Benchmark Review

Philosophy of the Renaissance period that stressed that individuals were capable of great things.

• individualism
• patriotism
• Calvinism
• humanism

A term meaning activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.

• secular
• theological
• non-secular
• pious

Would you describe the climate of the Gobi desert as humid or arid??

• arid
• humid

This Indian group lives in the harsh environment of the far north.

• Inca
• Maya
• Aztec
• Inuit

Would you describe climate of the Tundra where there are long, cold winters and short cool summers as mild or harsh? 

• mild
• harsh

This explorer was the 1st person to successfully sail around the tip of Africa and find a water route to Asia.

• Vasco da Gama
• Sir Frances Drake
• Francisco Pizarro
• Ferdinand Magellan

This explorer found the New World.

• Vasco da Gama
• Francisco Pizarro
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernan Cortes

This is where the Protestant Revolution began.

• France
• Italy
• England
• Germany

This man is responsible for starting the Protestant Reformation.

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Medici
• Martin Luther
• Michelangelo

This action started the Protestant Revolution.

• 95 theses nailed to church doors
• printing of the Guttenburg Bible
• Medici family moves to Florence
• Michelangelo lives with the Medici