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OC Ren./Ref. #2
OC Part II of Renaissance through Reformation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is one word that could sum up the events of the Renaissance? | "change" |
| Describe perspective in Renaissance paintings. | made pictures look three-dimentional, like one could walk into the picture; distant places look far away; people in the foreground looked bigger than people in the background |
| Who was Cosimo dé Medici? | The head of the powerful and wealthy Medici Family who ruled Florence in the early 1400s and helped make the city one of the world's most cultured and beautiful |
| What book Italian author Dante most famous for, and why were so many people able to read it? | The Divine Comedy; he wrote in the vernacular, or common language of the people |
| Why did Catholics buy indulgences? | They believed indulgences would reduce the time they spent in purgatory after they died, and get them to heaven faster. |
| Besides the selling of indulgences, what is one other argument Martin Luther had against the Catholic Church? | He believed that people did not need priests to interpret the Bible for them. |
| What reform made by the Catholic Church was something that Martin Luther argued for? | The Church stopped selling indulgences. |
| What is William Tyndale known for, and what happened to him as a result? | He translated the Bible into English and was later ordered executed by Church officials. |
| Why did King Henry VIII split from the Catholic Church, and what was the name of his new church? | For personal reasons: he wanted to divorce his wife, but the pope wouldn't grant him one; the Anglican Church, or Church of England |
| What are two (of five) ways the Catholic Church reacted to the Protestant Reformation? | 1) seeking out and punishing Protestants, 2) banning books written by Protestant authors, 3) creating new religious orders such as the Jesuits, to bring people back to the Church, 4) sending Catholic missionaries around the world, 5) the Council of Trent |
| What is predestination and who taught it? | The idea that God knew who was going to heaven before they were born, and nothing they could do in their lives would change it; John Calvin |
| What were two outcomes of the Council of Trent? | 1)new rules for clergy to follow, 2) no more selling of indulgences |
| The Treaty of Westphalia was the agreement made at the end of what war? | Thirty Years' War |
| The result of the Thrity Years' War was the Treaty of Westphalia, which said what? | Rulers could determine whether their countries would be Catholic or Protestant. |
| What famous book did Miguel de Cervantes write that poked fun at the romantic tales of the Middle Ages? | Don Quixote |
| Like Cervantes, this French Renaissance writer poked fun at the ideas of the Middle Ages. | François Rabelais |
| Name three famous Renaissance writers (from Spain, France, and England). | Cervantes, Rabelais, and Shakespeare |
| During the Reformation, relgious concerns between these two groups often led to conflicts and violence. | Catholics and Protestants |
| Were most Northern Eurpeans Catholic or Protestant? | Protestant |
| Portugal, Spain, and France were predominately Protestant or Catholic? | Catholic |
| Why were Church leaders opposed to the printing of the Bible? | They believed they were the only ones who should read and interpret the Bible for the people |
| What event in Spain helped the Catholic Church eliminate its opposition? | the Spanish Inquisition |
| The effort to reform the Catholic Church from within is called: | the Catholic Reformation, or Counter-Reformation |
| What religious order did Saint Ignatius of Loyola found in 1534? | the Jesuits, whose goal was to teach people about Catholicism and hopefully turn people against Protestant ideas |
| What is one way women helped the spread of Renaissance ideas? | nobles home-schooled their daughters in the humanities; many became powerful political figures; married rulers and helped spread Renaissance ideas in their husbands' lands |
| Name one way northern European Renaissance art was different from other art at the time? | 1) people were painted to look realistic, with physical flaws; not like Greek gods, 2) they painted objects, from rocks to flowers, 3) they painted scenes of daily life; not just biblical scenes or classical myths |
| Name one of Shakespeare's plays. | Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, and Macbeth are among the most famous |
| A scientific discovery that was made during the Renaissance was that the _____________ moves around the __________. | earth; sun |
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