What does the word Renaissance mean?
Rebirth (of culture)
What is the term for people who were good at many things?
Renaissance Man
What is the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci?
Mona Lisa
What was the name of the church painted by Michelangelo?
Sistine Chapel
Name two of the ships Columbus used to sail across the Atlantic.
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Who were the richest family and patrons of the arts during the Renaissace?
Medici Family
What were the three G's that motivated sailors?
Gold, god, and glory
What did Galileo use to prove that the Earth rotates around the sun?
Telescope
What did Henry the Navigator create to help Portuguese explorers?
A school
Where did Columbus believe he was sailing to?
India
Who is the first captain to have a ship circumnavigate the world? (sail all the way around)
Ferdinand Magellan
Name two of the three empires in Central and South America before Europeans sailed there.
Inca, Mayan, and Aztec
Who wrote the 95 Theses?
Martin Luther
What was the term for when the Catholic church sold forgiveness for money?
Selling indulgences
What was invented by Johannes Gutenberg to mass produce books?
Printing Press
What was the war fought between Catholics and Protestants after the Reformation?
30 Years War
