Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

WH1 SOL 15

Renaissance

TermDefinition
Absolute Power Having complete power
Humanism Focus on human beings, human potential, and achievements
Disseminate scatter widely
Secular having nothing to do with religion; dealing with worldly affairs
Renaissance time period having an explosion of creativity in Europe; rebirth; revival 100 AD-1600 AD
Treatise Formal account in writing dealing with a subject systematically; such as a guidebook
Moveable type blocks of metal or wood each with a single character that can be arranged for printing
Sonnet 14 line poem
Patron a person who supports, or champions a cause
Usury lending money at an illegal interest rate
Republic Government where the power is in the hands of the representatives that are elected
City-state Independent city and its surrounding area
Sir Thomas More Wrote "Utopia"; combined learning with Christian piety
Erasmus Wrote "The Praise of Folly"; Dutch humanist interested in classical ideas and individualism
Michelangelo Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; painter, sculpted the famous "David" masterpiece
Leonardo da Vinci Painted "Mona Lisa" and the "Last Supper"; example of a "Renassaince Man" because he was an artist, scholar, inventor, etc.
Petrarch Wrote sonnets; poet; most influential humanist
Machiavelli Wrote "The Prince" (1st modern work about government); philosopher
Lorenzo (The Magnificent) Medici Member of the powerful family that essentially ran Florence; was a patron of the arts
Vernacular everyday or native language
Created by: MMS 8th
Popular World History sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards