Renaissance
who were the humanists?
People that were inspired by the classical age (Ancient Greece and Rome) and believed that people should strive to be the best they could be through education of the mind and body.
Who started the Reformation movement by nailing 95 theses on the door of a church?
Martin Luther
Name a scientist from Renaissance
Copernicus; Newton; Da Vinci
Name a famous explorer who sailed overseas in search of new land
Bartholomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
Who was Nicollo Machiavelli?
A Politian from Florence, wrote a book "The Prince"
Only about two percent of Europe’s population belonged to this group who could enjoy the art and ideas of the Renaissance.
Nobility
Which invention from the Renaissance impacted the Renaissance movement?
The printing press
In the Renaissance the heliocentric model of the universe was proposed by...
Copernicus. In 1543, Copernicus published a book entitled On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres, which argued that the sun was in the center of the solar system, not the earth.
What allowed Europeans to sail overseas in order to explore new land?
Improved Ships and Navigation Devices
Handbook for politicians written by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
a class of people who worked the land were called...
The Peasants
What does indulgence mean?
Indulgences were documents sold by the church that were supposed to lessen the punishment for sinners in the afterlife.
Who was Ptolemy?
An ancient astronomer who proposed geocentric model of the universe.
What Italian city benefited most from trade with the East?
Venice
“Is it better for a prince to be loved more than feared or feared more than loved?"
The answer is that he should be both, but since it is difficult to be feared and loved at the same time, it is much safer to be feared.
This disease killed 1/3 of the population in Europe during Renaissance
Bubonic plague or the black death
What were the main reasons for the beginning of the Reformation movement?
Geocentric and heliocentric models of the universe
geocentric-the earth is at the center of the universe
heliocentric-the sun is at the center of the universe
Who funded the voyage of Christopher Columbus?
Christopher Columbus was funded by Queen Isabella of Spain sailed west across the Atlantic, leading to European awareness of North and South America.
According to Machiavelli, who were the best rulers of his age?
Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
The dome built by Brunelleschi in Florence was seen as a great achievement because...
No one had been able to build a large dome since the time of the Roman Empire
What were Luther's main arguments against the Catholic church?
They should not be selling indulgences.
People should be able to read the bible in their own language.
Scientific revolution in the Renaissance was based on these principles:
It was important to be boundlessly curious.
A scientist should reject old assumptions and methods unless they could be proven as true.
The way to test ideas was through experimentation and careful observation.
Name 3 key reasons for the beginning of the great age of exploration
Inquisition
A religious police force that was to make sure all Spaniards were Christians