Causes & Effects
The Renaissance began in this country
Italy
What is considered the most important invention of the Renaissance?
Printing press / Movable type
Henry VIII created this Protestant religion
Anglican Church / Church of England
The famous Italian merchant, trader and explorer who was in the court of Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
What famous artist, sculptor, engineer and anatomist is know as a "Renaissance Man"?
Leonardo da Vinci
The word Renaissance means
Rebirth
What astronomer improved the telescope, confirmed that the earth revolved around the sun and was prosecuted by the Catholic Church?
Galileo
What does the term "secular" mean?
Related to worldly things rather than spiritual or religious
What was it called when the Catholic Church punished "heretics"?
Inquisition
Which family was renowned for being patrons of art?
Medici
Who was the father of Humanism?
Petrarch
Linear perspective makes art appear...
Three-dimensional
During the Middle Ages, most art and learning was centered around:
Church & Religious themes
Who posted the 95 Theses on a Church door?
Martin Luther
Who was the first Queen to rule England?
Mary I (Bloody Mary)
Humanism was an intellectual movement that focused on?
Individual achievements and the potential of man
Name 3 technologies used by Renaissance explorers
Caravel, astrolabe & compass
Place for purification before going to heaven
Purgatory
The Reformation changed politics by?
Allowing rulers to choose between Catholicism and Protestantism
Which King and Queen funded Christopher Columbus' voyage?
Ferdinand I & Isabella I
What was the major result of the fall of the Byzantine Empire?
Greek scholars fleeing Constantinople to Italy.
Renaissance
Statue of a biblical hero created by Micheangelo
David
John Calvin's belief about people going to heaven
Predestination
Who was the first explorer credited for circumnavigating the world?
Magellan
Who wrote "The Prince"
Machiavelli