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Chapter 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Renaissance? | A revival of art and learning and the rebirth of Greek and Roman knowledge between 1300 and 1600 A.D. |
| What was the philosophy of the Renaissance called? | Humanism |
| What is perspective? | Drawing a three-dimensional object on a flat surface that rose up during the Renaissance. |
| Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy? | Italy had thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class, and the classical heritage of Greece and Rome. |
| What was a Renaissance man or woman like? | They would be well rounded and a master in many different professions. |
| Who is one of the greatest Renaissance men? | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Who made the sculpture of David? | Michelangelo |
| What did Machiavelli write? | The Prince |
| Why was the time right for the Renaissance to begin? | The bubonic plague and Hundred Years' War ended, allowing people to focus on everyday life. |
| What did northern European artists focus on in their paintings? | They focused on everyday life and religious subject matters |
| What did northern writers write about? | Reform of society, the church, education, and the revival of Greek and Roman knowledge. |
| Why was the printing press such an important development during this time period? | It made making books faster and allowed knowledge to spread faster. |
| How was the Northern Renaissance different than the Renaissance in Italy? | The focus was on both secular issues and reform of education and religion. |
| What was the social cause of the Reformation? | The Renaissance values of humanism and secularism led people to question the Church |
| What was the political cause of the Reformation? | Powerful monarchs challenged the Church as the supreme power in Europe. Many leaders viewed the pope as a foreign ruler and challenged his authority |
| What was the economic cause of the Reformation? | European princes and kings were jealous of the Church's wealth. Merchants and others resented having to pay taxes to the Church |
| What was the religious cause of the Reformation? | Some Church leaders had become worldly and corrupt. Many people found Church practices such as the sale of indulgences unacceptable. |
| What branch of Christianity resulted from Luther's reformation? | Lutheranism |
| What led Luther to try and reform the Church? | The selling of indulgences, the marrying of priests, and the act of simony. |
| What was one of Luther's teachings that went against the Church's rules? | All people with faith were equal and they did not need priests to interpret the Bible for them. |
| What branch of Christianity resulted from Calvin's teachings? | Calvinism |
| What was a major part of Calvin's teachings? | The idea of predestination (God knows who will go to heaven since the beginning of time) |
| What did Calvin think was the ideal government? | A theocracy |
| What is a Presbyterian? | a member of a Protestant church governed by presbyters (elders) and founded on the teachings of John Knox. |
| What was an Anabaptist? | in the Reformation, a member of a Protestant group that believed in baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be Christian and believed in the separation of church and state. |
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