What ancient ideas were re-birthed during the Renaissance Period?
Greek and Roman.
What is a Renaissance Man?
A Renaissance Man is a man who has mastered many different skills.
How did the Aztecs and Incas show respect to their gods/godesses?
What did Enlightenment thinkers begin to do?
Question the beliefs of the Catholic Church and come up with new theories of reason.
What is the definition of a Protestant?
Someone who a person who challenges traditional ideas or goes against traditional beliefs.
Why did the Renaissance Blossom in Italy?
The port cities of Genoa and Venice connected Italy to a wealthy trade network in the Mediterranean Sea that allowed Ideas to Blossom.
Give an example of Renaissance Man that we talked about and some of the things that they mastered.
Answers May Vary.
Where was the Aztec Civilization located?
Mexico
John Locke believed all people had the right to these three traits. These are also seen in the United States Constitution.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Who is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation by nailing the 95 Theses to a church door?
Martin Luther
Describe the catholic church's geocentric theory
The Earth was at the center of our solar system.
How does Brunelleschi's Dome show Renaissance architecture? Where are the ideas based from?
There are Roman arches and domes. There are Greek columns. They enhanced them to make a larger building.
Aztecs and Incas were Polytheistic. What does Polytheism?
To believe in multiple gods/goddesses.
Montesquieu believed the government should be broken up into separate sections of government called this.
Branches
Why did King Henry VIII break away from the Catholica Church and begin the Anglican Church?
He wanted to divorce his wife to have a boy child.
Describe the heliocentric theory that Copernicus created.
The sun is at the center of our solar system.
How does the Mona Lisa show an example of Humanism?
The Mona Lisa represented humanistic ideas because it represented a "normal" person, not a religious person or theme. There is a normal background representing a typical landscape.
What was one achievement of the Aztec and Inca empires?
Answers may vary. Dikes, Terrace Farming, Calendars, schools, Medical practices set broken bones, and more.
Voltaire was persecuted because..
He rejected the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Describe one key belief or practice that Protestants disagreed with that Catholics practiced.
The Sale of Indulgences.
What was the device that allowed new ideas to be mass produced and spread throughout Europe?
Printing Press
Famous Renaissance writer who crafted plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth
William Shakespeare.
What ancient civilization built the famous city of Machu Picchu in Peru?
Incas
What famous political writer said, "“It is better to be feared than loved.”
Machiavelli
How was the Protestant Reformation a stepping stone for Freedom of Religion and breaking away from the Catholic Church?
People saw the corruption of the church and were no longer afraid to break away and practice their own religion.