What does the term “Renaissance” mean?

Where did the Renaissance begin?

Which Renaissance movement was based on the study of the Classics and subjects that we now call the Humanities?

Which term means languages that are commonly spoken by the people (as opposed to Classical languages)?

Which political philosopher believed that leaders should take and hold power by any means necessary?

Which Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa?

Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Which Renaissance artist painted The School of Athens, which featured many famous ancient individuals and also included himself in the background?

Which Renaissance artist sculpted the David sculpture?

What did Renaissance artists try to reflect in their art?

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)?

Which English king became Protestant when the Pope refused to grant him a divorce?

Which Protestant Reformer continued the work of Martin Luther in Switzerland but also believed in the idea of predestination?

Which Swiss reformer died in combat fighting over his beliefs?

Which Christian Humanist wrote the Praise of Folly and encouraged reform?

Which explorer’s crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe?

Which explorer landed in Brazil and claimed it for Portugal?

Which conquistador led the Spanish conquest against the Aztec Empire?

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?

Which conquistador led the Spanish conquest against the Incan Empire?

Which state remained very Catholic following the Protestant Reformation and removed all of the Jews and Muslims from the nation by 1492?

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?

Which state fought violent wars of religion between Catholics and Huguenots before the Edict of Nantes allowed for religious toleration?

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?

Which became a strong military state under Frederick William and his son, King Frederick I?

Rebirth

Italian City States: Milan, Venice, Florence

Humanism

Vernacular

Niccolò Machiavelli

Leonardo

Michelangelo

Raphael

Michelangelo

Human-centered world/ beatury of the human form

Martin Luther

Henry VIII

John Calvin

Ulrich Zwingli

Desiderius Erasmus

Ferdinand Magellan

Pedro Álvarez Cabral

Hernán Cortés

Plants, Animals, Diseases

Francisco Pizarro

Spain

England

France

Holy Roman Empire

Prussia