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Renaissance
Renaissance Men
Age of Exploration Explorers 1
Age of Exploration Explorers 2
Columbian Exchange
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What is the Renaissance known as?
The Age of Recovery
100
Leonardo da Vinci lived from when to when?
1452 to 1519
100
Who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
100
Who claimed Canada for France?
Jaques Cartier
100
When did the Columbian Exchange start?
1492
200
The Renaissance helped Italy recover from 3 major disasters, what were they?
1. the plague 2. political instability 3. a major decline of church power
200
Michelangelo lived from when to when?
1475 to 1564
200
Who was the first European to sail Westward to reach Asia?
Christopher Columbus
200
Who conquered the Incas in Peru and brought silver and gold back to Spain?
Francisco Pizarro
200
What was the Columbian Exchange? (2 things)
Trade and a cultural exchange
300
Churches, wealthy homes, and public buildings were decorated with what?
art that celebrated religious themes and the human body
300
Leonardo da Vinci created which mechanical device used in battle?
the submarine
300
Who named the land "America" because of his first name?
Amerigo Vespucci
300
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the Globe? Hint: he did it in 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
300
Where did the Columbian Exchange occur? (both answers)
At first Europe and the Americas and eventually the whole world got involved
400
The Renaissance lasted from when to when?
1350 to 1550
400
What was unique about how Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
He painted it on his back
400
Who claimed Canada for England?
Sebastian Cabot
400
This explorer landed in Panama, he was the first to see the Pacific Ocean from the Eastern Shore
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
400
Why did the Colombian Exchange occur?
Each continent had something the others wanted/needed
500
The Renaissance created wealth which created what?
New enjoyment of material things
500
Who didn’t like Galileo Galilei’s discoveries from the telescope?
The Church
500
Who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe?
Sir Francis Drake
500
Who was the first explorer to find a water route to India?
Vasco da Gama
500
How did the Columbian Exchange develop?
When people move its called migration but in this case, when goods and ideas move is called diffusion