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Renaissance study
study guide on renaissance test
Question | Answer |
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What was the time period before the Renaissance called? | The Middle Ages |
Which events help start the Renaissance? | The Crusades and The Black Death. |
Where did the Renaissance begin? | Florence, Italy |
The intellectuals wanted to …. (what did they want to do?) | Improve society |
Which family paid for the skills of intellectuals? | The de Medici family |
How did this family become wealthy? | Wealthy bankers |
Why is Leonardo da Vinci an important figure of the Renaissance? | He made many scientific contributions and created the "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper" paintings. |
Why is Michelangelo an important figure of the Renaissance? | He painted the "Sistine Chapel" and created the " Statue of David". |
Why is Gutenberg an important figure of the Renaissance? | He created the printing press which made making books easier to make. |
Why is Galileo an important figure of the Renaissance? | He created his own telescope and found the Sun was at the center of the universe not Earth. |
Why is Shakespeare an important figure of the Renaissance? | He created many playwrights like Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. |
What is humanism? | Humans could solve their problems by using reason. |
What is realism? | When art accurately shows true life. |
What is heresy? | The belief in an opinion in an orthodx religion. |
Reformation was an attempt to _______________ the Catholic Church? | Reform |
What did Martin Luther want to do which began Reformation? | He wanted to get rid of the corrruption and restore the people's faith in the church. |
Name the 3 reformers we learned about? | Martin Luther, Jonh Calvin, and King Henry VIII. |
What did Martin Luther’s 95 These speak out against? | They spoke out against the church. |
What is an indulgence? | A thing sold to people to lessen their time in purgeratory. |
How did the printing press help with Reformation? | It made it possible for Luther spread his beliefs. |
How was Lutheranism formed? | It was formed because of the acceptance of Luther's ideas by some local German churches. |
Who influenced John Calvin? | Martin Luther |
What does predestination mean? | At birth it will be decided if you will go to heaven or hell. |
What are other beliefs of Calvinism? | Calvinists, Puritans, Presbyterians, Dutch Reform, Huguenots, and Reform Church. |
Who was Henry VIII? | He was the King of England. |
How was the Church of England created? | It was created because Henry VIII split from the church and made his own he had power over. |