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Reformation3
Explorers and Literature of the Reformation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A small, three-masted sailing ship developed by the Portuguese in the 15th century. | Caravel |
| A powerful patron of Portuguese exploration during the 15th century. | Prince Henry the Navigator |
| The man who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope | Bartholomew Diaz |
| The Portuguese explorer who first discovered a sea route to India. | Vasco da Gama |
| The Portuguese explorer who first sighted the coast of Brazil. | Pedro Alvares de Cabral |
| He landed on the Bahamas for Spain, supposedly "discovering" North America and finally providing grateful residents of "Ohio Town #3" with a new name for their city. | Christopher Columbus |
| A Florentine navigator who coined the term "New World" to describe the Americas. | Amerigo Vespucci |
| The first man to circumnavigate the world. | Ferdinand Magellan |
| The Spanish conquistador who caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. | Hernan Cortes |
| The Spanish conquistador who brought about the fall of the Incan Empire. | Francisco Pizarro |
| The first man to cross the isthmus of Panama he is believed to be the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the New World. | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
| One of the first Jesuits he did extensive missionary work in Asia and introduced Christianity to Japan | St. Francis Xavier |
| A 1494 treaty between Portugal and Spain that effectively divided all territories in the New World between them. | Treaty of Tordesillas |
| A period of European economic expansion beginning in the 15th century fueled by mercantilism and exploration | Commercial Revolution |
| A period of high inflation between the 15th and 17th centuries stemming from the influx of gold and silver from the New World. | The Price Revolution |
| The introduction of new foods and animals from Europe to the New World and vice versa | Columbian Exchange |
| An Italian who sailed for England and in fact landed in North America before Columbus (in 1497, on Newfoundland. Regrettably no Ohio town wants his name. | John Cabot |
| The man who claimed Canada for France and first explored the St. Lawrence River. | Jacques Cartier |
| The major organs of Dutch exploration which feuded with the Spanish and Portuguese in order to secure trade routes. | Dutch East and West India Companies |
| A series of short pieces written by Montaigne that seek to describe man and the world. | Essays |
| An epic poem written in 1590 by Edmund Spenser that allegorically praises Queen Elizabeth and the virtues of Elizabethan England. | The Faerie Queene |
| An Elizabethan playwright whose works include Tamburlaine and the Jew of Malta. | Christopher Marlowe |
| A semi-obscure Elizabethan-era playwright who wrote some stuff like "Hamlet," "Macbeth," and an ill-advised crossover sequel "Machamlet" | William Shakespeare |
| The name given to the first English translation of the Bible. | King James Bible |
| A major artistic movement between the 16th and 18th centuries, it was supported by the Papacy and sought to create exuberant and emotional art that appealed to the common man's faith. | Baroque |
| The baroque painter of somewhat fleshy women and a series of altarpieces depicting Christ ascending and descending from the cross. | Peter Paul Rubens |
| The Italian sculptor of 'The Ecstasy of St. Teresa' | Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini |
| The most famous baroque composer, creating such works as "The Well-Tempered Clavier" and "The Brandenburg Concertos" | Johann Sebastian Bach |
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