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Renaissance what up?
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Age of Discovery what up?
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100
This city is said to be the birthplace of the Renaissance because all of the cool, new art got started here.
What is Florence Italy
100
This man put the Renaissance theater on the map!
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
This man probably was responsible for changing our world for better or for worse more than any other person. Another hint, He is just as infamous as famous.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
When this route became too dangerous to travel, countries started to sponsor explorers on ocean voyages.
What is the Silk Road/Route?
100
These holy wars located in the Middle East exposed Europeans to some of the riches that were produced in India and China which helped to stimulate the trade of goods and ideas.
What are the Crusades?
200
This cultural movement involved a new way of thinking which made the Renaissance the renaissance. Instead of just focusing on hard work and waiting for the afterlife, there was a renewed interest in Greek and Roman Art and Architecture. Life could now be enjoyable and people started to study art, music,
What is Humanism?
200
This man is known as a true Renaissance man because he was talented in so many areas. He was intellectual, musical, athletic and spoke many languages. Unfortunately, he was a real jerk and was not very nice to his wives! Remember the six by this: "Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived.
Who is King Henry the VIII?
200
This explorer was not only the first to confirm that CC had not made his way to India, but also gave us the name for the new world.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
200
People from this country were the first explorers to look for a route to India by going around the coast of Africa. Another hint: Vasco de Gama was the first one to make it to the Indian ocean.
What is Portugal?
200
This invention had a huge impact on the lives of ordinary people of Europe and contributed to ending the Middle Ages.
What is movable type/printing?
300
This Islamic empire came to power in the early renaissance and lasted for almost 600 years.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
300
This writer wrote about an epic journey through hell and purgatory to reach heaven. Lesson learned: you want the glories of heaven? Watch your sins!
Who is Dante?
300
This overland traveler made journeys to China and India during the late Middle Ages. Writings of the riches he saw there inspired explorers during the Age of Discovery to seek a sea route after the overland routes had been closed.
Who is Maro Polo?
300
This group of sophisticated Indians was "discovered" in south central Mexico and had a leader named Montezuma.
Who are the Aztecs?
300
This period is marked by developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry that transformed the views of society about nature during the latter half of the renaissance.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
400
This more than 1000 year empire finally collapsed in 1453 after 100 years of pressure/war from the Ottoman Turks.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
400
This inventor wrote notes and sketches in countless notebooks because he was so dang creative and curious!
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
400
This explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Although technically, only a few of his men made it past the Philippines for a complete circle, as he was killed there by the natives.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
400
This group of Indians built an elaborate citadel high up in the Andes mountains of Peru.
Who are the Incas?
400
These two Italian Port Cities had a monopoly on silk and spice trade with the Middle East for hundreds of years making them extremely rich.
What are Venice and Genoa?
500
This often romanticized era is known for its Renaissance Theater and may be considered Britain's golden age of history.
What is the Elizabethan Era?
500
Named by Albert Einstein as the smartest man who ever lived, this guy was said to discover gravity when he saw an apple fall off of a tree. He also did a whole lot more!
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
500
This explorer/conquistador is (in)famous for destroying Montezuma and the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
500
This is the term used to describe what happened when plants, animals and disease made their way back and forth from the Old and New Worlds.
What is the Columbian exchange?
500
This religious movement started by Martin Luther called for the Catholic church to change because he and others felt it had become corrupt. Ultimately, the church split and Protestantism was formed but only after 30% of the German population (among others) was killed in a war involving much of Europe.
What is the Reformation?