Renaissance & Reformation
Most influential city: Athens, Corleone, Florence, Rome?
Florence
Animal changed diet of common people in Latin America: buffalo, chicken, dog, rabbit
chicken
Sailed around Cape Horn & named Pacific: Cabral, Drake, Khan, Magellan
Magellan
"I think, therefore, I am." Cartier, Descartes, Hobbes, Newton
Rene Descartes
How many years did Romanov dynasty last? 100, 300, 500, 1,000?
300
Wrote The Prince in 1513: Machiavelli, Rasputin, Romanov, Vespucci?
Machiavelli
Crop brought TO Europe for ANIMAL food: apple, corn, hay, rice
corn
Mother Country exploits colonies: Communism, Imperialism, Mercantilism, Nationalism
Mercantilism
English king with 2 famous daughters: Mary & Elizabeth I? Charles II, Henry VIII, John, William the Conqueror
Henry VIII
French explorer in eastern Canada: Cabot, Cartier, Descartes, Montesquieu
Cartier
What was a florin? Book, coin, law, ship
Gold coin (think: rich city Florence)
Set up navigators' school in Portugal: Charles III, Columbus, Ferdinand, Prince Henry
Prince Henry
Navigation instrument: astrolabe, carrack, guillotine, howitzer
astrolabe
Who were Huguenots? French Protestants, Greek Muslims, Russian aristocrats, Spanish explorers
French Protestants
Oxygen is necessary for fire to burn? Copernicus, Galileo, Lavoisier, Newton
Lavoisier
Who developed printing press? Alighieri, Chaucer, Gutenberg, Petrarch
Johannes Gutenberg
To travel around world: circumnavigate, destiny, journey, sail
circumnavigate
Pardons for someone's sins? Excommunication, Indulgences, Legislations, Reparations
Indulgences
Name associated with Reformation: Luther, Maimonides, Rasputin, Romanov
Martin Luther
People have right to life, liberty, and to own property? Hobbes, Kerensky, Locke, Romanov
John Locke
What is vernacular? Disease, language, ship, weapon
Language of the common people
Sail shape allowed ships to sail in zigzag: circle, rectangle, square, triangle
triangle
Spice Islands of Southeast Asia? Madeiras, Madras, Molasses, Moluccas
Moluccas
Mongol invader from Central Asia? Genghis Khan, Hirohito, Ho Chi Minh, Napoleon
Genghis Khan
What cart took people to guillotine? hearse, surrey, tumbrel, wagon
tumbrel