Renaissance
Reformation
Famous Faces
Vocab
Counter Reformation
100

In which city and country did the Renaissance begin?

Florence, Italy

100

Martin Luther nailed what famous document to what thing?

95 Theses to a Church Door

100

A monk who started the Protestant Reformation with his 95 Theses.

Martin Luther

100

The sale of "Tickets to Heaven" paying money to avoid purgatory

Indulgences 

100

This is Mr. S, favorite Baroque painting.  

Mary Magdalene (c. 1598) by Domenico Tintoretto,

200

Name 3 reasons the Renaissance started in Italy

Italy's trade wealth, wealthy patrons, its Roman classical heritage, and competition among city-states helped the Renaissance develop there.

200

Fighting among the German states after Luther's 95 Theses ended with this treaty 

The Peace of Augsburg 1555

200

A famous Renaissance artist and inventor. He is known for paintings like the Mona Lisa.

Leonardo da Vinci

200

A way of thinking that focused on human potential and achievements instead of just religion.

Humanism

200

A series of meetings where Catholic leaders made changes to the Church.

Council of Trent

300

How did the Medici's make their money?

Banking

300

Why did King Henry VIII break with the Roman Catholic Church?

Henry wanted his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled and clashed with the pope. Political authority and control over the English Church were also important. Did not hurt to seize a bunch of money from monasteries either.

300

This person invented the Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg

300

The giving of church postions to a member of your own family

Nepotism 

300

The defining characteristics of the Jesuit Order

High education, High loyalty to catholic church, willingness to go anywhere on mission work, 

400

How did Renaissance ideas spread north?

They gradually spread through trade, travel, diplomacy, returning soldiers, books, and artists.

400

This is someone who's ideas go against the church and can be killed.

Heretic 

400

This inventor helped study outer space and was the first to claim Earth wasn't the center of the Universe

Galileo

400

This was the holding of multiple church positions at the same time

Pluralism

400

This group brought Galileo on trial for what?

The Roman Inquisition brought Galileo on trial for belief in Heliocentrism 

500

How did the printing press change European Society? (3 reasons)

Johannes Gutenberg's movable-type printing press made books faster and cheaper to produce. It spread Renaissance learning, humanist texts, and religious criticism to a wider audience.

500

Martin Luther escaped death after the Diet of Worms with the help of this man

Fredrick III, Fredrick the Elector, Fredrick the Wise would have all been accepted  

500

10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them.

Niccolò Machiavelli

500

This was the practice of buying Church postions

Simony

500

How did the Catholic/Counter Reformation differ from the Protestant Reformation in its response to corruption and disagreements over religious authority?  

Both movements responded to problems within Christianity, but Protestants such as Martin Luther challenged papal authority and rejected certain Catholic teachings, while the Catholic Church reaffirmed the pope's authority and traditional doctrines while removing corruption.