Other Important History Facts
In which Italian city-state did the Renaissance begin?
Florence
This famous Italian astronomer discovered that there were 4 moons on Jupiter, was put under house arrest by the Catholic Church, and was not told he was innocent until 1992.
Painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
The Roman Catholic Church is located in which country and is led by who?
Vatican City and the Pope
What major German artist was known as "Leonardo of the North?"
Albrecht Durer
How many people did the Black Death kill in Europe (%)
Father of Calculus and inventor of the law of gravity.
Isaac Newton
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
These arguments against the church's power and corruption, written by Martin Luther, were called what?
What is the name of the language that old books and texts were translated into, so that everyday common people could understand?
vernacular language.
History, poetry, rhetoric, grammar.
The founder of the idea of heliocentrism, or that everything revolves around the sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who painted The School of Athens
Raphael
During the Protestant Reformation, Christianity broke into different religious groups like Anabaptists, Lutherans, and Calvinists. What are these religious groups called?
Sects
What power did the Peace of Augsburg give to the German princes?
Princes could decide what religion, Protestantism or Catholicism, would be followed on their land.
The belief, written by President James Monroe, arguing that the United States should stay out of European politics if Europe stays out of American politics.
What is The Monroe Doctrine?
What family were the richest bankers in Italy and supporters of Italian Renaissance art?
The Medici family
What group(s) of people were treated unfairly by Catholics and Protestants?
Radical Catholic sects, like Anabaptists, Jews, and people who were believed to be witches.
What English playwriter wrote 37 plays in 23 years, and more than 1,700 English words appeared in his works for the first time?
William Shakespeare
John Calvin, a Switzerland reformer, believed in the idea that God knew who he was going to save and who he wasn't going to save for a long time. What is this idea called?
Predestination
The belief that humans, not god, control our lives and destinies
Humanism
Who wrote The Prince, a book that told leaders how they could get into power and how they could keep power?
Niccolo Machiavelli
Why did a Peasant's Revolt happen after the birth of Lutheranism?
Luther believed everyone was equal in the eyes of God, peasants wanted to be equal socially and economically.
The invention, made by Johann Gutenberg, that allowed people to learn how to read, more books to be copied for a cheaper price, and ideas and knowledge to be spread around quicker.
Printing Press