Italian Renaissance
This intellectual movement, started by Petrarch, focused on rational thought; centered around human value and potential
What is humanism?
an invention that allowed books to become more readily available; allowed more people to learn to read and write
What is the printing press?
The Calvinist belief that everything that will happen has already been decided by God or fate and cannot be changed
What is predestination?
This English king ended papal control over the English Church; known for having numerous marriages
Who is King Henry VIII?
Created the original theory of the Heliocentric Model
Who is Copernicus?
A sculptor whose life-like work represented the human form and condition; known for painting the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo?
an Elizabethan playwright whose use of literature explored universal themes in everyday settings; enriched the English language
Who is William Shakespeare?
A payment that allowed a person to be pardoned from sin; a criticized and controversial practice.
What are indulgences?
an English Queen who adopted a policy of religious compromise; known for her fierce temper
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
The method invented by Bacon and is now used in all scientific processes
What is the Scientific Method?
This Italian city-state produced gifted poets, artists, and architects; home to the Medici family, it became a symbol of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
The two Northern Renaissance artists you need to know for the quiz.
Who are Durer and Van Eyck?
The first Protestant faith.
What is Lutheranism?
a period of strict questioning and torture against anyone who went against the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
What is the Inquisition?
A German astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer, he is best known for his laws of planetary motion, proving the sun was the center of the universe and that planets revolve in ellipses.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
He painted famous Renaissance figures and himself as classical philosophers and their students. He is best known for his use of perspective.
Who is Raphael?
He was a Northern artist who visited Italy and studied Italian laws of perspective in art.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
These are the arguments Martin Luther made against the Catholic Church, which he nailed to door of a church.
What is his 95 Theses?
a religious group that would travel the globe to spread Catholicism; this society established numerous schools and missions.
What are the Jesuits?
The period in history that marked the beginning of modern science. This period extended from the middle of the 16th century throughout most of the 17th century.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
This man wrote "The Prince," which described how a government should be run; he believed political effectiveness was more important than being morally right.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
This artist used new techniques for oil paints and improved colors while focusing on the details of his artwork.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
Calvin agreed with Luther on most doctrines except for this.
What is predestination?
a series of meetings held to correct abuses within the Catholic Church and enact numerous reforms to battle Protestantism
What is Council of Trent
Astronomer forced to recant his heliocentric views or suffer the punishment of death. Invented the telescope.
Who is Galileo?