Was an artistic movement inspired by the Greeks and the Romans of antiquity which displayed great cultural and scientific mastery.

Way of thought that focused on the human being instead of a divine figure.

The Genoese sailor Christopher Columbus wanted to reach Oceania through the Atlantic.

The Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gamma managed to reach India in 1498.

The Pre-Columbian civilizations were the civilizations that existed after the arrival of Christopher Columbus.

The Pre-Columbian civilizations that stand out from the rest were the Maya, the Aztec, and the Inca.

The Aztec lived on the Yucatan Peninsula.

The Mayan civilization is the oldest of the three.

The Inca Empire was the most expansive of Pre-Columbian America.

Movement against the Catholic Church in the 16th Century.

The three major figures of the Protestant Reformation were Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry V.

The main goal of this movement of thinkers was to show how science was the only mean to obtain knowledge about human beings and nature.

They believed that the king should hold all the power.

Groups that demanded that the king shared his power with the____________________, where officials were responsible for drafting laws and the government.

They studied the stars and developed a very accurate 365-day calendar.

Three factors that contributed to the Modern Era.

The ideas of the Enlightenment were collected in the_________________which attempted to gather all the knowledge amassed by human beings.

During the 18th century, the Europeans started buying Africans to enslave them.

__________________were people of European descent born in American during the 18th century.