People and Figures
This family controlled Florence, Italy at the height of the Renaissance through their wealth and powerful influence.
Who are the Medici family.
Artists adapted new techniques of realism and WHAT to their art in order to create depth in paintings?
What is perspective.
According to legend, when Newton saw an apple fall from the tree, he began to consider and seek to understand what?
What is gravity.
Why did Gutenberg's invention of the printing press have a massive impact on society?
Because it raised the literacy rate, printed materials became cheaper, and ideas spread quickly.
When did Elizabeth I become Queen of England?
When her half-sister Mary Tudor died.
The definition of a "Renaissance man".
Who is someone with broad achievement and talent in many areas.
This artist painted the Mona Lisa and other famous works.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci.
Galileo's study of heliocentrism along with his invention of WHAT did not sit well with the Church.
What is the telescope.
The spread of Calvinism led to what events?
Wars of religion across Europe.
Why did Henry VIII want his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled after 18 years of marriage?
Because she did not give birth to a male child.
What did the humanists believe about education?
The humanists believed that education would stimulate an individual's creative powers.
This artist was a sculptor, engineer, painter, architect, and poet. He painted the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo Buonarroti.
This astronomer and mathematician was know for calculating the orbits of planets:
Who is Kepler.
Followers of John Calvin believed what?
What is predestination.
In Utopia, Thomas More describes:
An ideal society in which men and women live in harmony.
What is a patron?
Someone who provides funding for artistic and architectural endeavors.
This Florentine landmark blended beauty and utility during the Renaissance.
What is the Cathedral Dome or the Duomo of Florence.
The sun-centered model of the universe was a theory developed by:
Who is Copernicus.
This playwright gained popularity because of his emphasis on the individual, realism, and the importance of the classics in his works.
Who is William Shakespeare.
This Italian Renaissance writer stressed that the end justifies the means in his writings.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli.
Who gave birth to Henry VIII's only male heir?
Who was sometimes called the "German Leonardo" or the "Leonardo of the North"?
The scientific method is a process of discovery through what?
Hypothesis, Experiments, Findings and Conclusions, and MORE.
The growing middle class began to demand written material in what language?
What is the vernacular.
Don Quixote is best described as:
A tale that mocks romantic notions of chivalry.