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From the Golden Age of Writing, he is England's most famous playwright:
William Shakespeare
100
A German priest who was ~the first to speak out against the Catholic Church:
Martin Luther
100
This is the technique used when testing ideas through observing & experimenting:
scientific method
100
Italian trader. Our continent is named for him.
Amerigo Vespucci
100
The vocabulary term for making a journey all the way around the world:
circumnavigation
200
The original Renaissance man. An artist, scientist, & inventor, who used perspective in his drawings:
Leonardo da Vinci
200
When the Catholics tried to stamp out the Lutheran church, these people spoke out:
protestants
200
A fleet of warships:
armada
200
He named the Pacific ocean. His crew was the first to sail around the world.
Magellan
200
Who paid for Columbus' voyage AND drove the Muslims out of Spain?
Ferdinand & Isabella
300
The world's most famous ceiling painter. (He really loved sculpting more).
Michelangelo
300
The Catholics said you could be forgiven for your sins if you'd buy these special pardons:
indulgences
300
Books were made faster and cheaper using THIS METHOD of setting up trays of metal to make a printed page:
movable type
300
This explorer tried to reach Asia by sailing WEST.
Columbus
300
This is the vocabulary term for church officers/officials, including Catholic priests:
clergy
400
Showing the difference between things which are close & those that are far away is an artistic technique known as:
perspective
400
This movement was the loud voicing of opinions against the Catholic church:
Reformation
400
Used his telescope to show that Copernicus' ideas were right:
Galileo
400
He supported the search for a route to Asia around Africa by starting a navigation school:
Prince Henry
400
Henry VIII was the founder of this famous church:
Church of England
500
When Europe comes out of the "Dark Ages". Started in Italy, this was an age of thought, learning, art, and science:
Renaissance
500
If you 'denied the beliefs of the Catholic Church', you were convicted of this crime:
heresy
500
What person is famous for REALLY improving the printing press
Gutenberg
500
A popular protestant queen of England:
Elizabeth I
500
A long-distance sailboat which used square or lateen sails:
caravel