War of the Roses
True or False: The War of the Roses happened from 1455 to 1485
True
Who died in the year 1464?
Cosimo de' Medici (Pater Patriae)
What happened between Ferdinand and Isabella in 1469?
They got married
Why are the years 1487 and 1497 important?
Those were the years Dias and de Gama attempted to sail down past the bottom of Africa into Asia
What color rose belonged to the House of Lancaster?
White Rose
Who built the Dome of Florence?
Filippo Brunelleschi
What was the Reconquista?
Where Christians attempted to reconquer Spain away from the Muslims
Why did Dias name the southern part of Africa "Cape of Storms," and why did King John rename it "Cape of Good Hope?"
Dias named it this because it was very dangerous, but King John didn't want future sailors to be discouraged by this name
Why did the House of Lancaster and the House of York fight for 30 years?
Over who would be the king of England
Who was the "Father of His Country" in Italy?
Cosimo de' Medici
Who were Ferdinand and Isabella?
Rulers of Spain who put people on trial who disagreed with the church
Who were Dias and de Gama?
They were Portuguese explorers who sailed around the bottom of Africa to India
What did Queen Margaret do to the duke of York after the Battle of Wakefield?
Mounted his head on the town gates of York
Who was Fra Angelico?
A Dominican monk who beautifully painted stories from the Bible for his friend Cosimo de' Medici
Who was Tomas de Torquemada?
Isabella's childhood priest who would torture people to make them confess their sins against the church
What three reasons did the Portuguese want to reach the East?
1. They were looking for trade routes
2. They wanted to share the Gospel
3. They wanted to find the mysterious Prester John
What did King Edward IV's brother Richard do to become king of England?
He trapped his two nephews in the Tower of London and they were never seen again
Why did Fra Filippo Lippi have a bad reputation?
He was more focused on enjoying the world than on heaven
What did the Edict of Expulsion do?
How did de Gama's second trip to India end differently than his first one?
He fought his way through the harbor victoriously and demanded the new trade routes be opened to the West