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Renaissance
Reformation
Scientific Revolution
European Expansion
Impact of European Expansion
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What is the translated definition of "Renaissance"?
Rebirth
100
Who was called before the Diet of Worms by Charles V?
Martin Luther
100
What was Robert Boyle's nickname?
The Father of Modern Chemistry
100
What were 2 inventions that enabled European expansion in the 15th century?
astrolabe, caravel
100
What were 2 countries that were largely able to withstand European penetration and presence in the 15th and 16th centuries?
China, India, Japan
200
What are 2 reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy?
Rome, International Trade, Wealth, Mechant Class, City-States
200
What invention enabled the spread of the Reformation?
The printing press
200
What new technology did Anton van Leeuwenhoek use to advance his field of science?
Microscopes
200
What country led the way in European expansion in the 15th century?
Portugal
200
Who were the 2 major groups that enabled the African slave trade to develop in the 15th and 16th centuries?
European traders, African kings
300
What are two qualities that Renaissance men are supposed to possess?
Well-rounded, good writer, good at arms, good dancers, athletes, poets, know Greek and Latin
300
What were 2 ways that Pope Paul III tried to stop the spread of Protestantism?
Inquisition, Council of Trent, Creation of the Jesuits
300
What was the critical theory that Copernicus first promoted but that Galileo helped prove?
Heliocentric Theory
300
What were 2 motives for European exploration and expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries?
Trade, Direct route to Asia, Religious Conversion, Renaissance Curiosity, Individual Wealth and Glory
300
What are 2 critical effects that the slave trade had on Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries?
Loss of people, economic damage, internal conflict/warfare, tearing apart of families, loss of culture
400
What were 2 new techniques of Renaissance painting?
oil on canvas, light and shadow, perspective, pyramid configuration
400
Who were two people or groups who followed Martin Luther's call for reformation of the Catholic Church?
Henry VIII, German Princes, German Peasants, John Calvin
400
Why did the Catholic Church have a problem with Andreas Vesalius?
He dissected cadavers to learn about human anatomy
400
Which explorer rounded the Cape of Good Hope and made it as far as the port of Calicut in India?
Vasco da Gama
400
What were 2 reasons that enabled the Europeans to defeat the numerically superior Aztecs?
Alliances, Weaponry, Disease
500
What were two pieces of work by Leonardo da Vinci?
The Last Supper, Mona Lisa
500
Who is the Spanish nun who helped reform the convents in Spain?
St. Teresa of Avila
500
What are two causes of the Scientific Revolution?
Renaissance, Reformation
500
What are the names of the 2 European conquistadors who led the take-overs of the Aztec and Incan Empires?
Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro
500
What were 2 elements of the Columbian Exchange?
Exchange of people, crops, animals, ideas, disease