The Renaissance
The Reformation
The Exploration Era
Important People
Mixed Review
100

This city in Italy is often considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Florence

100

This German monk challenged Church practices with his Ninety-Five Theses.

Martin Luther

100

This explorer completed the first voyage from Europe to the Americas in 1492.

Christopher Columbus 

100

He painted the Mona Lisa.

Leonardo da Vinci

100

The Renaissance began after this historical period.

Middle Ages

200

Renaissance artists used this technique to create the illusion of depth in paintings.

Perspective

200

Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses in this year.

1517

200

This country sponsored many early voyages and was led by Prince Henry the Navigator.

Portugal 

200

He translated the Bible into German, making it more accessible.

Martin Luther 

200

Wealthy families such as the Medici supported artists and scholars through this practice.

Patronage

300

This Renaissance thinker wrote The Prince.

Niccolò Machiavelli

300

This invention helped spread Reformation ideas quickly throughout Europe.

Printing Press

300

This explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe.

Ferdinand Magellan 

300

This English king broke from the Catholic Church and established the Church of England.

Henry VIII

300

This crop from the Americas became an important food source in Europe.

Potato

400

The Renaissance was marked by this intellectual movement that emphasized human potential and achievement.

Humanism

400

The Catholic Church's response to the Reformation is known as this movement.

Counter-Reformation

400

This trade route connected Europe and Asia by sea around Africa.

the route around the Cape of Good Hope

400

This explorer reached India by sailing around Africa.

Vasco da Gama

400

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Old and New Worlds is called this.

Columbian Exchange

500

This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Michelangelo

500

This council met between 1545 and 1563 to reform the Catholic Church.

Council of Trent

500

This agreement divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal in 1494.

Treaty of Tordesillas 

500

This scholar's ideas influenced Christian humanism and Church reform.

Desiderius Erasmus 

500

Name the three major historical movements covered in this game.

Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Exploration