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Discovery wk2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Tatar Mongols were descendants of the "great and terrible" | Genghis Khan |
| ____ the Great was first the prince of Muscovy. | Ivan |
| Princess ___ was the last royalty of the Byzantine Empire and head of the Eastern Orthodox Church. | Sophia |
| Bartolomeu Dias named the tip of Africa the "Cape of ___" because of treacherous sailing conditions. | Storms |
| King John of Portugal renamed the tip of Africa the Cape of Good ___ to make it sound more appealing. | Hope |
| Many of Vasco da Gama's crew were tough ___ | convicts |
| Lorenzo de' Medici etched on his armor Le Temps Revient, meaning "The ___ Returns." | Age |
| Lorenzo enjoyed hosting great ____ for the city of Florence. | parades |
| Sandro Botticelli painted Mystic ____ to portray the birth of Christ. | Nativity |
| What event caused the Russians to view themselves as the New Rome? | Ivan the Great married Sophia, one of the last royal members of the Byzantine Empire & the person who inherited the power of the Eastern Orthodox Church. |
| Who freed Russia from the Tatar Mongols, and what name did he earn for this great feat? | Ivan the prince of Muscovy, freed the Russians from the Tatar Mongols, earning the name Ivan the Great. |
| Why did King John II of Portugal rename the southern tip of Africa the Cape of Good Hope? | He wanted it to sound more appealing to explorers and sailors. |
| By giving power & land to his military, Ivan the Great created what system in Russia? | Feudalism - a system in which peasants/serfs work for landowners in exchange for food and shelter. |
| Which romantic language did Lorenzo de'Medici take Italy back to and why? | Latin to Italian because it was the most beautiful for song. |
| Which grandson of Cosimo de' Medici was called "The Magnificant" and why? | Lorenzo de'Medici because he did great things for Florence, Italy, through politics, poetry, and patronage. |
| What was the result of Vasco da Gama's sinking of an Arab ship with 300 Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca? | It convinced the Arabs to accept da Gama's demands and reopen trade routes between the East and West. |
| How did Lorenzo de' Medici avoid a war with Naples? | Lorenzo traveled to Naples unarmed & without bodyguards to explain to King Ferrante I his predicament with Pope Sixtus IV. Gained King's respect & stayed as guest for 3 months. |
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