The Renaissance
What does the term "Renaissance" mean?
"rebirth"?
What was the main goal of the Reformation?
To reform the Roman Catholic Church?
What did scientists use during the Scientific Revolution to study the natural world?
The scientific method?
What did Renaissance art focus on?
Human achievements and individualism?
Who was the German monk that started the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther?
Name two key characteristics of the Renaissance.
Artistic achievements and scientific advancements?
What document did Martin Luther write against the Catholic Church?
The 95 Theses?
What did the Scientific Revolution challenge?
Traditional beliefs about the world?
Name a famous work by Leonardo da Vinci.
The Mona Lisa?
Which astronomer proposed the heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus?
Which invention helped spread Renaissance ideas quickly?
The printing press?
What term describes a belief that goes against official church teachings?
Heresy?
What did Isaac Newton develop as a mathematical tool?
Answer: What is calculus?
Calculus?
Which artist is known for the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo?
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci.
Name one city where the Italian Renaissance began.
Florence?
What was the outcome of the Diet of Worms?
Martin Luther's excommunication?
What did Galileo study that laid the groundwork for modern physics?
Answer: What is motion?
Motion?
What is humanism?
A way of thinking that focuses on human potential and achievements?
Who discovered that planets move in elliptical orbits?
Johannes Kepler?
Who were the wealthy patrons that supported artists during the Renaissance?
The Medici family?
What treaty allowed German princes to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism?
The Peace of Augsburg?
What was a major impact of the Scientific Revolution?
A transformation in how people understood the world?
Which Northern Renaissance artist is known for detailed works of ordinary people?
Albrecht Dürer?
Who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
Isaac Newton?