Renaissance Ideas/Inventions
Renaissance Art, Literature
Aztec and Inca Civilization
Enlightenment
Protestant(Religious) Reformation
100
What ancient ideas were re-birthed during the Renaissance Period?
Greek and Roman.
100
What is a Renaissance Man?
A Renaissance Man is a man who has mastered many different skills.
100
How did the Aztecs and Incas show respect to their gods/godesses?
Human Sacrifice
100
What did Enlightenment thinkers begin to do?
Question the beliefs of the Catholic Church and come up with new theories of reason.
100
What is the definition of a Protestant?
Someone who a person who challenges traditional ideas or goes against traditional beliefs.
200
Why did the Renaissance Blossom in Italy?
The port cities of Genoa and Venice connected Italy to a wealthy trade network in the Mediterranean Sea that allowed Ideas to Blossom.
200
Give an example of Renaissance Man that we talked about and some of the things that they mastered.
Answers May Vary.
200
Where was the Aztec Civilization located?
Mexico
200
John Locke believed all people had the right to these three traits. These are also seen in the United States Constitution.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
200
Who is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation by nailing the 95 Theses to a church door?
Martin Luther
300
Describe the catholic church's geocentric theory
The Earth was at the center of our solar system.
300
How does Brunelleschi's Dome show Renaissance architecture? Where are the ideas based from?
There are Roman arches and domes. There are Greek columns. They enhanced them to make a larger building.
300
Aztecs and Incas were Polytheistic. What does Polytheism?
To believe in multiple gods/goddesses.
300
Montesquieu believed the government should be broken up into separate sections of government called this.
Branches
300
Why did King Henry VIII break away from the Catholica Church and begin the Anglican Church?
He wanted to divorce his wife to have a boy child.
400
Describe the heliocentric theory that Copernicus created.
The sun is at the center of our solar system.
400
How does the Mona Lisa show an example of Humanism?
The Mona Lisa represented humanistic ideas because it represented a "normal" person, not a religious person or theme. There is a normal background representing a typical landscape.
400
What was one achievement of the Aztec and Inca empires?
Answers may vary. Dikes, Terrace Farming, Calendars, schools, Medical practices set broken bones, and more.
400
Voltaire was persecuted because..
He rejected the teachings of the Catholic Church.
400
Describe one key belief or practice that Protestants disagreed with that Catholics practiced.
The Sale of Indulgences.
500
What was the device that allowed new ideas to be mass produced and spread throughout Europe?
Printing Press
500
Famous Renaissance writer who crafted plays such as Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth
William Shakespeare.
500
What ancient civilization built the famous city of Machu Picchu in Peru?
Incas
500
What famous political writer said, "“It is better to be feared than loved.”
Machiavelli
500
How was the Protestant Reformation a stepping stone for Freedom of Religion and breaking away from the Catholic Church?
People saw the corruption of the church and were no longer afraid to break away and practice their own religion.