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Known for writing the 95 Theses

Martin Luther

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The name of the rebirth of classical learning that began in Italy

Renaissance

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What were those who supported Martin Luther's ideas come to be called?

Protestants

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He led the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria on a mission to India but ended up landing on North American islands in the Bahamas area

Christopher Columbus

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Renaissance artist that painted the Last Supper, Mona Lisa and drew detailed human anatomy sketches

Leonardo da Vinci

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Who is often considered the greatest writer in the English language?

William Shakespeare

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The movement to "fix" the Church

Reformation

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What did Northern Renaissance artists like Peter Bruegel the Elder largely portray

Everyday life

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He had six wives and created the Anglican Church

King Henry the VIII

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Michaelangelo's famous painting shows two fingers that are about to touch.  Who do the hands belong to?

Adam and God

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Who invented the printing press?

Johann Gutenberg

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Along with the Greeks, Renaissance artist looks to the classics created by the...

Romans

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What did Filippo Brunelleschi accomplish?

Built a self-supporting dome

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The daughter of Henry the VIII that turned the country back to Catholicism and killed many Protestants in the process earning her a famous nickname

"Bloody" Mary

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During the Reformation, Protestants were complaining about the Church led by the Pope and his Christian followers who came to be known as...

Catholics

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Who used perspective to add depth and space to their artwork School of Athens?

Raphael

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Size, Horizon line, Contrast, position and other elements were used to make artwork look more...

Realistic

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Martin Luther disliked these items being sold to have sins forgiven or weaken  

Indulgences

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Calculus and gravity are two items associated with this thinker 

Issacc Newton

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The Renaissance ended a period of very little learning in Western Europe known as the...

Dark Ages

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Which Italian merchant and banker was best known for his patronage of the arts?

Lorenzo de Medici

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Copernicus suggested a theory that all the planets ____ around the sun

Revolve

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Authors like Erasmus and More used their works to advance which type of reform?

Social or Political

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He helped support Copernicus's theory that the sun and not the earth is at the center of our universe

Galileo  

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Greek philosopher that had the Church and many others believing the Earth was the center of the universe

Aristotle

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