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He designed buildings, wrote poetry, carved sculptures and painted magnificent pictures. He was famous for painting the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and sculpting the statue of David the Isrealite king who slew Goliath.
Who is Michelangelo?
100
Venetian who traveled from Europe to China with his family and served as a government official for China under Kublai Khan. With the help of a writer, he published his journey, which was read by many Europeans.
Who is Marco Polo?
100
A priest who is credited with starting the Reformation by nailing his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
A way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of human abilities and actions.
What is Humanism?
100
The period of “rebirth” and creativity that followed Europe’s Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
200
Considered by many the greatest writer in the English language and greatest playwright of all time, he is famous for his plays. He wrote more than 30 comedies, tragedies and histories. He is probably responsible for more than 2,000 English words.
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
Expert painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, engineer, town planner and mapmaker who was curious about nature and technology. He’s famous for painting the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and anatomical and flying machine sketches.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
Christians who protested against the Catholic Church were know as this.
What are Protestants?
200
The combination of humanist and religious ideas.
What is Christian Humanism?
200
He created the Anglican church so that he could divorce his wife and remarry.
Who was King Henry VIII of England?
300
German who developed a printing press that used movable type in 1455. The next year, he printed the Bible in Latin.
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
300
Italian politician and writer, who in 1513 wrote a short book called “The Prince” that gave leaders advice on how they should rule. He was interested in what really happened in war and peace and believed that rulers sometimes had to be ruthless to keep order.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
300
Members of a Catholic religious order created to serve the pope and the church. Founded in 1534 by a Spanish noble, Ignatius of Loyola.
Who are Jesuits?
300
A reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church that began in 1517. It resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
What is the Reformation?
300
The greatest ninja turtle and Florentine sculptor before Michelangelo, who made the bronze David.
Who is Donatello?
400
Spanish writer who wrote Don Quixote, poking fun at the romantic tales of the Middle Ages. He thought that his own time was much better than the Middle Ages.
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
400
Politician and poet who wrote in Italian, common language of the people, not Latin, the language of the church.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
400
Probably the most influential figure of the Reformation after Luther. He believed the common people had the right to make church policy and in predestination or the idea that God knew who would be saved even before they were born.
Who is John Calvin?
400
The effort of the late 1500s and 1600s to reform the Catholic Church from within; also called the Counter-Reformation.
What is the Catholic Reformation?
400
A way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins which may reduce the time to be spent in Purgatory. Protestants criticized the buying of these from priests. Later the Catholic church forbade this practice as well.
What are indulgences?
500
German artist who showed objects in great detail and studied anatomy so that he could paint people more realistically. He was most famous for his prints.
Who is Albrecht Dürer?
500
Renaissance scholar who valued studying history and whose ideas affected education for many years.
Who is Petrarch?
500
He excommunicated Martin Luther.
Who is Pope Leo X?
500
The sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government.
What is Federalism?
500
A Dutch priest who criticized corrupt clergy and wanted to get rid of some church rituals that he considered meaningless. He emphasized devotion to God and the teachings of Jesus.
Who is Desiderius Erasmus?