The Rebirth (Renaissance)
What does the French word "Renaissance" mean in English?
What does the French word "Renaissance" mean in English?
He painted the Mona Lisa and is considered the ultimate "Renaissance Man" due to his skill in art, invention, and anatomy.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This Renaissance figure was an artist, scientist, and inventor
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
Martin Luther nailed this famous document to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church in 1517.
What are the 95 Theses?
These were certificates sold by the Catholic Church that supposedly shortened a person's time suffering in purgatory.
What are indulgences?
In which European country did the Renaissance begin?
In which European country did the Renaissance begin?
This intellectual movement during the Renaissance focused on human potential, achievements, and the study of classical Greek and Roman texts.
What is humanism?
This German monk questioned the authority of the Catholic Church and founded Protestantism by writing a famous list of complaints.
Who is Martin Luther?
The ultimate goal of the Protestant Reformation was to do what to the Catholic Church?
What is reform it?
A word meaning worldly or non-religious, used as a major theme of the Renaissance.
What is secular?
This wealthy and powerful banking family used their vast fortune to patronize (support) the arts and rule behind the scenes in Florence.
Who is the Medici family?
Johannes Gutenberg invented this revolutionary machine, which helped spread humanist ideas and increased literacy across Europe.
What is the printing press?
This English king wanted a male heir, broke away from the Catholic Church, and declared himself the head of the Church of England because the Pope wouldn't grant him a divorce.
Who is King Henry VIII?
This religious concept taught by John Calvin states that God has already decided long ago who will be saved and who will be damned.
What is predestination?
This was the name given to the Catholic Church's major movement to reform itself and fight back against Protestantism.
What is the Catholic Reformation or Counter Reformation
This trade route and network unified much of Asia and early European trade, creating a massive demand for foreign goods and helping spark the Italian economy.
What are the Mongol conquests / Silk Road trade network?
Renaissance writers began using this term for everyday, local languages (instead of formal Latin) to help spread their ideas to ordinary people.
What is the vernacular?
This English playwright wrote famous masterpieces like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This imperial council of the Holy Roman Empire declared Martin Luther an outlaw and a heretic.
What is the Diet of Worms?
This famous church in Vatican City features a breathtaking painted ceiling done by Michelangelo.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
This geographic and economic advantage of Northern Italy—being surrounded by water and sitting at the crossroads of Europe and Asia—allowed it to become a center for what?
What is trade (and wealth accumulation)?
Renaissance painters used this specific mathematical and artistic technique to make flat, 2D paintings look three-dimensional and realistic.
What is perspective?
This reformer followed in Luther’s footsteps and popularized the strict religious concept of predestination in Geneva, Switzerland.
Who is John Calvin?
This massive 17th-century conflict between Catholic and Protestant nations finally ended with the Peace of Westphalia, letting European rulers choose their land's official church.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
This famous meeting of Catholic leaders reaffirmed traditional church doctrines and banned the sale of false indulgences.
What is the Council of Trent?