Change is in the air!
What was the name for the event that brought changes to the Catholic Church in the 1500's called?
The Reformation
The leader of all Catholics is ....
The pope.
Name the person who helped start the Reformation AND tell me what country he was from:
Martin Luther; Germany
In 1517, a German priest nailed his arguments against the Catholic Church onto the door of his Wittenberg, Germany church. What were these arguments called AND how many were there? No partial answers will be accepted!
95 theses
Name the two ancient civilizations that the Renaissance looked backward in time for classical ideas on literature, government, the arts, etc....
Greece and Rome
The word used to show the Middle Ages were over and art, literature and life had returned to Europe was:
Renaissance (French for "rebirth")
Why would the Catholic Church fight against the printing of Bibles for everyday people to own?
It would prove the Church wrong and cause the Church to lose authority, power, worshipers and money.
Who was the person that started his own religious group, breaking entirely from the Catholic Church, for personal reasons?
King Henry VIII; the pope wouldn't grant him a divorce from his first wife, Catherine.
List at least TWO of the reasons Luther disagreed with the Catholic Church:
1. Indulgences were wrong;
2. People should be able to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ (no priest needed);
3. There was no pope in the Bible.
Name at least TWO of the most famous Renaissance painters:
Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci
The word that describes how individual people were considered to be of worth now, a big change since the Middle Ages, was:
Humanism
The Catholic Church fought back against the Reformation with a series of church meetings called the:
Counter Reformation
("counter" means to go against)
Who was the Protestant reformer who believed in "predestination", that no matter what a person did in this life, he/she was "destined" to go to heaven or hell at death:
John Calvin
What happened to England when King Henry VIII suddenly went from being the "defender of the (Catholic) faith" to a heretic and "excommunicated" (kicked out) of the Catholic Church by the pope?
The "Church of England" - Protestant Church - gets started.
Which artist sculpted the statue of David and painted the Sistine Chapel's ceiling?
Michelangelo
The Medici was a rich family ... so rich that they could afford to have paintings and sculptures made by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and others of the time. What was their job that made the Medici so wealthy?
They were bankers.
The _______________ of Trent was formed by the Catholic Church to discuss the "lies" it believed Protestants were spreading and to restructure or rebuild the Church's strength. What's this 7- letter word that begins with a "C"?
Council of Trent
Identify the scientist that said the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth:
Nicolaus Copernicus
"Heresies" are defined as:
(some varying of answer will be allowed)
Lies or errors that a person wrongly believes or states about a faith. A person who spreads these lies is called a "heretic" and used to be burned at the stake or suffered some other gruesome death!
Give TWO differences between Middle Ages and Renaissance art:
Paintings from the Renaissance time were more lifelike, even 3D, versus those of the Middle Ages that seemed flat and lifeless.
Instead of relying on traditions and beliefs only, the scientific revolution used what two "tools" understand the world?
The scientific revolution used reason and logic to understand the world.
What word was used for the Catholic selling of items that were supposed to free a dead person from purgatory to be released to heaven?
Indulgences
Name either one of the two scientific thinkers who studied the movement of planets and moons:
Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler
Which European nation was one of the first to become "Lutheran" (Protestant) and suffered the most from the Thirty Years' War?
Germany
What area of study did Leonardo da Vinci help the most with his "activities" in the morgue (where dead people were held until they were identified and buried)?
Medical field of study.