The Italian Renaissance
The literal meaning of the word "Renaissance."
What is "rebirth"?
The artistic technique used to create the illusion of three-dimensional depth on a flat surface.
What is perspective?
The German monk who posted the 95 Theses in 1517.
Who is Martin Luther?
The name of the series of meetings where Catholic leaders defined Church doctrine and addressed corruption.
What is the Council of Trent?
The theory that states the Sun is the center of the solar system.
What is the Heliocentric theory?
The country where the Renaissance began due to its wealth from trade.
What is Italy?
This "Renaissance Man" was famous for the Mona Lisa and his scientific notebooks.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Martin Luther argued that people could gain salvation through this alone, rather than "good works."
What is faith?
The religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola to spread Catholicism through education.
Who are the Jesuits?
He was put on trial for heresy for using a telescope to prove the Earth was not the center of the universe.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
The name for the movement that focused on the study of classical Greek and Roman texts and individual potential.
What is Humanism?
When an author writes in the everyday language of the people rather than Latin, they are writing in this.
What is the vernacular?
The specific practice Luther protested where the Church sold "pardons" for sins.
What are indulgences?
The general name for the movement where the Catholic Church tried to stop the spread of Protestantism.
What is the Counter-Reformation?
The 7-step process of using observation and experiments to test a hypothesis.
What is the Scientific Method?
This 1450s invention by Johann Gutenberg made books cheaper and increased literacy.
What is the printing press?
The goal of Renaissance artists to portray the human body as it actually appeared in nature.
What is realism?
This reformer taught the idea of predestination—the belief that God decided long ago who would be saved.
Who is Johan Calvin?
The Jesuits focused heavily on this activity to spread the faith and educate the public.
What are missions (or education)?
The force discovered by Isaac Newton that explains why planets stay in their orbits.
What is gravity?
The term for a focus on worldly life rather than just spiritual or religious life.
What is secularism?
He is considered one of the greatest English playwrights and wrote during the Renaissance.
Who is William Shakespeare?
He translated the Bible into English so common people could read it, leading to his execution.
Who is William Tyndale?
One specific decision made at the Council of Trent to ensure priests were better educated.
What is the establishment of seminaries?
The difference between these two: One uses logic (Reason), while the other uses physical evidence (Senses).
What are Rationalism and Empiricism?