Renaissance Basics
Authors & Artists of the Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
Reformation
Miscellaneous
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1. This is another word for “rebirth.”
What is Renaissance
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7. Explain why Leonardo da Vinci is the most well known Renaissance man of his time.
He was an artist, architect, scientist, inventor
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15. How did the approach to science change during the scientific revolution?
Scientific Method began - observe, experiment, conclusion
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23. What is the Protestant Reformation?
period when Europeans broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and formed new Christian Churches
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12. How did literature change from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance?
Religious writings to secular texts Writing in Latin to writing in own dialects
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This is the city where the Renaissance was born?
What is Italy
200
8. Who is Johannes Gutenberg and how did his invention impact society?
The printing press. Allowed the masses access to printed materials.
200
21. What happened to Galileo when he published his findings on heliocentrism?
He was tried in criminal court and found guilty of heresy (opposition to Catholic beliefs). He was put under house arrest, where he was until he died.
200
22. Who is Martin Luther?
German monk who went against the Catholic Church. Wrote 95 Theses detailing the problems he had with the Catholic Church. Translated the Bible from Greek.
200
14. What is a direct effect of the Renaissance on Western Europe?
philosophy of humanism brought about a decrease in the power of the Roman Catholic Church
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5. What is humanism?
Intellectual movement that focused on worldly subjects, rather than religious issues. Focus on individual achievement
300
9. Who wrote the following: “the end justifies the means” and where does it come from?
Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince.
300
20. What is the difference between heliocentrism and geocentrism?
Heliocentrism = sun is the center of the solar system geocentrism = earth is the center
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18. Which two groups were used as scapegoats during the Counter-Reformation?
Jews and women thought to be witches
300
3. This is the famous merchant family that gained political and financial control of Florence.
What is Medici
400
4. This class funded artists and made the Renaissance possible.
What is Merchant class
400
13. Who is the father of humanism?
Petrarch
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19. Why did the Roman Catholic Church oppose the theory of heliocentrism?
It went against its official belief that the earth was the center of the solar system. It made humans less important. It threatened their power.
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24. Who started the Church of England and why?
King Henry VIII; his wife wasn’t birthing sons, so he wanted to get his marriage annulled (voided). The pope wouldn’t allow it, so he asked parliament to make him head of the Church in England.
400
10. Explain the quote “the end justifies the means.”
A ruler should do whatever is necessary to maintain order.
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6. How does art change from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance?
3D perspective, more realistic
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Name 3 Renaissance Artists, a piece of their work and its medium.
Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa-painting, Last Supper-fresco Michelangelo - David - marble sculpture, Pieta - marble sculpture, Sistine Chapel - fresco Donatello - David - bronze sculpture Raphael - School of Athens - fresco Jan Van Eyck - Arnolfini Wedding Bruegel - Peasant Wedding, Children’s Game etc.
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16. Name three scientists from the Scientific Revolution and their major discoveries.
Copernicus - proposed heliocentric theory Galileo - proved heliocentric theory, invention of the telescope Newton - gravity, laws of physics
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25. What was the Inquisition?
Church courts where the catholic church tried people as heretics who they believed were going against them
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17. This book by Thomas More is about an idealistic society.
What is Utopia
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