What is the rebirth of Greco-Roman or Classical culture?
100
Martin Luther
Who is the founder of the Protestant Reformation?
100
Nation-state
What is a form of political organization in which a group of people who share the same history, traditions, or language live in a particular area under one government?
100
Motives for exploration
What are "God, gold, and glory?"
100
Spanish conquerors
What are conquistadors?
200
Humanism
What is a literary movement that gave rise to Greco-Roman ideas such as the dignity of man?
200
Indulgences
What are pieces of paper blessed by the Church that promise the buyer forgiveness of sins?
200
Absolute monarchy
What is a monarchy who believes they've a divine right, a God given right, to have absolute power over all of their subjects?
200
Prince Henry the Navigator
Who was a prince in Portugal responsible for kick-starting the Age of Exploration with his efforts at finding a sea-route to Asia, so Portugal could control the spice trade?
200
Cortes
Who is the man responsible for conquering the Aztecs?
300
Renaissance man
What is someone skilled in lots of different fields, for example someone, who's learned in art, engineering, anatomy, literature, etc.?
300
95 Theses
What is Martin Luther's stinging attack of Church corruption which was inspired by the Church's selling of indulgences?
300
Limited monarchy
What is a monarchy who's power is limited some how? During the Age of Absolutism some people pushed for a limited monarchy to ensure that their monarch had a responsibility to protect their rights.
300
Christopher Columbus
Who was the navigator financially supported by Spain to find a faster route to Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic, but who instead ended up discovering and laying claim to the Americas for the Spanish crown?
300
Three of the main reasons why European conquerors so soundly defeated indigenous people in the Americas
What are guns, germs, and steel?
400
Patrons
What is someone who financially supported artists by commissioning them to produce works of art?
400
Excommunication
What is to be refused the sacraments of the Church and damned to an eternity in hell? Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic Church for writing and refusing to denounce his 95 Theses a long with some of his other writings that attacked the supremacy of the Church's teachings.
400
Mercantilism
What is an economic policy devised during the Age of Exploration, where European nations competed to conquer foreign lands exploit their resources and dominate their economies.
400
Middle Passage
What is the second leg of Triangular Trade that transported Africans to the Americas to become slaves?
500
Printing press
What is a machine that allowed for the mass production of written materials? Ultimately it increased the literacy rate as books were more readily accessible, and it also helped to limit spiritual and secular leaders ability to censor ideas as author's ideas were so easily and widely disbursed.
500
Protestant Reformation
What is a reform movement based on protests of Church practices that ultimately led to a break from the Catholic Church and the development of a plethora of Protestant churches based on differing interpretations of the Bible.
500
Glorious Revolution
What is a bloodless revolution in England that established a limited, constitutional monarchy? The English Bill of Rights was established the king and queen had to agree to rule with limited power recognizing their responsibility to protect the rights outlined in the bill.
500
Joint-stock companies
What is an organization of private individuals who pool their resources to fund a voyage of exploration with the hope of getting rich and sharing in the profits?
500
Encomienda
What is a policy that came down from the Spanish crown that allowed Spanish colonists to enslave the natives? The Encomienda was brought to an end because it was seen as being painfully unjust, but soon there after African slaves came to take take the place of Native Americans.