Renaissance People
Renaissance Inventions and Ideas
Reformation
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Definitions
100

This man was a famous renaissance painter, his best work was the Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci

100
This invention allowed information to travel much faster than it had before.

Printing Press

100

This term describes people's ability to read, it increased during the Reformation.

Literacy

100

This disease spread rapidly across the globe, killing millions in the 1300s

Black Death

100
This trade route stretched from China to Europe.

Silk Road

200

This Renaissance scientist was one of the first people to use the scientific method. He died while trying to prove that snow could preserve meat

Francis Bacon

200

This invention is still widely used today as a navigational tool showing what direction you are traveling in.

Compass

200
Martin Luther wrote this document, it outlined his complaints about the church

95 Theses

200

This battle in Ancient Greece is the reason that a popular distance race today is called what it is.

Battle of Marathon

200

This term refers to wars that were fought between Christian and Islamic forces over control of Jerusalem

Crusades

300

This man was the first to successfully circumnavigate the globe

Ferdinand Magellan

300

Galileo was one of the first to use this design to observe objects far into space.

The telescope

300

The Catholic church would sell these, it is one of the main reasons people were upset with the church

Indulgences

300

The pyramids of Ancient Egypt were used for this purpose.

Tombs

300

This term describes a way to set up society where the nobles own the land, the peasants work the land, and the King provides protection.

Feudalism

400

This Italian man wrote the "Divine Comedy"

Dante Alighieri

400

This invention measures the angle of the horizon, letting the user know where they were on the globe.

Astrolabe

400

This man believed so strongly in the idea of "predetermination" that he created his own branch of the church

John Calvin


400

This was the first King of Rome.

Romulus 

400

This trade route, stretching across water, connected East Asia, Africa, and India

Indian Ocean Trade Routes

500

This man wrote a book called "The Prince", it focused on ideas about how leaders should behave.

Macchiavelli

500

The printing press was invented by this man.

Johannes Gutenberg

500

This branch of Christianity was developed as a bridge between the Catholic and Protestant churches

The Anglican Church
500

This man led the Third Crusade for the English forces, earning a reputation and nickname for his bravery

Richard the Lionheart

500

This term refers to a person who is well studied in many different academic areas.

Polymath