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Chapter 17

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Renaissance   A period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world.  
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Looking to Greece and Rome Renaissance scholars looked down on the art and literature of the Middle Ages. Instead, they wanted to return to the learning of the _________________.   Greek and Roman knowledge  
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Humanism   A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.  
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Secular   Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.  
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"Utopia" means what in English?   No place  
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The most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age was ___________.   William Shakespeare  
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John Gutenberg improved the _______________.   printing press system  
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One of the changes in art was   Paintings and sculptures portrayed individuals and nature in more realistic and lifelike ways.  
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Indulgence   A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin.  
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Reformation   A 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope’s authority.  
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One of Luther's teachings was   All Church teachings should be clearly based on the words of the Bible. Both the pope and Church traditions were false authorities.  
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Lutheran   A member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther.  
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Protestant   A member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation.  
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Predestination   The doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved.  
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Calvinism   A body of religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin.  
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Theocracy   A government controlled by religious leaders.  
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Francis I, Marguerite of Navarre, protected ________ from being executed for his beliefs while he lived in France.   John Calvin  
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Catholic Reformation   A 16th century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to the Protestant Reformation.  
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Members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola are called_______.   Jesuits  
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The ________________ itself became more unified as a result of the reforms started at the Council of Trent.   Roman Catholic Church  
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As the Catholic Church’s moral and political authority declined, individual __________________ gained power.   monarchs and states  
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