Europe Evolving
The Reformation began in what is now this country.
The Sistine Chapel was the masterpiece of this man's lifetime.
Who is Michelangelo?
The Prince was the most famous work of this author.
Who is Machiavelli?
This scientific tool allows people to view far off objects.
What is a telescope?
This deadly disease also eroded belief in the Catholic Church.
What is the Black Plague?
This early Renaissance literary and intellectual movement stressed the importance of studying the classics.
What is humanism?
This artist, scientist, and all around brilliant innovator is often called the greatest example of a Renaissance Man.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This important piece of literature was nailed to a church door.
What is The 95 Theses?
This man created laws to describe the motion of the planets.
The French king, Philip IV, began this event by taking Pope Boniface VIII prisoner.
What is the Babylonian Captivity?
This massive empire contained much of Northern Italy.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
Jan van Eyck comes from this small Northern European country.
What is Belgium?
This comedy details several tricks played by the fairy king, Oberon, and his servant, Puck.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Apples have not led to many scientific discoveries, but there are exceptions to every rule.
What is the Law of Universal Gravitation, or Law of Gravity?
The French Huguenots were members of this religion.
What is Calvinism?
This Italian family, particularly powerful in Florence, attained great wealth through banking and used it to encourage the arts.
This work of art famously depicts Jesus eating with his disciples.
What is The Last Supper?
This Latin phrase translates to, "I think, therefore I am."
What is "Cogito ergo sum."
This man founded the Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
The Renaissance was in part possible due to trade with this powerful Eastern polity.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
One of Donatello's most famous works, depicting John the Baptist
What is The Feast of Herod?
Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, was based on literature inspired by this early Greek play.
What is Pyramus and Thisbe?
The Heliocentric model of the solar system replaced this older system.
What is the Ptolemaic system?
These four abuses by the church were listed in the Reformation section of the PowerPoint.
What are simony, nepotism, worldliness, and the sale of indulgences?