it through without paying heavy taxes
Why do you think the age of Exploration happened after the Renaissance and not before?
Newfound interest in arts and sciences after/during the renaissance, people are more willing to try new things. In the Middle Ages, people are more worried about just surviving
Who do you think "discovered" the Americas, and why? Was it Columbus, Leif Ericson, or the Native Americans?
Interesting
How did Humanism cause the Reformation?
People realize they can have their own thoughts and don't have to listen to what the church says verbatim.