The Power of Science
What force of nature did Isaac Newton measure?
Gravity
What is a type of government where the people elect leaders to make laws?
Republic
Most European universities started as schools of ____________
Theology
A playwright produces what type of work?
Plays
What other important civilization started in Italy?
Roman Empire
What group was mostly unable to participate in the Renaissance?
Women
Where were scholars able to meet and find protection from the Catholic Church?
Universities
Where was the printing press developed before Europe?
China
What does secular mean?
Not religious
What does the word “Renaissance” mean?
“rebirth”
Italian scholars began studying __________ and _____________ works after receiving them from Muslim scholars
Greek and Roman
Francis Bacon is responsible for what method of understanding the world around us?
The Scientific Method
What do the parts of the word geocentric mean? (geo and centric)
Geo – Earth
Centric – In the center
Whose stories made Europeans want Chinese goods?
Marco Polo
What would you study to receive a degree in theology?
Religion and God
What invention did Johannes Gutenberg bring to Europe?
Movable-type printing press
How is travel in Venice different than in other cities?
Roads were all canals
How did we learn most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci’s work?
His notebooks
Explain the heliocentric theory of the universe
Theory that the Sun is the center of the universe
What literary technique uses humor or irony to criticize others’ shortcomings?
Satire
Who preserved Greek works after Europeans lost them?
Muslim scholars
What is a word for someone who gives financial support to a project or cause?
Patron
What two events allowed Italian merchants to trade Asian and Arabic goods?
Crusades and Mongol conquests
How did Lorenzo de’ Medici earn the nickname “Lorenzo the Magnificent”?
Supporting artists
What is one tool that Galileo invented or improved?
Thermometer, barometer, telescope, microscope, clock
What two Chinese inventions allowed ideas to spread more quickly in Europe?
Movable-type printing press
Paper
Scholasticism is the idea that ________ and ____________ can work together
Faith and reason
Humanism is the belief in the worth of what?
Individual humans
What was one obstacle stopping Italy from uniting into one country?
Italians did not want emperors or kings ruling them
The Catholic Church did not want a united Italy
Rivalries between city states made cooperation difficult
What is one modern invention that Leonardo da Vinci wrote about?
Helicopter, parachute, tank