Touchy Tech
This invention allowed books and ideas to spread faster than ever.
What is the printing press?
This famous portrait by Leonardo features a woman with a mysterious expression.
What is the Mona Lisa?
This German monk criticized the sale of indulgences and started the Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
This Italian scientist improved the telescope and used it to observe the Moon and planets.
Galileo
This king broke away from the Catholic Church and created the Anglican Church.
Who is Henry VIII?
This improved navigation tool helped explorers travel farther than before.
What is the compass?
This religious painting by Leonardo uses strong perspective to create depth in the scene.
The Last Supper
Luther wrote this document to express his concerns about Church corruption.
What are the 95 Theses?
Galileo supported this model, which said the Sun was at the center of the universe.
Heliocentric
The man who liked nailing complaints to doors.
Martin Luther
This scientific device was improved by Galileo, allowing him to observe the Moon and planets.
What is the telescope?
Leonardo filled his notebooks with sketches of gears, wings, and mechanical devices because he was interested in designing early versions of these.
What are machines / inventions?
These were sold by the Church as a way to reduce punishment for sins.
What are indulgences?
Galileo’s observations challenged the older belief that Earth was the center of the universe, known as this model.
Geocentric
A man who dreamed of a Utopia.
Who is Thomas More?
This scientific tool helped Renaissance thinkers observe nature more closely, leading to more accurate drawings of plants, insects, and the human body.
What is a magnifying glass / early scientific lens?
Leonardo’s studies of muscles, bones, and organs helped improve this part of his artwork.
What is realism / the human body?
Henry VIII created this church after separating from the Catholic Church.
What is the Anglican Church?
Galileo studied the Moon and saw that its surface had mountains and craters, proving it was not perfectly smooth like this group believed.
Who are Church leaders / ancient philosophers?
A man who's name came to mean a cruel dictator.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
Careful observation, testing, and experimentation are part of this method that grew during the Renaissance.
What is the scientific method?
Because Leonardo was skilled in art, science, engineering, and anatomy, he is often called this.
A Renaissance Man
This major Catholic meeting worked to fix corruption and clarify the Church’s teachings
What is the Council of Trent?
Galileo’s evidence-based method, which involved observation and testing, helped support the beginnings of this major shift in thinking.
Scientific Revolution
Who is Erasmus?