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100

The Age of Exploration served as a steppingstone for _________knowledge.

geographic

100

Humanism was initiated by __________ men of letters rather than by the scholar-clerics.

secular

100

Renaissance was a period in European civilization immediately following the______________

The Middle Ages

100

He represented that spirit of adventure and curiosity of the Renaissance.

Christopher Columbus

100

Which treaty divided the world in half between the Spanish and the Portuguese?

The Treaty of Tordesillas

200

What was the exchange of goods unique to each continent called.

The Columbian Exchange.

200

The intellectual stimulation provided by humanists helped spark the Reformation.

Reformation

200

The Renaissance supported a spirit of _____ and_____________

Adventure and Curiosity

200

He chiseled the Pieta and painted the Sistine Chapel

Michaelangelo

200

Because of the _______________ we can enjoy pizzas, spaghetti and ketchup

The Columbine Exchange

300

The Europeans started the Age of Exploration because they were looking for a new what?

A new route for the spice and silk trades.

300

At the heart of Italian Renaissance was an intellectual movement known as _______________.

Humanism

300

True/False. During the Renaissance, there was a new emphasis on collective achievement

False

300

He is the most important figure of the Renaissance literature.

William Shakespeare.

300

The European age of printing began with the __________________.

Gutenberg Bible

400

The Age of Exploration also decimated indigenous communities due to the combined impact of _______, overwork, and ______________.

disease and massacres

400

Humanism looked forward to the rebirth of a _____________________ and wisdom

lost human spirit

400

The Renaissance ideal was a person with talents and skills in ________ fields

many

400

He wrote Utopia

Thomas More

400

Why are Da Vinci's notes difficult to read?

He wrote backwards

500

The era known as the Age of Exploration, is sometimes called the _____________.

Age of Discovery

500

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Humanism stressed the unity and compatibility of the truth found in all philosophical and theological schools and systems, a doctrine known as ______________.

syncretism

500

This began in the cities of Flanders

The Northern Renaissance

500

He stands out as one of the best Flemish painters in the 1400s

Jan Van Eyck

500

The Europeans started the Age of Exploration because they were looking for a new what?

A new route for the spice and silk trades.