| Renaissance | ||
| #1 | What does the term “Renaissance” mean? | Rebirth |
| #2 | Where did the Renaissance begin? | Italian City States: Milan, Venice, Florence |
| #3 | Which Renaissance movement was based on the study of the Classics and subjects that we now call the Humanities? | Humanism |
| #4 | Which term means languages that are commonly spoken by the people (as opposed to Classical languages)? | Vernacular |
| #5 | Which political philosopher believed that leaders should take and hold power by any means necessary? | Niccolò Machiavelli |
| Renaissance Art | ||
| #1 | Which Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa? | Leonardo |
| #2 | Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? | Michelangelo |
| #3 | Which Renaissance artist painted The School of Athens, which featured many famous ancient individuals and also included himself in the background? | Raphael |
| #4 | Which Renaissance artist sculpted the David sculpture? | Michelangelo |
| #5 | What did Renaissance artists try to reflect in their art? | Human-centered world/ beatury of the human form |
| Protestant Reformers | ||
| #1 | Which Protestant reformer began the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 theses on the door of the castle church at Wittenberg (in modern-day Germany)? | Martin Luther |
| #2 | Which English king became Protestant when the Pope refused to grant him a divorce? | Henry VIII |
| #3 | Which Protestant Reformer continued the work of Martin Luther in Switzerland but also believed in the idea of predestination? | John Calvin |
| #4 | Which Swiss reformer died in combat fighting over his beliefs? | Ulrich Zwingli |
| #5 | Which Christian Humanist wrote the Praise of Folly and encouraged reform? | Desiderius Erasmus |
| Exploration & Conquest | ||
| #1 | Which explorer’s crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| #2 | Which explorer landed in Brazil and claimed it for Portugal? | Pedro Álvarez Cabral |
| #3 | Which conquistador led the Spanish conquest against the Aztec Empire? | Hernán Cortés |
| #4 | In addition to an exchange of people and ideas, the Columbian Exchange included the exchange of which three important things between the “Old” World and the Americas? | Plants, Animals, Diseases |
| #5 | Which conquistador led the Spanish conquest against the Incan Empire? | Francisco Pizarro |
| Name the European Nation | ||
| #1 | Which state remained very Catholic following the Protestant Reformation and removed all of the Jews and Muslims from the nation by 1492? | Spain |
| #2 | Which state became the leading Protestant nation in Europe under Queen Elizabeth I and also granted certain rights and liberties to its citizens through the Petition of Right and the Bill of Rights? | England |
| #3 | Which state fought violent wars of religion between Catholics and Huguenots before the Edict of Nantes allowed for religious toleration? | France |
| #4 | Which was a loose alliance of 300 states in Central and Northern Europe that allowed for each state to choose its own religion under the Peace of Westphalia? | Holy Roman Empire |
| #5 | Which became a strong military state under Frederick William and his son, King Frederick I? | Prussia |
| Final Question | |
| What was the name of the event in English history in which William of Orange and his wife Mary were invited to take the throne in England? | Glorious Revolution |