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Where does the word Renaissance come from?

France

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Who created the Mona Lisa?

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Who is the person that started the Protestant Reformation?

Martin Luther

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I wrote plays, many for Queen Elizabeth. Today, students in high school still learn about my plays and poems in their english class.
Who is Shakespeare?
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What is the term "vernacular" during the Renaissance?

The language spoken by the common people of a region

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What does the word Renaissance mean? What does it refer to?

Rebirth - Rebirth of culture, art, the classics

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Michelangelo painted the roof of what building?

Sistine Chapel

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Where was Martin Luther from?

Germany

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I didn't like the protestants, so I killed a lot of them after my brother tried giving the crown to his cousin instead of his own sister!
Who is Bloody Mary?
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What are patrons and who was the main patron?

Wealthy individuals who provided financial support to artists, scholars, and scientists. 

Lorenzo Medici

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Where did the Renaissance begin?

Italy

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Da Vinci's drawing the vitruvian man represents what?

They prioritized correct human proportions and realism.

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Payments to the church to get out of purgatory or sins. 

Indulgences

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I was upset that divided up Italy was getting picked on by neighboring countries so I wrote a book on how to get into power and how to keep it.
Who is Machiavelli?
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What does it mean when something becomes more secular?

It is when there is a separation between religion and culture/society

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What is the intellectual movement focused on the belief and value of humans and reasoning?

Humanism

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Da Vinci's Mona Lisa represents what style of art?

Realism and individualism

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What is the Protestant Reformation?

Martin Luther and the people protesting the injustices of the Catholic Church

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Because of me, people could finally own their own bibles! I created metal plates that could copy books!
Who is Gutenberg?
400

What are a few reasons for the Renaissance starting where it did?

Location/trade and wealthy patrons

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The period right before the Renaissance. Describe it. 

What is the Middle Ages - Otherwise known as the Medieval Ages, Bubonic plague, feudal period, lack of growth of culture and arts in Europe. A dark period. 

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School of Athens painting represents what vocabulary word?

Classicism and the renewal of ancient Greek philosophy

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Describe the 95 theses and what Martin Luther believed in.

The 95 Theses are 95 criticisms to the Catholic Church written by Martin Luther starting the Protestant Reformation.

Martin Luther believed in the personal relationship with God and reading the Bible for yourself

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I took the throne at nine years old and died when I was sixteen. I tried giving the crown to my cousin, Lady Jane Grey.
Who is Edward VI?
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Fill in the blank:

1. Improved the telescope  ______

2. Wrote the book the Prince ________

3. Wrote Romeo and Juliet _______

4. Inventor and painter ________

5. Renaissance architect who planned a dome ______

1. Galileo?

2. Machiavelli

3. Shakespeare

4. Da Vinci

5. Brunelleschi