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artist who made sketches of flying machines centuries before the first airplane
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
A religious group that has broken away from an established church
What is a sect?
100
Italian city where many Renaissance artists got their start with the support of the Medici family
What is Florence?
100
Between 1450 and 1750 belief in these two ideas led to widespread persecution of people believed to be witches
What is Christianity and Magic?
100
This artist was known for The Last Supper and Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
German inventor who started a printing revolution
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
200
the idea that God long ago decided who would be saved and who would not
What is predestination?
200
thriving trade region where the Northern Renaissance began
What is Flanders?
200
This reformer led Geneva to become a model of Protestant morality.
Who is John Calvin?
200
This scientist discovered that the planets move around the sun in oval-shaped orbits
Who is Johannes Kepler?
300
First Renaissance era astronomer to propose a heliocentric (sun-centered) model of the universe
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
300
a government run by religious leaders
What is a theocracy?
300
This German artist's works portray themes like nature and religious upheaval
Who is Albrecht Duerer?
300
This agreement from 1555 allowed German princes to decide if their lands would be Lutheran or Catholic
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
300
This inventor perfected the microscope and was the first person to see cells
Who is Anton van Leeuwenhoek (Lay-vun-hook)?
400
Scientist who showed that gravity keeps planets in orbit
Who is Isaac Newton?
400
In scientific method, this is a possible explanation to be tested
What is a hypothesis?
400
These scholars focused on worldly subjects rather than spiritual issues.
Who are humanists?
400
This humanist author was executed because of his refusal to accept king Henry VIII as head of the Church in England
Who is Sir Thomas More?
400
This Italian writer thought that a woman's outer beauty was the reflection of her inner goodness
Who is Baldassare Castiglione?
500
Italian writer who wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and keep power
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
500
This event triggered the reformation in England, leading to the development of the Church of England
What is Henry VIII wanting to end his marriage?
500
This Italian humanist gathered a great library of Greek and Roman manuscripts, preserving the works of Cicero and Homer for Europe
Who is Francesco Petrarch?
500
This assembly met to direct the reform of the Catholic Church
What is the Council of Trent?
500
This time period is marked by renewed interest in the arts and classical learning
What is the Renaissance?