Major Events
This family was powerful and ruled Florence. Giovanni was apart of the family and created the bank.
The Medici family
He was a gifted man who was knowledgeable in art, mathematics, engineering, botany sculpture, and even human biology. His nickname is "Renaissance Man".
Leonardo da Vinci
What were the people who believe in humanism called?
Humanists
Who are two feminist authors during the Renaissance?
Christine de Pizan and Moderata Fonte.
This word means "rebirth" in French.
Renaissance
This person discovered America.
Christopher Columbus
This man discovered the phases of Venus and how the planets orbit in space.
Galileo Galilei
Give at least one person that "The Prince" by Machiavelli may have inspired.
Cardinal Richelieu, Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Stalin.
What differentiated the wealthy and the poor in terms of fashion?
The kinds of fabric and the restrictiveness of the clothing.
Which centuries did the Renaissance and Reformation span from?
The 14th and 17h century
This invention enhanced the communication in Europe.
The Gutenberg printing press
Thomas Hobbes wrote a series that talked about absolute monarchy and power. What was the series called?
Leviathan
Humanists had set ideas that they believed in. Give at least one.
Humanists believed in the importance of a person’s morals, and how observation, critical analysis, and creativity is crucial to an individual. Humanists also took an interest in Latin and philology (the creation of language and its relationship with other languages.). They also believed that poets, writers, and artists were the leaders of the next era.
What are the four moons of Jupiter?
Io, Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto
The Church of England was created by which king?
King Henry VIII
Pandemics plagued the Dark ages. One of them killed a lot of Europe's population.
The Black Plague
This man was regarded as the "Father of Modern Philosphy"
Rene Descartes
What kind of genre was the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
Tragedy
Who sponsored the artists and therefore affect the art trends?
The church
Who created the "Statue of David"?
Michelangelo
In the 16th century, this German monk split the Catholic church.
Martin Luther
Erasmus translated the New Testament into which languages?
Greek and Latin
What was the philosophy of "The Great Chain of Being" about?
It was a hierarchy created by nature in which beings that can only grow and reproduce are ranked lower than those who can sense, move, and memorize.
Newton introduced the Law of Motion. What was it split up into?
Shakespeare's theatre is called what?
The Globe Theatre