Italian Peninsula
The modern-day country that was the Italian Peninsula.
What is Italy?
This family had close ties to the Catholic Church and held power as the ruling family of Florence.
What is the Medici family?
This man stood up to the Catholic Church and its corruption, writing the 95 Theses, leading to the creation of Protestantism.
Who is Martin Luther?
Elizabeth I's rule of England was known as this:
What is the Golden Age of the Tudor Dynasty?
The richest man thought to ever live, and the religion he followed.
Who is Mansa Musa, and what is Islam?
Florence, Naples, Venice, Milan, and this trading city were all culturally diverse and important places.
What is Genoa?
The famous place Michelangelo painted, including pictures of the Creation of Adam and the Last Judgement.
What is the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
The Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
After the death of this person, Elizabeth I became queen of England.
Who is Mary I?
The belief that everything has a spirit, and the other practice of indigenous Africans.
What is animism, and what is ancestor worship?
The independent city-states on the Italian Peninsula were connected by this economic concept.
What is trade?
The system where wealthy people gave money to support artists who didn't earn enough money from their artwork to live off of.
What is patronage?
The church which Martin Luther established in Germany.
What is the Lutheran Church?
This was the father of Elizabeth, who divorced before marrying her mother.
Who is Henry VIII?
The people who reunited Spain when taking over the Iberian Peninsula, and the religion they promoted.
Who are Prince Ferdinand and Princess Isabella, and what is Christianity?
The wealth of independent city-states led to this time period.
What is the Renaissance?
This person was a painter, sketch artist, inventor, and scientist in the Renaissance, creating the term "Renaissance Man".
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
What is translating the Bible to English?
In an attempt to take over England to convert it back to Catholicism, this person sent an armada of Spanish ships and failed.
Who is Philip II?
The man who took over the Byzantine Empire, and what he renamed Constantinople to.
Who is Mehmed II the Conqueror, and what is Istanbul?
The important trading city in the Italian Peninsula that was located the closest to Mt. Vesuvius.
What is Naples?
This person's writings influenced Humanism, believing that faith guides reason and reason clarifies faith.
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
The Catholic Church was thought to be corrupted for two main reasons; they tithed and did this:
What is the selling of indulgences?
The form of government Elizabeth I used during her rule of England.
What is diplomacy?
The Pillar of Islam where Muslims travel to Mecca, and the fourth pillar.
What is Hajj, and what is Sawm (fasting during Ramadan)?