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Renaissance Vegh
Renaissance Eisner
Renaissance Patterson
Pharaoh Isaac
Scientific Akinlude
100
Renaissance artist and inventor, probably most famous for painting the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci
100
"Renaissance" means this.
What is "Rebirth" - a rebirth in the classical learning of ancient Greece and Rome
100
His 95 Theses sparked the Protestant Reformation
Who is Martin Luther
100
While remaining Christian, Protestant reformers were protesting the actions and practices of this.
What is the Roman Catholic Church
100

trick question: we have not talked about this person. His Laws of Gravity and Motion demonstrate that mathematical laws govern the workings of the physical universe.

Who is Isaac Newton

200

Renaissance English language poet and playwright who wrote about the human experience and novels that still inspire people today

Who is William Shakespeare

200

Venice was famous for what?

Producing Glass

200
This Swiss priest challenged the practices of the Catholic Church and preached a doctrine of "Predestination"
Who is John Calvin
200
This is the idea the God is omniscient (all knowing,) and already knows whether you are going to heaven or hell, and you can not influence it.
What is Predestination (Calvin)
200

One of the astronomers who disputed the Church's "geocentric" (earth-centered) model of the universe. There are three, just name one.

Who are Nikolai Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, and Johannes Kepler

300
Renaissance sculptor and painter most famous for his paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo Buonarroti
300
This Italian city led the way in the Renaissance
What is Florence
300

Protestants do not acknowledge his role as the head of the Church; Catholics do.

Who is the Pope.

300
The sale of these reductions of the time spent in purgatory were what finally drove Luther to post his 95 theses and sparked the Protestant Reformation
What are Indulgences
300

A model of the universe that has everything orbiting the sun is called this.

What is heliocentric

400

Machiavelli wanted to have an effect on...

Politics. The way rulers rule over their people.

400
This is the study of the classics, with an emphasis on human achievement
What is Humanism
400
His invention of the movable type printing press enabled the ideas of protestant reformers to spread quickly.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg
400

What did Dante and Desderius Erasmus  have in common?

They both wrote about problems they observed in societies

400
The Catholic Church promoted a view of the universe with the Earth and its center. Such a view is called this.
What is "geocentric"
500
Wealthy banking family who brought Florence to the forefront of the Renaissance
Who are the Medici
500

The Humanist movement showed a shift from what medieval emphasis?

What is religion / the Church

500

What happened when Marco Polo went to China?

He was made a government official

500

What are the three words that took place in the council of trent?

Discussion, debate, reform

500
Threatened with death by the Catholic Church, this scientist was forced to state that the "heavens are fixed."
Who is Galileo Galilei