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Renaissance Unit I
Renaissance Era and Age of Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Christopher Columbus? | Italian who sailed for Spain into the west looking for a route to the Indies. Instead, he discovered the Americas |
| Who was Vasco da Gama? | Portuguese sailor who sailed down the west coast of Africa to the west coast of India |
| Who was Marco Polo? | A Venetian (Italian) merchant who, by land route, traveled to China where he stayed for a long time. He also had a journal published about his travels to the Orient. |
| Who was Prince Henry the Navigator? | a Portuguese sailor who started a school of navigation for sailors. |
| Who was Ferdinand Magellan? | A Portuguese explorer who set sail to circumnavigate the world, but who was killed in Philippines. A few of his crew made it back to Portugal--making his dream a reality. |
| Who was Francisco Pizarro? | A Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca Empire. |
| who was Bartolomeu Diaz? | He was a Portuguese explorer who traveled down the west coast of Africa to the tip, calling it the Cape of Good Hope. |
| Who was Zheng He? | He was a Chinese explorer who traveled as far west (from China) to the eastern coast of Africa. In all, he made 7 trips. |
| Who was Amerigo Vespucci? | He was an explorer who first sailed to the tip of South America, and also, for whom America is named. |
| Who were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella? | The Spanish royal family that funded the expeditions of Christopher Columbus. |
| The reason why early explorers looked for a new sea route to the Far East was because... | to make it cheaper, quicker, and safer than traveling over land and being attacked, paying outrageous taxes, and making a bigger profit. |
| Why did Spain and Portugal come to odds? | They both were greedy and wanted the entire world for themselves. |
| Who helped to end the dispute between Spain and Portugal? | the Pope helped by giving each of them 1/2 of the world's lands. |
| What was the Columbian Exchange? | The century long period in history where Europeans and people of the Americas traded ideas, foods, diseases, and religious beliefs. |
| What kinds of things were exchanged in the Columbian Exchange? | potatoes, corn, peas and other vegetables as well as diseases, ideas and other resources |
| What was a conquistador? | A conqueror of lands. |
| What 3 "G"s did the conquistadors come to America for in the beginning? | God, gold, and glory |
| Why did Catholic religious leaders come to the New World with the explorers? | To convert the Native Americans to Christianity |
| How did the Native Americans respond to the push for conversion to being Catholic? | They first resisted. Then because anyone who was known to be Catholic could not be enslaved, the Native Americans converted willingly |
| What period in history did the Renaissance follow? | The Medieval Era |
| Between what years did the Renaissance occur? | 1450 and 1800 |
| Where did the Renaissance begin and where did it spread? | It started in the northern city-states of Italy, but then spread southward as well as to other European countries. |
| Machiavelli wrote what GOVERNMENTAL support book? | Machiavelli wrote it. |
| What content was found in The Prince, and who didn't like its information. | Negative views of citizens. The information within the book told governmental leaders to do whatever was necessary to maintain control. |
| what is "humanism"? | The idea and practice looking at the whole person as being real and having human qualities in all aspects of their surroundings |
| What was a true "Renaissance Man" considered to be like? | He a man a cultured man of the Renaissance who was knowledgeable, educated, or proficient in a wide range of fields. |
| Who was Johannes Gutenberg? | He invented the world's first printing press, and he also translated the King James version of the Bible into German. |
| Who was Leonardo da Vinci? | He was a Renaissance artist, inventor, among many other fields. He also painted the piece known as "Mona Lisa". |
| Who was Michelangelo? | He was a Renaissance artist and painter who completely painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. |
| Who were the Medicis? | The most well-known ruling family of the Renaissance Era. They mostly resided in the city-state of Florence. |
| Who was William Shakespeare? | He was a Renaissance playwright who was famous for writing pieces of drama that was then acted out in the form of a play. |
| What were some of the areas in which people of the Renaissance excelled? | things that included the following: art, literature, education, architecture, and music. |
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