Renaissance
Key Terms
Renaissance 2
Scientific Revolution 1
Scientific Revolution 2
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What is the literal meaning of the term "Renaissance"?

Rebirth

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What is an independent, sovereign city that serves as an economic, political, and cultural center for the surrounding areas known as? 

City - State

100

Why was the Medici family important to the growth of the Renaissance?

They supported the arts and education as patrons

100

Machine with movable type that mass produced books and spread ideas 

Printing Press

100

The change in the mid 1500s of looking to future of science. 

Scientific Revolution

200

What is the goal of the Renaissance? 

Revive ancient Greek and Roman culture

200

Focus on human potential and achievements

Humanism

200

What were Renaissance writers writing for? 

Self expression and humanist values (portray subjects in a worldly way and in all of their individuality) 

200

A force keeps planets in orbit around the sun

Law of Gravity 

200

This person argued that the center of the universe is the Earth

Ptolemy

300

Where did the Renaissance begin?

Italy

300

Renaissance Man and Woman

Man: "Universal", charming, witty, well educated, musically inclined, strong wrestler, rider, or swordsman 

Woman: Knows the classics, charming, doesn't seek fame, inspires art (doesn't create it), married with children

300

Machiavelli says a ruler should be... 

FEARED - safer

300

In heliocentric theory, this is seen as the center of the universe

Sun

300

Who said, "I think, therefore I am"?

Rene Descartes 
400

When was the Renaissance?

14th-17th century 

After Middle Ages 

Overlaps with Age of Exploration

400

Everyday language spoken by ordinary people of an area

Vernacular

400

What kind of journey does Dante take in Divine Comedy?

A journey through afterlife (Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven) 

Guided by the spirit, Virgil 

400

Someone who believes something different from religious teachings

Heretic

400

Who discovered that the planets do not orbit in perfect circles?

Kepler

500

What factors led to the Renaissance (3)?

Patrons 

Worldly Pleasures 

Interest in the Classics

500

System used to create the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface

Perspective (perception of depth)

500

Characteristics of Renaissance art...

Order, Simplicity, Dark & Light, Realistic, Depth


Influenced by Classical Greek and Roman art


Focus on humanism and naturalism


500

This person feared backlash and persecution so he did not release his discoveries until the last year of his life

Copernicus

500

Who completed the first accurate and detailed study of the human body 

Vesalius