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Great English playwright of the Renaissance; Romeo and Juliet writer
William Shakespeare
Columbus's goal in his voyages
China
This trans-oceanic historical event was named after Columbus
Columbian Exchange
Luxury food, made using cacao
Chocolate
Crops of the Columbian exchange, name 3
Potato, cacao, tomatoes, oranges, wheat, bananas, etc
First European to circumnavigate the Earth
Ferdinand Magellan
What Columbus actually reached
Caribbean / North America
This French word means rebirth; describes Europe in 1400-1600
Renaissance
Instrument used to see things much smaller than what the eyes can see
Microscope
Nations involved in Age of Exploration, name 2
England, France, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland
Italian astronomer, persecuted by Italian Catholic Church
Galileo Galilei
Ottomans captured this city and closed it to Western trade
Constantinople
Percentage of Native American population that died because of Europeans
+/- 90%
Lenses used to aid person's vision, placed on a frame
Eyeglasses
Renaissance artists, name 2
Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, etc
Inventor of the European printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
Credited as the starting point of the Renaissance
Florence, Italy
The Reformation, a religious-historical event, caused the rise of this branch of Christianity
Protestantism
Plant which can be easily grown, has many nutrients. Credited with European population growth
Potato
European explorers, name 2
Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, etc
Powerful family in Florence, patron of the arts
The Medicis
Vasco da Gama reached this place in the late 1490s
India
This treaty "divided" the world between Spain and Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
Sexual sickness that spread from the Americas to Europe
Syphilis
Shakespeare's works, name 2
Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Merchant of Venice, etc