The Renaissance
This is the literal meaning of the word "Renaissance."
What is rebirth?
This biblical figure was carved notably by the Renaissance masters Donatello (a smaller, more realistic depiction) and Michelangelo (a larger, more idealized version).
Who is David?
This person started the Reformation in 1517 by nailing a list of complaints about the Catholic Church to a church door in Germany.
Who is Martin Luther?
The Counter-Reformation can also be referred to as this.
What is the Catholic Reformation?
Absolutism is a style of government which can also be referred to as this.
What is absolute monarchy?
The Renaissance began in this country in the 14th and 15th centuries.
What is Italy?
These are the four "Renaissance Masters," easy to remember because they are also the four Ninja Turtles.
Who are Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Rafael?
The list of complaints that started the Reformation is called this.
What are the 95 Theses?
One of the biggest changes that came about because of the Counter Reformation was the Catholic Church agreeing to stop selling these.
What are indulgences?
One of the causes of the rise of absolute monarchs was a large scale economic decline that happened after this time period in Europe.
What is the Renaissance?
This defining idea ("ism") of the Renaissance is the study of humans and what they are capable of achieving; it believes that you should use education to make yourself the best you can.
What is humanism?
Renaissance Art, especially from Italy, tends to depict subjects from the Bible, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome, together known as "The ______________".
What are The Classics?
What are Protestants?
It was at this meeting in northern Italy, which lasted over 18 years, that Catholics debated what to change and what to keep the same in response to the Protestant Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
This country and its king, Louis XIV, are probably the best examples of absolutism.
What is France?
This defining idea ("ism") of the Renaissance describes separating religion from your actions, or shifting the focus of something away from religion; it does NOT mean atheist or anti-religious.
What is secularism?
This style of painting, popular for the first time during the Renaissance, reflected the individualism of the era as it depicted regular people for the first time. Rafael was especially good at these.
What is portraiture, or what are portraits?
This invention allowed Martin Luther to have a much more widespread impact than previous theologians and church critics.
What is the printing press?
This group was founded by Ignatius of Loyola, a Spanish nobleman, to educate Catholics and spread Catholicism outside of Europe into the New World.
Who are the Jesuits?
Absolute monarchs were said to have been blessed by God with the right to rule, an idea known as this.
What is divine right?
Classical texts made their way into Italy especially after 1453 when scholars from this Eastern city came there to flee the Muslim Turks, who had just conquered it.
What is Constantinople?
The inside of this building in the Vatican was famously painted by Michelangelo and his assistants over four years in the 1500s, and is perhaps the most well-known example of Renaissance artwork.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
Speaking out against the church was quite dangerous, as you would likely be charged with this crime and executed.
What is heresy?
This style of art was used by the Catholic Church as propaganda to encourage people to come back to the church and/or to obey the church.
What is Baroque?
The Age of Absolutism ended with this event, which literally beheaded an absolute monarch to show the world that the people would no longer stand for such a style of government.
What is the French Revolution?