RENAISSANCE 1
What does the word “Renaissance” mean?
Rebirth
Who were wealthy supporters of artists in Florence?
The Medici family
Who wrote the 95 Theses?
Martin Luther
The Enlightenment focused on what?
Reason and logic
The Crusades were fought between which two groups?
Christians and Muslims
Renaissance art became more what?
Realistic
Name one famous Renaissance artist
Michelangelo OR Shakespeare
The Reformation was a movement against which church?
The Catholic Church
Natural rights are rights people are what?
Born with
Where did the Crusades take place?
The Holy Land (Middle East)
What idea focused on human potential and achievement?
Humanism
What did Renaissance thinkers begin to question?
Society and their role in it
What was Martin Luther criticizing?
Problems/corruption in the Church
Name one Enlightenment thinker
Locke, Hobbes, or Rousseau
What was the goal of the Crusades?
To control holy land
What invention helped spread new ideas quickly?
Printing press
What is one way Renaissance art differed from Medieval art?
It was more realistic / showed perspective / showed emotion
What was one effect of the Reformation?
Less power for the Catholic Church
What did many Enlightenment thinkers believe about government?
It should protect people’s rights
What religion believes in more than one god?
Polytheism
What period came before the Renaissance?
The Middle Ages
What helped cause the Renaissance?
Trade, wealth, or rediscovery of classical learning
What helped spread Reformation ideas quickly?
The printing press
What did Enlightenment thinkers have in common?
They valued reason and questioned authority
The Crusades increased contact between which regions?
Europe and the Middle East