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This 14th-century Florentine is considered the "father" of Humanism in Renaissance Italy.
Who is Petrach?
100

This long war between England and France resulted in England's loss of nearly all its French territories.

What is the Hundred Years' War?

100

In the 15th century, this sculptor created the first bronze statue since antiquity.

Who is Donatello?

100
This northern humanist wrote a powerful critique of Catholic Church abuses in In Praise of Folly.
Who is Erasmus?
100
This Portuguese explorer was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias?
200

This Renaissance diplomat wrote a book that was later known as the "handbook for tyranny"

Who is Machiavelli?

200
This young peasant quasi-military leader helped the French defeat England in the Hundred Years' War.
Who is Joan of Arc?
200

This "Renaissance man" was known for being a well-rounded artist, sculptor, and inventor

Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

200
This 15th century invention revolutionized communication and made new ideas much more widely available during the Renaissance.
What is the printing press (movable type)?
200
This conquistador subdued the Aztecs in 1521.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
300
This Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII wrote Utopia, a view of an ideal society based on Renaissance ideals.
Who is Thomas More?
300
This was the period in which two popes controlled the Catholic Church: one from Rome and the other from Avignon.
What is the Great Schism?
300
This humanistic Renaissance painting by Raphael has Plato and Aristotle at its center.
What is The School of Athens (1510-1511)?
300

This term refers to the flow of resources and goods between the New World and Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

300
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to find an all-water route to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
400
The Courtier, written by this diplomat, was the most important work on courtly behavior and the ideal of the quintessential Renaissance man.
Who is Baldassare Castiglione?
400
This period is so-called because the pope led the Church from Avignon, allegedly under the influence of French monarchs.
What is the "Babylonian Captivity"?
400

This German was the foremost Northern Renaissance artist, a master of the woodcut.

Who is Albrecht Durer?

400
Fleas on black rats caused this period of relative unhealthiness.
What is the Black Death?
400
This Portuguese royal invested large sums of money in the mid-fifteenth century to fund expeditions down the western coast of Africa.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
500

This 15th century linguist used his knowledge of Latin to prove that medieval Church texts were fake

Who is Lorenzo Valla?

500

This author wrote a masterpiece in the Italian Vernacular about the different levels of hell in the Divine Comedy.

Who is Dante?

500
The Pieta, perhaps the most perfect sculpture of the Renaissance, was created by this Renaissance artist.
Who is Michelangelo?
500

This innovation in financial record-keeping helped 16th-century Europeans keep better track of their money

What is double-entry bookkeeping?

500

This edict issued by the Pope in 1494 divided the world between Spain and Portugal by drawing a line down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

What is Treaty of Tordesillas