exploring the world

Question 1

Who is the main person people think of being part of the Renaissance?

Answer 1

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 2

When did the Renaissance begin?

Answer 2

In the 1300s, during the late middle ages.

Question 3

When did the Renaissance end?

Answer 3

It ended during the 1500s when the modern era began.

Question 4

What does the Renaissance mean?

Answer 4

it means rebirth in French

Question 5

Who controlled the religious life in the renaissance?

Answer 5

The popes of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 6

Who influenced the political life of the people?

Answer 6

The holy roman empire

Question 7

Who created the printing press?

Answer 7

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 8

How is the printing press useful in the 1450s?

Answer 8

It allowed people to make many copies of written works.

Question 9

Who was one of the greatest astronomers of the Renaissance?

Answer 9

Nicolaus Copernicus.

Question 10

What was his discovery?

Answer 10

He showed that the earth revolves around the sun.

Question 11

Who was Andreas Vesalius?

Answer 11

He was a medical Doctor in the Renaissance

Question 12

What was his discovery?

Answer 12

He found out about the human body by carefully dissecting, or cutting apart, dead bodies.

Question 13

Who were the sponsors for the artists?

Answer 13

The Medici Family.

Question 14

What were Leonardo da Vinci two world famous paintings?

Answer 14

The Mona Lisa and the last supper.

Question 15

Who were two other famous artists of this period?

Answer 15

Michelangelo and Raphael

Question 16

Was Christopher Columbus a Hero?

Answer 16

He was the first Italian person to visit America, it took only 5 weeks, he inspired many people to visit the new world. He brought back large amounts of treasure for the Spanish king and queen, this helped Spain become an even more wealthy and powerful country.

Question 17

Was Christopher Columbus a Villain?

Answer 17

He enslaved thousands of natives, he treated the natives with no respect at all, he brought disease and that was a devastating factor, he turned the Taino population completely extinct within 50 years.

Question 18

Who was Vasco de Gama?

Answer 18

He was born in 1460 in Sines, which is in Portugal, he had five siblings and he died on the 24 December 1524.

Question 19

What was Vasco de Gama’s main aim, and his voyages?

Answer 19

His mission was to reach India by going to the east, his Voyages were in Lisbon in 1497, he got to India by sailing around India. He also traded with Arab merchants to get spices.

Question 20

Who was Sir Francis Drake?

Answer 20

He was born in 1540 and died in 1596. Francis Drake was the oldest child of Edmund Drake, a farmer from a prosperous peasant family in Tavistock, Devon.

Question 21

What was Sir Francis Drake’s main aim, and his voyages?

Answer 21

His main aim was to go around the straits of Magellan and he also sailed around the world. He also was the first to circle the globe and he had a pointy beard.

Question 22

Who was John Cabot?

Answer 22

Gaeta, Italy is where John Cabot is From, born 1450 -1500 he had three children.

Question 23

What was John Cabot’s main aim and his voyages?

Answer 23

John Cabot envisioned the possibility of reaching Asia by sailing westward. He had three voyages, his last one was him thought to be dead at sea. He travelled from Bristol to the new found land.

Question 24

When and where did the Aztecs live?

Answer 24

They started living there in 1325 in central Mexico.

Question 25

Who was ruling in England during the time of emperor Montezuma?

Answer 25

Henry 7th

Question 26

What key value do the Aztecs have?

Answer 26

Slave Labour, land owned and local

Question 27

Name one key feature about their written language?

Answer 27

Pictographic.

Question 28

Name two key facts about their religion?

Answer 28

Lots of Gods they worship and cannibalism/ human sacrifice

Question 29

List at least 5 items of food that we have from the Aztecs?

Answer 29

Tomatoes, corn, Potatoes, avocado and Chocolate.

Question 30

When does a child have to start contributing to society?

Answer 30

They have a loving ritual, all the family come around and see and touch the baby. The boys go to the dad and the girls go to the mum.

Question 31

Describe one wedding tradition

Answer 31

Wedding document

Question 32

What was their aim when fighting in a battle?

Answer 32

They wear cotten armour, a wooden shield. a obsidian club, to take captives for sacrifices, not to kill.

Question 33

How did the Aztecs communicate within their empire?

Answer 33

They would run along a bit and pass it on to the next person.

Question 34

What was gold used for? Was it Valuable to them?

Answer 34

It was a rare soft thingy, and it can be shaped. There is silver as well, gold is very rare.

Question 35

Give two reasons why the Aztec empire fell apart?

Answer 35

1. The Spanish had a lot of allies.
2. The Spanish army spread diseases, and that killed them.

Question 36

Give three bullet points for why researching the Aztecs can be difficult?

Answer 36

1. The sources are bad/ weak.
2. The elite male was only talked about.
3. In 1430, Aztec emperor destroyed the documents that retold the past.