15-18 Flashcards
Brunelleschi
A. Florentine architect
B. Built dome for the Duomo
Medici
A. Banking family
B. Ruled Florence
Giotto
A. Florentine Painter
B. Painted Lamentation of the Death of Christ
Gutenberg
A. Invented the printing press
B. First in Europe to use the printing press
Leonardo Da Vinci
A. Italian artist, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, and scientist.
B. Painted the Mona Lisa.
Michaelangelo
A. Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect.
B. Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Jan van Eyck
A. Flemish painter
B. Founder of the Flemish school of painting
Humanism
A. Renaissance intellectual movement
B. Thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements
Raphael
A.Italian Renaissance painter
B. Painted The School of Athens.
Martin Luther
A. German monk
B. Critic of the Catholic Church
Indulgences
A. Selling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church.
B. Could be bought for anybody, even dead people.
U. Zwingli
A. Leader of Swiss Reformation.
B. Thought communion was symbolic.
J. Calvin
A. Believed in predestination of who goes to heave.
B. Set up theocracy in Geneva.
Henry VIII
A. King of England
B. 6 wives
Charles V
A. Holy Roman Emperor and Carlos I of Spain.
B. Allied with the pope to stamp out heresy and maintain religious unity in Europe.
Philip II
A. King of Spain
B. Absolute monarch who helped lead the Counter Reformation by persecuting Protestants in his holdings.
Council of Trent
A. Meeting of Roman Catholic leaders
B. Created to reform the church from within
Ignatius of Loyola
A. Spanish churchman and founder of the Jesuits
B. Proved an effective force for reviving Catholicism during the Catholic Reformation.
B. Dias
A. Portuguese explorer
B. First to sail to the tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope).
V. da Gama
A. Portuguese explorer
B. First to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.
Prince Henry
A. Portuguese prince
B. Started a school for sailors
Columbus
A. Italian navigator
B. Discovered the New World
Treaty of Tordesillas
A. 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain
B. Declared that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line belong to Spain; newly discovered lands east of the line belong to Portugal.
Magellan
A. Portuguese explorer
B. First person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the world
H. Cortes
A. Spanish Conquistador
B. led the Spanish to defeat and subjugate the Aztec Empire
F. Pizarro
A. Spanish conquistador
B. Conquered the Incan Empire
Atahualpa
A. Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru.
B. Executed by the Spanish.
Columbian Exchange
A. The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans
B. Resulted in things like the mixing of people and deadly diseases that devastated the Native American population.
Dutch East India Company
A. Government-chartered joint-stock company
B. Controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.
Viceroys
A. Leader appointed by the king
B. Ruled a viceroyalty
Jamestown
A. First permanent English settlement in North America
B. First legislative assembly in North America or any part of America held there in 1619
Quebec
A. First permanent French settlement in North America
B. Founded by Samuel de Champlain
Olaudah Equiano
A. Anti-slavery activist
B. Sold into slavery at age 11; after gaining freedom, he spoke out against slavery and published his autobiography
Middle Passage
A. Route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S.
B. Carried the slave trade
Triangular Trade
A. Three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa
B. Sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa
King Nzinga
A. Kongo king who converted to Christianity
B. Built churches in Mbanza to convert people.
