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Renaissance
Famous People
Vocabulary
Famous People
Reformation
100
Italian city-states were wealthy centers of trade and manufacturing.
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
100
I believed the sun was the center of the universe.
Who was Copernicus?
100
The study of questions about God.
What is theology?
100
I was called a true Renaissance Man.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
100
Martin Luther and John Calvin
Who were leaders in the Reformation?
200
wealthy patrons
Who supported the Renaissance artists?
200
Who taught the idea of predestination?
What was Calvin?
200
This is a wealthy Italian city that played an important role in the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
200
I developed the printing press.
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
200
The selling of indulgences is a corrupt practice of the Catholic Church.
What was the conclusion made by Martin Luther and written about in Luther's 95 Theses?
300
One way that ancient Greek writers influenced the Renaissance writers.
What is stressing the power of human reason?
300
I believed that the planets moved in ellipses.
Who was Kepler?
300
Being more interested in the world than in a religion.
What is secular?
300
I painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted both The Pieta and David.
Who was Michelangelo?
300
Salvation comes to those who are chosen by God.
What was a claim made by John Calvin?
400
Influenced by humanism, Renaissance painters painted....
What is realistic scenes, images and human figures?
400
I proposed the Universal Law of Gravitation.
Who was Newton?
400
No matter what people do, their lives are already planned.
What is predestination?
400
I wrote The Divine Comedy.
Who was Dante?
400
New Christian denominations emerged in Europe.
What was the result of the Reformation?
500
The Revival of Greek and Roman culture, the economic growth of Italian city-states,and the development of humanism....
What are aspects of the European Renaissance?
500
I wrote The Canterbury Tales.
Who was Chaucer?
500
The every day language people speak in a region.
What is vernacular?
500
I wrote The Prince.
Who was Machiavelli?
500
Desiderius Erasmus wanted this so that people could make their own decisions about God.
What is all people to be able to read the Bible?