The Americas
One of the Earliest Mesoamerican groups who settled in Central Mexico, domesticated corn and built pyramids was
What is the Olmec
The term Renaissance means
Rebirth
How did the Scientific Revolution impact the world?
The Scientific Revolution transformed the world by encouraging scientists to use experiments to prove and disprove theories.
Financed the first Portuguese voyages during the Age of Exploration.
Henry the Navigator
Former Catholic monk that led the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
Who led the Spanish Army when conquering the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
The Renaissance was a time of great advancement in what areas?
What is art, science, literature, medicine, and astronomy.
Key inventions made during the Scientific Revolutions included
The microscope, telescope, and the printing press
Inventions that made the Age of Exploration possible...
What are the astrolabe, magnetic compass, and triangular sails (cavaliers)?
The main reason for the Protestant Reformation
What is the selling of indulgences
This mesoamerican group settled near the Yucatan Peninsula and disappeared/declined for unknown reasons...
What is the Maya?
This famous artist, created the statue of David
Michelangelo
A belief that states that humans can reach knowledge by using reason.
What is Humanism
What happened to the Native populations of North and South America as a result of the Age of Exploration
Most died of foreign diseases/smallpox
What was the Spanish Inquisition?
A religious court established to find, investigate, and punish heretics.
This early mesoamerican group had their capital in Monte Alban
What are the Zapotecs
This famous Florence family, were patrons of the arts
The Medici Family & supporters
This Enlightenment thinker believed that government should not favor one religion over another.
Who is Voltaire
Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to Asia
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Holland, and Italy
Established the Protestant Church in England for personal gain
King Henry VIII
The capital of the Inca was ...
What is Machu Picchu
The Rennaissance began in Italy because ...
Wealth from traded was used to promote the arts.
This Egyptian scientists claimed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
Ptolemy
Francisco Pizarro
How did the Catholic Church respond to the Protestant Reformation?
With their ow Catholic Reformation, they made changes to the Catholic church.