Key Terms
"The existing way of doing things"
Status Quo
This worldview believed that life was determined by divine will and fate.
What is the Middle Ages worldview?
True or False: Religion dominated every aspect of life in the Middle Ages.
What is true?
In the Middle Ages, education was mostly focused on this.
What is religious studies?
During the Middle Ages, people were expected to stay in this societal structure.
What is the feudal system?
"Local, common, or native, referring in particular to languages"
Vernacular
This period’s worldview emphasized using reason and effort to shape one’s future.
What is the Renaissance worldview?
Renaissance thinkers studied texts from this time period to complement religious teachings.
What is pre-Christian classical times? Scriptures
Renaissance education emphasized educating this.
What is the whole person (mind, body, and character)?
Renaissance thinkers emphasized the potential and value of this.
What is the individual?
"The science of reasoning and proving arguments."
Logic
Which worldview—Middle Ages or Renaissance—valued curiosity, exploration, and innovation?
What is the Renaissance worldview?
Middle Ages religious art depicted this type of figure in idealized form.
What are saints or religious figures?
This ancient language was used for learning during both the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
What is Latin?
Civic humanism in the Renaissance encouraged this type of responsibility.
What is public service or being an informed citizen?
"The art of persuasive speaking and writing."
Rhetoric
Renaissance artists focused on these two aspects in their work.
What are the human body and the natural world?
Renaissance religious values were balanced with an emphasis on these three things.
What are individual achievement, history, and the arts?
True or False: Renaissance education encouraged a curious and questioning attitude.
What is true?
The Middle Ages society was organized around loyalty to this type of authority.
What is the church or feudal lords?
"Having to do with physical things; the opposite of spiritual."
Secular
Renaissance art used these techniques to create realism.
What are light, shadow, texture, and pattern?
Name one way religion remained influential during the Renaissance despite changes in worldview.
What is through art, literature, or continued church authority?
Renaissance humanists believed in learning many skills. This idea is reflected in the phrase “Renaissance man.” What does it mean?
What is being skilled in multiple areas, including arts, sciences, and humanities?
Renaissance society valued this more than maintaining the status quo.
What is change, progress, or innovation?