The Renaissance
Renaissance People
Protestant Reformation
Reformation
Misc.
Celebrity Eyes
Bad Movie Descriptions
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These events, over a 2-300 year period helped usher in the Renaissance with the growth of trade, and the rise of a merchant middle class.
What are the Crusades?
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An architect, artist, scientist, and mathematician, he is often considered the prime example of a "Renaissance man."
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
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The Reformation began due to perceived corruption within this institution.
What was the Catholic Church?
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This was the Catholic Response to the Protestant movement. They were trying to stop people from leaving the Catholic church. To stop the reformation they did things like ban books and ban teachings that are not Catholic.
What was the Counter Reformation?
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The was the rebirth of Ancient Greek, and Roman art, literature, and learning.
What was the Renaissance?
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Who is Keanu Reeves?
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After losing his father in a stampede, a young runaway joins a hippie commune and starts eating bugs.
What is The Lion King?
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Of Florence, Venice, & Rome, this was the largest trade city during the Renaissance?
What is Florence?
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This family was a wealthy banking family who lived in Florence and gained power by wealth. Major patrons of the arts.
Who is the Medici Family?
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He was one of the main leaders of the Reformation, and he helped lead to the birth of Protestantism.
Who is Martin Luther?
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The power of the church declined because of the reformation. However power increased for these people.
Who are monarchs and nation states?
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John Wycliffe believed that this person, not the Pope, should be seen as the leader of the Christian faith.
Who is Jesus?
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Who is Emma Stone?
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A farm boy discovers his long-distance girlfriend is actually his sister and his boss is actually his dad.
What is Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)?
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This is the teaching to live a better life on Earth and to focus on self worth and the value of human beings.
What is Humanism?
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He is the artist who designed and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
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What are Indulgences?
Indulgences were a way in the Catholic Church were you could pay get forgiven for your sins.
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He created the printing press which led to more bibles giving people different ideas which was a big cause in the Reformation
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
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This term was used to describe one who was considered to have many talents and skills.
What is a Renaissance Man?
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Who is Andrew Garfield?
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An older man uses balloons to kidnap a neighborhood child and take him to South America.
What is Up?
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This technique in Renaissance art helped give paintings more depth and realism.
What is perspective?
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His poems and plays were representative of the Renaissance in England.
Who is William Shakespeare?
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What was the Diet of Worms?
The Diet of Worms is Martin Luther's appearance to respond to charges of going against the Catholic Church.
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Because the Catholic Church would not grant him a divorce he began the Anglican Church, or the Church of England.
Who is Henry VIII?
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He wrote Utopia, a book about an ideal society where greed and corruption didn't exist.
Who is Thomas More?
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Who is Beyonce?
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A billionaire spends his inheritance on high-tech cosplay and professional hide-and-seek with a mentally ill clown.
What is The Dark Knight (or Batman)?
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It is the idea of not being religious or connected to a church or any other religious organization
What is secularism?
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He believed as a ruler it was better to be widely feared than greatly loved.
Who is Machiavelli?
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Martin Luther famously nailed this list of grievances to a church door in Wittenberg.
What are the 95 Theses?
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These emerged as a result of the Protestant Reformation.
What are new Christian denominations / branches / churches?
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This term refers to writing in one's native language (like Italian or English) rather than Latin.
What is Vernacular?
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Who is Caitlin Clark?
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A girl leaves her home to kill the first person she meets in a foreign land, then teams up with three strangers to kill again.
What is The Wizard of Oz?