Origins of The Renaissance
Famous Figures
Martin Luther
The Counter Reformation
Important Events
100

The word Renaissance means ___________.

What is Rebirth

100

This renaissance humanist assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts and wrote the famous Sonnets to Laura. 

Who is Petrarch.

100

What did Martin Luther nail to the church door in Wittenberg?

What is The 95 Theses

100

What was the purpose of the Counter Reformation?

What is to reform the Catholic Church and counter the Protestant Reformation

100

Meetings held to make decisions about reforms in the Catholic Church and create new rules to strengthen it. 

What is the Council of Trent. 
200

Country in Europe where the Renaissance began.

What is Italy.

200
Renown renaissance man whose famous works are The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, & The Mona Lisa. 

Who is Leonardo De Vinci.

200

What was Martin Luther's main criticism of the Catholic Church?

What is the sale of indulgences

200

Which society was founded to spread Catholic teachings and stop the Protestant movement?

What is The Jesuits

200

What year did Martin Luther post his Ninety-Five Theses? 

When is 1517

300

True or False 

The Renaissance began in Italy, because city-states like Florence, Milan, Venice & Rome, were in debt and needed artists to make them money. 

What is False. 

300

He gained control of the Florence government in 1434. His family ruled Florence for the next 300 years. They were great patrons of the arts. 

Who is Cosimo de' Medici.

300

What invention helped spread Luther's ideas more quickly?

What is the printing press

300

What is the Spanish church court that investigated and punished heresy (Opposition to Catholicism)?

What is the Spanish Inquisition.

300

Event in which 3000 protestants were killed by Catholics in one day in Paris, France. 

What is St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.

400

True or False

The Italian Renaissance began in Northern Europe. 

What is False.

400

This artist was from Urbino, Italy who lost his father at the early age of 11 years old, and whose famous works include the Miraculous Drought of Fishes, The School of Athens, and the Deliverance of St. Peter. 

Who is Raphael.

400

Name the movement that began with Martin Luther's actions against the Catholic Church

What is The Protestant Reformation

400

A Spanish priest, and Key leader of the Counter Reformation who founded the Jesuits. 

Who is Ignatius of Loyola.

400

Series of religious and political wars that began as a conflict between Protestants and Roman Catholics, but then evolved into a struggle for political power.

What is Thirty Years War. 

500
True or False


At the time of the Renaissance, Italy was made up of individual city-states. 

What is True.

500

This Northern Renaissance Humanist wanted the Bible translated into the vernacular of the common language, he criticized the church's lack of spirituality, and wrote the famous work, Praise of Folly. 

Who is Erasmus.

500

True or False 

Martin Luther translated the Bible into Latin. 

What is False. (German) 

500

What was the effect of the Counter Reformation on Protestantism?

It led to the strengthening of Protestantism and increased religious conflict in Europe

500

Resolution to the Thirty Years War that allowed for each ruler to decide whether they'd be Protestant or Catholic. 

What is the Treaty of Westphalia. 

600

Intellectual movement that created a system for education on worldly subjects such as history, literature, grammar, poetry, and rhetoric rather than religious subjects. 

What is Humanism

600

Northern Renaissance figure who was an English poet and playwright, and is responsible for 37 plays with universal themes that are still performed today. 

Who is Shakespeare. 

600

Which of the following are not one of Luther's ideas? 

1. The Bible is the main source of religious truth.

2. One's faith in Christ is the way to salvation. 

3. One should follow the actual Bible, not what the pope or priest tells you. 

4. The church should control government. 

What is the church should control government. 

600

Country in Europe that was important for the Counter Reformation. 

What is Spain.

600

The time period of the Italian Renaissance spanned between ________ & _________. 

What is 1300 & 1600.

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