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Chapter 15-History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "I was a diplomat and historian of Florence who believed that power counts more than ideals. I wrote a famous essay called The Prince" | Niccolo Machiavelli |
| "I applied my knowledge of mathematics and science to my paintings. The Mona Lisa is one of my most famous works" | Leonardo de Vinci |
| "I followed after Martin Luther's teachings but emphasized the idea of predestination" | John Calvin |
| "I wrote plays that were masterpieces of poetic drama and created such characters as Macbeth and Hamlet." | William Shakespeare |
| "My belief that salvation was possible through faith alone led me to challenge church practices, particularly the sale of indulgences, I later broke with the church completely" | Martin Luther |
| "I founded a highly disciplined religious order, the Jesuits, which played a major role in the Catholic Revival" | Ignatius de Loyola |
| "I wrote a book titled Utopia, in which I compared the English government and society to an imaginary, ideal society" | Thomas More |
| "In 1450, I created a new printing process so I could print copies of the Bible" | Johannes Gutenburg |
| art technique that involves making distant objects smaller than those in the foreground and arranging them to create the illusions of depth on a flat canvas | perspective |
| belief that at the beginning of time God decided who would be saved | predestination |
| measure of the quality of life | standard of living |
| books that predict the weather and the prospects for growing crops, and also contain such things as calendars, maps, and medical advice | almanacs |
| a treaty that allowed people to chose what religion they wanted to be | the peace of augsburg |
| single printed news sheets sold to the public | broadsides |
| catholic religious order founded by Ignatius de Loyola in 1534 | Jesuits |
| government ruled by religious leaders claiming God's authority | Theocracy |
| attempt by the Catholic Church, following the reformation, to return the church to an emphasis on spiritual matters | Counter-Reformation |
| more knowledge than the world around them and had "special powers" | wise people |
| after the diet of worms Martin Luther | went into hiding for a year |
| founder of a Catholic like military order | Ignatius de Loyola |
| who sculpted David | Michealangelo |
| who wrote the book of the Courier | Castiglione |
| Catholic priest who began the selling of indulgences | Tetzel |
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