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Renaissance Flashcards

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1 in every 4 people died from the Black Death

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Europe 1300

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sent settlers to the Thirteen Colonies

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England 1400

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controlled Mediterranean trade routes

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Venice and Genoa 1300

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the Renaissance began in this country

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Italy 1300

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the English defeated its Armada

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Spain 1500

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the Catholic Church called him a heretic

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Martin Luther 1500

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wrote about the travels of a mad knight

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Cervantes 1400

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French heroine in the Hundred Years’ War

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Joan of Arc 1400

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helped increase Europe’s supply of books

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Johannes Gutenberg 1400

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studied the movement of planets around the sun

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Copernicus 1500

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considered the world’s greatest playwright

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William Shakespeare 1500

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wrote about man’s thoughts, actions, and feelings

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Erasmus 15

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conducted scientific experiments

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Galileo 1500

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encouraged rulers to use any means to stay in power

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Machiavelli 1500

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supported the work of painters and writers

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Medici family 1400

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his crew sailed around the world

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Ferdinand Magellan 1500

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sailed around Africa to India

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Vasco da Gama 1400

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claimed the St. Lawrence River Valley for France

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Jacques Cartier 1500

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discovered a New World

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Christopher Columbus 1400

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claimed eastern North America for England

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John Cabot 1400

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produced masterpieces that won them lasting fame

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Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael 1500

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went to the Near East after the Crusades

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Traders 1300

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painters and scholars produced fine works for their personal enjoyment

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Kings and princes 1400

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began using gunpowder during the 1300’s

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Soldiers 1300

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most of them experienced a renewed interest in culture and learning by the end of the 1400’s

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Western Europeans 1300

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