People
Vocab
Miscellaneous
100

Who started the Lutheran Church?

Martin Luther

100

A soldier who sells is services to the highest bidder.

Mercenary 
100

A well-rounded, intelligent, man who excelled in many fields. 

Renaissance Man
200

Many of what famous painter's paintings appear in the Sistine Chapel. 

Michaelangelo 

200

Writings by Martin Luther attacking the abuses of the Catholic Church.

95 Thesis 

200

What disasters of the 14th century were the people of the Renaissance trying to recover from? (Name 2)

Plague, Political Instability, decline of church power. 

300

Who invented the printing press?

Johannes Gutenberg 

300

A release from all or part of punishment for sin by the Catholic Church, reducing time in purgatory after death.

Indulgence 

300

Give three reasons why the printing press was one of the most important inventions in history. 

Spread Ideas Faster, make books cheaper, make books quicker, and more people would become educated. 

400

Who wrote "The Prince"?

Machiavelli 

400

To declare invalid or set aside. 

Annul 

400

How did anabaptists differ from other protestant groups? 

They were baptized as adults. 

500
  • Which English Monarch started the Protestant Church in England because the Catholic Church would not allow him to get a divorce?

Henry VIII

500

A gift of money or property paid at the time marriage.

Dowry 

500

What was the first book ever printed using the printing press?

Bible 

600

Which English Monarch wanted to return England to Catholicism?

Mary

600

A painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints.

Fresco 

600

What happened as a result of the Peace of Augsburg?

Each German state was allowed to choose its own religion.

700

Who believed that God had predetermined who would be saved?

John Calvin 

700

The belief that God has determined in advance who will be saved and who will not.

Predestination

700

According to John Calvin, God had predestined who would be saved, these people were called the ____.

Elect

800
  • Holy Roman Emperor who saw the Reformation as a challenge to his empire and sought to preserve unity by keeping his Empire Catholic.

Charles V 

800
  • An intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of humanities, which included grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history.

Humanism 

800

Poem written by Dante telling the story of the soul’s journey to salvation.

Divine Comedy

900
  • What changes did Renaissance artists bring to painting?

They used perspective, giving their work a more realistic look.  Studied movement to create lifelike figures.

1000
  • What are three reasons people like Luther and Erasmus wanted to reform the church?

Didn't Meet spiritual needs, concerned with worldly interests, used church to advance careers, selling indulgences

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