People
The inventor of the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
This City-State is said to be where the Renaissance was born.
Florence
The invention of the printing press inspired people to become ___________ so they could read the Bible themselves.
literate
The Reformation caused the church to split between the Roman Catholics and the __________________.
Protestants
This "Renaissance Man" was a painter, inventor, scientist, and more. He is best known for his paintings the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Nicknamed "The Bard", this famous English writer embraced the Renaissance and its humanist ideals
William Shakespeare
Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation in this country.
Germany
The Heliocentric Universe model proposed by Copernicus placed what at the center of the solar system?
The Sun
The Renaissance changed some peoples' focus from the spiritual word to the _____________ world.
natural
This was the book that received the most printing off of the printing press.
The Gutenberg Bible
This Renaissance painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling was known for the physical realism and intensity of his work
Michelangelo
King Henry VIII was monarch of this country, where he established his own church after breaking from the Pope.
England
Martin Luther is said to have nailed these complaints against the Catholic Church to the door of the Church of Wittenberg.
95 Theses
Martin Luther was especially upset at the Catholic Church for selling these, which gave souls in purgatory a passage to heaven.
Indulgences
This Italian city was known for its wealth from trade and its magnificent canals.
Venice
This Dutch philosopher and Humanist wrote The Praise of Folly and was the most famous of the Northern Renaissance scholars.
Erasmus
The Italian-City states were the prime location for the Renaissance because of their...
Wealth (primarily from trade)
This term refers to activities that do NOT have to do with the church
secular
What two historical events did the Printing Press have a direct impact on?
The Protestant Reformation and the Age of Exploration
Middle ages painting focused on religious themes. Renaissance painting focused on religious themes AND...
normal people.
The writer of The Prince, this Renaissance philosopher supported the use of immoral actions to achieve political success.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Counter-Reformation, initiated by the Catholic Church, is embodied by a meeting of church leaders at the Council of ____________.
Trent
Petrarch is considered the father of this Renaissance-era philosophy, which focused on reviving classical Greek and Roman ideals.
Humanism
The Printing Press, combined with the Protestant Reformation, led to the Bible becoming open to _______________ _________________.
personal interpretation
What technique did Renaissance artists use that gave more depth to their paintings?
Perspective (one- and two-point)