Vocab 1
Painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
wrote Othello, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Renaissance means
Rebirth
A decline in religious unity in Europe was a result of
The Protestant Reformation
What is a Renaissance man?
A person who is an expert in many areas
Leader of Reformation and Protestantism
Martin Luther
invented Printing Press
Johannes Guttenberg
The people in Renaissance art were more realistic and life like
How was the Church trying to raise money to fix St. Peter's Church?
Selling Indulgences
What ideas did the 95 Theses contain?
Martin Luther's grievances of the Catholic Church
To banish from a religious group
Excommunicate
sun centered universe
Heliocentrism
Humanists believed in the power of
Individual and Education
What did the Catholic Church do to Martin Luther after he refused to recant?
They excommunicated him.
How did Italy's location help make it the starting point of the Renaissance?
Mediterranean trade brought wealth and new ideas there
Ancient Greece and Rome
Classical Age
earth centered universe
Geocentricism
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy
Center of Catholic Church
Center of Trade between Asia and Europe
Had growing number of urban areas
The printing press made it possible to mass-produce this important historical document from the 1500s
Martin Luther 95 Thesis
Who won their first state championship over the weekend?
The Marching Band!
Priest who sold indulgences to raise money for Catholic Church
Johann Tetzel
Movement that emphasized the Classics and education
Humanism
What were characteristics of the Renaissance?
Great intellectual and artistic creativity
This family during the Renaissance, was the most powerful merchant family in Italy
Medici
The Protestant Reformation and the European Renaissance were similar in that both did which of the following
Encouraged people to question tradition