Renaissance
The French word meaning "rebirth."
What is the Renaissance?
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Before 1500, most Europeans relied on two main sources of knowledge about the natural world.
What were the Bible and works of classical philosophers
A step-by-step process based on careful observation and testing of data.
What is the Scientific Method?
The French word for Enlightenment thinkers.
What are philosophes?
English playwright regarded as the greatest writer in the English language; famous for Hamlet and Julius Caesar.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The Renaissance began to flourish after this event that wiped out millions of people.
What is the Black Death?
A way for Christians to be forgiven of their sins through payment.
A theory supported by the Catholic Church explaining that the Earth was at the center of the universe.
What is the geocentric theory?
A three-part system of government created by Baron de Montesquieu, divided into executive, judicial, and legislative branches.
What is the separation of powers?
An Italian scientist who observed the sky with a new invention, the telescope, and believed in the heliocentric theory.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
The most famous of the “Renaissance Men” – known for his painting the “Mona Lisa.”
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Christians who protested and moved away from the Catholic Church.
What are Protestants?
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When sea voyages began to require sailing out of sight of land, this encouraged a growing interest in
What are astronomy for navigation?
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Identify one way the Enlightenment transformed Europe
A Renaissance artist who emphasized balance and composition, their greatest work being the "School of Athens."
Who was Raphael?
A Renaissance philosophy emphasizing the worth of the individual and balancing religious faith with secular learning.
What is humanism?
A movement to revive and defend Catholicism in response to the Reformation.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
The man who first came up with the heliocentric theory, but his work was largely ignored at the time.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
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Enlightenment thinkers were inspired by the ___________ and hoped to use the power of reason to understand and improve society.
What is the scientific revolution?
The head of the Catholic Church demanded that Martin Luther needed to retract his teachings; Luther was excommunicated.
Who was Pope Leo X?
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Humanist writers such as Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio emphasized
What is the worth of the individual.
A reformer who said that any Christian could read the Bible and understand God’s message.
Who was Martin Luther?
A Greek thinker who wrote about astronomy.
Who was Ptolemy?
He wrote the "The Wealth of Nations," and laid the foundation for modern economics.
Who was Adam Smith?
A well-known poet and considered to be the founder of the Italian Renaissance Humanism.
Who was Francesco Petrarch?