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Renaissance
Renaissance People
Renaissance Vocab
Renaissance Basics
100

A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.


What is the renaissance?

100

The meaning of the French word, renaissance.


What is rebirth?

100
The Renaissance thinker who wrote a book characterizing the political climate of Renaissance Italy

Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?

100

The name of the movement set off by Martin Luther with the goal to rid the church of corruption and false doctrines

What is the Reformation?

100

The century in which the renaissance began 

What is the 14th century? 

200

These thinkers were most closely associated with conducting investigative experiments 

 Who were Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton?

200

Renewed interest in these cultures was characteristic of the Renaissance?



What is Greek and Roman?

200

The quintessential Renaissance Man; he was a painter, sculptor, scientist, engineer, and inventor

Who was Leonardo da Vinci?

200

Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters; opposite of religious/sacred


What is secular?

200

The main philosophy of the renaissance 

What is classical humanism? 

300

This was a religious court in Spain that tried to prevent the introduction of the Protestant religion

What was the Spanish Inquisition?

300

This invention helped spread Renaissance and Reformation ideas.


What is the printing press?

300

The author of the 95-Thesis that criticized the Roman Catholic Church 


Who was Martin Luther?

300

An intellectual movement in which thinkers focused on human potential and achievements


What is humanism?

300

The family who became the major patrons of the Renaissance in Italy 

 What was The Medici family?

400

The movement to reinstate the power of the Roman Catholic Church


What was the Counter Reformation?

400
The city most known for the flourishing of Renaissance art. 

What is Florence, Italy?

400

English playwright of late Renaissance who wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories.



Who was William Shakespeare?

400

An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.


What is perspective?

400

This event in 1453 gave the Renaissance a large boost as Eastern scholars brought Greek texts to Italy.

What is the fall of Constantinople?

500

Martin Luther did this to help make his movement, to challenge the authority of the Catholic Church, successful

What is translating and distributing the Bible in the German language 

500

The name of the Renaissance as it spread to the rest of Europe.

What is the Northern Renaissance?

500

The German inventor of the printing press in 1448, which has been called one of the most important inventions in the history of humankind 


Who was Johannes Gothenburg?

500

A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief


What is rationalism?

500

This meeting of the Catholic Church to respond to the Protestant Reformation

What is the Council of Trent?