This era preceded the Renaissance and Renaissance ideas were often challenges to what people did and believed during this time
What were the Middle Ages or the Medieval Era?
This way of trading goods with Asia led to the creation of great wealth and the spread of knowledge (but also plague!)
What was the Silk Road?
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who was Michelangelo?
He said that Aristotle was wrong; the sun, not earth, was the center of the Universe.
Who was Copernicus?
He was considered the greatest leader of this family who controlled Florence for many years
Who was Lorenzo de Medici?
The idea that human achievement can positively affect the way people live
What is humanism?
These cities in Italy became wealthy because of the Sil Road
What were the Trade Cities of Italy
He painted the Mona Lisa
Who was Leonardo Da Vinci?
He used a telescope to study the heavens
Who was Galileo?
The leader of the Catholic Church.
Who was the Pope?
The idea that following the dismal Medieval period the Renaissance represented a ___________ for humanity
What is a rebirth?
This city was known as the center of the Italian Renaissance
What was Florence?
His sculptures were very realistic and he worked in both stone and metal
Who was Donatello?
He began by asking the question. "Why does the apple fall?"
Who was Isaac Newton?
He challenged the Catholic Church over corruption and man's own ability to know God through the Bible
Who was Martin Luther?
This idea resulted in the creation of modern science
What is rationalism?
This area of Europe produced many of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation
What was Northern Europe, Germany etc.?
He painted gorgeous scenes from Greek and Roman myths about the Gods
Who was Botticelli?
He mapped the orbits of the planets
Who was Kepler?
He was the leader of England who broke with the Catholic Church and helped found the Protestant Reformation. He also had a troubled married life.
Who was King Henry VIII?
This idea directly challenged the authority of the Catholic Church
This island nation produced great leaders (a king and queen) as well as leaders of the reformation and the scientific revolution
What was England
He was a fine portrait artist and was credited with inventing oil painting
Who was Jan Van Eyk?
This invention measured air pressure
What was the Barometer?
She was Queen of England and helped defeat the Spanish Armada.
Who was Queen Elizabeth I