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100
This family, the patrons of Michelangelo, ruled Florence for many generations.
What is the Medici?
100
These leaders were known for being patrons of the arts, but not very holy.
Who are the Renaissance Popes?
100
The breakup of the Christian religion into separate churches in Western Europe is known as this.
What is the Reformation?
100
This young monk protested the sale of indulgences by representatives of the Pope, sparking the Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
The term for a place like Florence, a city that had no higher level of government above it, is this.
What is a city-state?
200
The interest in relationships, nature, and anatomy during the Renaissance is known as this.
What is humanism?
200
This English playwright and poet created many English words and phrases.
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
The vernacular in England was what?
What is English?
200
This religion believed the Bible should not be written in the vernacular.
What is Catholicism?
200
You go into a very plain church in the Reformation era. The people who attend it must be what?
What is Protestant?
300
The artistic technique that makes a painting look three dimensional is known as this.
What is linear perspective?
300
This invention made it much cheaper and easier to get information.
What is the printing press (or moveable type)?
300
"Saved by faith alone, based on the Bible alone." This person sounds like they are what religion?
What is a Protestant? (Or what is a Lutheran?)
300
The sale of these to fund the Pope's new church (St. Peter's Basilica) sparked Martin Luther's protest.
What are indulgences?
300
During the Reformation era, you are told that it is not appropriate for ordinary people to read the Bible. The speaker must be what religion?
What is Catholic?
400
A famous Renaissance man, he painted, designed machines, and studied the anatomy of the human body.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
400
The king of this country considered himself Catholic, but started a Protestant church when the Pope wouldn't let him re-marry.
What is England?
400
A Bible written in English must have belonged to someone of this religion.
What is Protestant?
400
The Medici family originally made their money in these ways.
What is banking and trading (merchants)?
400
During the Reformation era, you are told that both tradition and the Bible are sources of truth. The speaker is what religion?
What is Catholic?
500
This group was accused of causing the plague, which came back every 10-15 years, by using poison.
Who are the Jewish people?
500
In the 1500s, the legal religion(s) in England were...?
What is both Catholic and Protestant (Anglican) depending on who was ruling.
500
This idea of Calvinist Protestantism teaches that people are chosen for Heaven or Hell before they are born.
What is predestination?
500
This church eventually combined Protestant ideas (theology) with Catholic rituals as a compromise.
What is the Church of England or the Anglican Church?
500
Along with Christian themes, Renaissance artists often portrayed scenes from this.
What is Roman mythology?
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