Renaissance
What does Renaissance mean?
"Rebirth"
Who started the reformation by posting his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg?
Martin Luther
The process of forming a hypothesis, testing that hypothesis through experimentation, and analyzing the results is known as the __________ method
Scientific
Which of the following artists is known for painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican City?
Michelangelo
Who is the renowned artist known for painting the Mona Lisa and is considered the "father of the Renaissance"?
Leonardo DaVinci
Which English king famously broke away from the Catholic Church to establish the Church of England?
Henry VIII
The Scientific Revolution laid the groundwork for modern science and is often associated with the transition from which thought about the center of the universe:
Geocentrism (earth-centered) to heliocentrism (sun-centered)
This writer wrote many plays and created words/phrases still used in the English language today
William Shakespeare
What intellectual movement of the Renaissance focused on the study of classical texts and human potential?
Humanism
What religious practice was a major point of contention/problem during the Reformation, leading to protests against the Catholic Church?
selling letters of indulgences
Who is known for his development of the scientific method, emphasizing empirical observation and experimentation?
Francis Bacon
Which Italian city was the hometown and power base of the Medici family during the Renaissance?
Florence
Who sculpted the statue of David, which is considered a masterpiece of Renaissance art?
Michelangelo
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Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Which Polish mathematician and astronomer developed a heliocentric model of the solar system?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who painted the "School of Athens," a fresco that depicts famous philosophers and scholars of the ancient world?
Raphael
The Renaissance roughly spanned from:
14th to the 17 Century
The Council of Trent was a significant event during the Reformation because it:
Initiated the counter reform
Who proposed the laws of planetary motion, which describe the elliptical orbits of planets around the sun?
Johannes Kepler
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Who wrote the important book know as the "Uptopia"?
Thomas Moore