Renaissance/Reformation
The Renaissance began in this country
What is Italy?
Credited with landing in/finding the new world
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Established a navigation school in Portugal where mapmakers, sailors, and others could perfect their crafts. Also funded 14 expeditions along the African coast
Who was Prince Henry "The Navigator"?
The buying, transporting and selling of enslaved Africans for work in the Americas
What was the Atlantic Slave Trade?
The capital of the Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
The prominent form of religion in Europe before the Reformation
What is Catholicism?
Credited with being the first to circumnavigate (sail completely around) the globe
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
The line that separated the new world territory between Spain and Portugal
What was the Line of Demarcation?
The name given to the route taken by captains to transport slaves to the Americas
What was the Middle Passage?
The Mesoamerican empires originated from this ancient civilization.
Olmecs
Those who studied the classics of Ancient Greece and Rome and applied their findings to the thoughts of those in their time.
Who are Humanists?
Credited as the first person/crew to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
New technological advancements that made Exploration easier
What are:
-The Caravel, More accurate Map, the compass and the Astrolabe
Most African slaves were trapped by these people.
Other African tribes
A network these led all the way to Cuzco in the Incan Empire
Roads
Credited with beginning the Reformation in England because the Pope refused to accept his divorce of his wife.
Who is King Henry VIII
Credited with conquering the Aztec people and claiming the land for Spain
Who was Hernando Cortes?
The Trade Route between Europe, Africa and the Americas
What was the Triangular Trade Route?
What was:
-Tobacco, Manufactured Goods, Rum, and Guns
The mesoamerican ball game represented these themes when being played.
Life/Death
Good/Evil
Light/Dark
The 4 prominent artists in Italy during the Renaissance
Who are:
-Leonardo Da Vinci
-Michelangelo
-Donatello
Raphael
Credited with conquering the Inca people and claiming the land for Spain
Who was Francisco Pizzaro?
This trading system transported new foods, money, and disease between the new world and old world.
Columbian Exchange
The advantages that Europeans saw to using enslaved Africans in the Americas (4 reasons)
What was:
-Many were immune to European Diseases
-Many already knew how to farm, or could easily be taught
-They were less likely to run away (because they did not know the land)
-Their skin color would make them easier to identify if they did run away
This Mesoamerican civilization is known for this art below
Moche