This word means "rebirth". In European history it refers to the rebirth of ideas and culture connected to ancient Greece and Rome.
What is Renaissance.
100
These people studied the history, philosophy, and poetry of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
What is Humanists.
100
Martin Luther helped spur the Protestant Reformation by publicly posting, printing, and distributing this literature.
What is the 95 "Theses".
100
This person helped establish a permanent European settlement on the island of Hispaniola and facilitated contact between Europe and the inhabitants of what would become the Americas.
What is Christopher Columbus.
100
This person is considered the father of Calculus.
What is Sir Issac Newton.
200
This was one of the three main Italian city-states in which the Renaissance flourished.
What is Florence.
200
A term used to describe a well educated man who excels in various fields and who has numerous talents.
What is "Renaissance Man".
200
This person printed the first Bible in Europe made with moveable type.
What is Johannes Gutenberg.
200
This refers to the large-scale exchange of plants, diseases, animals, and people between the eastern and western hemispheres.
What is the Columbian Exchange.
200
This astronomer believed that the planets in the solar system moved around the sun.
What is Johannes Kepler.
300
Politically, Florence was ruled by wealthy merchant classes. This banking family was key to the development of Florence.
What is the Medici family.
300
Author of "The Prince", which discussed how a ruling prince needed to make decisions to remain in a position of power and to maintain order.
What is Machiavelli.
300
This person established the Anglican Church in England with the direct intent of allowing himself to divorce his wife.
What is Henry VIII, King of England.
300
This person set up the New France colony of Quebec City in North America.
What is Samuel de Champlain.
300
Developed a telescope that allowed for him to prove Copernicus's theory of a heliocentric solar system.
What is Galileo.
400
This writer wrote in his native Italian language rather than in Latin and was the author of Divine Comedy.
What is Dante.
400
Known for his paintings the "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper", this person was the original "Renaissance Man".
What is Leonardo da Vinci
400
This was a body of Catholic Bishops who met to work on reforming corrupt practices within the faith.
What is the Council of Trent.
400
The theory that countries needed a large supply of gold and silver to have prosperity.
What is Mercantilism.
400
This person challenged the teachings of the Catholic Church that the earth was the center of the solar system.
What is Copernicus.
500
Was a Dutch Christian Humanist who believed in reforming the Catholic Church from within the constitution. He wrote the new testaments in both Greek and Latin.
What is Erasmus.
500
The Renaissance was a time of recovery from a period strucken by this.
What is The Black Plague.
500
This daughter of Henry VIII turned the Anglican Church to a moderate form of Protestantism during his reign as Queen of England.
What is Elizabeth I.
500
This instrument allowed sailors to locate and predict the position of the moon, sun, and stars making navigation more efficient.
What is astrolabe.
500
During the Enlightenment, astronomers discovered that this was the center of the solar system.