Question 1

Patrons

Accepted Answer

Wealthy people who sponsored artists, explorers, and scientists

Question 2

Lorenzo de Medici

Accepted Answer

A very generous patron of the Renaissance who lived in Florence

Question 3

What was the first book that was printed by Gutenberg?

Accepted Answer

The Bible

Question 4

Erasmus

Accepted Answer

Advanced the revival of Greek and Latin literature

Question 5

Martin Luther

Accepted Answer

Demanded changes in the Catholic Church that triggered the Protestant Reformation

Question 6

Nicolo Machiavelli

Accepted Answer

Wrote The Prince which stated that rulers should be ruthless to gain power

Question 7

Ptolemy

Accepted Answer

Believed the earth is round (14th Century)

Question 8

Donatello

Accepted Answer

A Renaissance sculptor of marble and bronze.  His work David is the first free-standing nude sculpture.

Question 9

Van Eyck

Accepted Answer

Used mathematics to achieve harmony and balance in his oil paintings

Question 10

Michelangelo

Accepted Answer

16th century sculptor and painter.  Pope hired him to decorate the Sistine Chapel.

Question 11

Dante Alighieri

Accepted Answer

Wrote the play La Comedia in Italian

Question 12

Francesco Petrarch

Accepted Answer

Wrote Italian sonnets

Question 13

Geoffrey Chaucer

Accepted Answer

The first Englishman to write literature in English.  Wrote about poetry and love in the Canterbury Tales, a story about a group of English people making a pilgrimage.

Question 14

William Shakespeare

Accepted Answer

English writer whose plays were influenced by Italian classical works and performed in the Globe Theater.

Question 15

Johannes Kepler

Accepted Answer

Discovered that planets rotate around the sun in elipses

Question 16

Galileo Galilei

Accepted Answer

Confirmed Copernicus’ theory of a sun-centered solar system.  He was arrested as a heretic and sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life.

Question 17

Indulgences

Accepted Answer

The buying of pardons from punishment for sin

Question 18

Martin Luther

Accepted Answer

A monk who disagreed with the Church’s selling of indulgences and posted his 95 theses on a church door

Question 19

Diet of Worms

Accepted Answer

Meeting of the Holy Roman Empire’s rulers at the city of Worms to command Luther to abandon his ideas.  When Luther refused, the Diet banned the printing and sale of his works.

Question 20

Protestants

Accepted Answer

Lutherans who protested the treatment of Lutherans at the hands of Emperor Charles V

Question 21

“Defender of the Faith”

Accepted Answer

Title given to King Henry VIII for his defense of the Church against Lutheranism

Question 22

Anglican Church

Accepted Answer

Church of England formed when King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church because Pope Clement VII refused to grant him a divorce.

Question 23

Huldrych Zwingli

Accepted Answer

The vicar at the cathedral in Zurich who agreed with the ideas of Luther except in the use of religious images, which his followers would cover.

Question 24

John Calvin

Accepted Answer

Writer of The Institutes of the Christian Religion who emphasized predestination for the elect who should follow the highest moral standards.

Question 25

Peace of Augsburg

Accepted Answer

Stated that each German ruler had the right to choose the religion for his state.

Question 26

Huguenots

Accepted Answer

Followers of Calvinism in France.

Question 27

Counter-Reformation

Accepted Answer

A major reform effort by the Catholic Church started in the 1530’s to return the church to an emphasis on spiritual matters.

Question 28

Council of Trent

Accepted Answer

A meeting at which the Catholic Church leadership tried to end the abuses in the sale of indulgences, tighten discipline among the clergy, and emphasize the need to worship God in splendor and use a priest  to receive forgiveness.

Question 29

Ignatius de Loyola

Accepted Answer

The founder of the Jesuits , a new religious order, who went on missions to slow the spread of Protestantism . Jesuits took a vow of poverty and chastity and emphasized education.

WS unit 5

Renaissance and Reformation

Question	Answer
What are 3 reasons the Renaissance began in Italy?
Patrons	Wealthy people who sponsored artists, explorers, and scientists
Lorenzo de Medici	A very generous patron of the Renaissance who lived in Florence
What was the first book that was printed by Gutenberg?	The Bible
Erasmus	Advanced the revival of Greek and Latin literature
Martin Luther	Demanded changes in the Catholic Church that triggered the Protestant Reformation
Nicolo Machiavelli	Wrote The Prince which stated that rulers should be ruthless to gain power
Ptolemy	Believed the earth is round (14th Century)
Donatello	A Renaissance sculptor of marble and bronze. His work David is the first free-standing nude sculpture.
Van Eyck	Used mathematics to achieve harmony and balance in his oil paintings
Michelangelo	16th century sculptor and painter. Pope hired him to decorate the Sistine Chapel.
Dante Alighieri	Wrote the play La Comedia in Italian
Francesco Petrarch	Wrote Italian sonnets
Geoffrey Chaucer	The first Englishman to write literature in English. Wrote about poetry and love in the Canterbury Tales, a story about a group of English people making a pilgrimage.
William Shakespeare	English writer whose plays were influenced by Italian classical works and performed in the Globe Theater.
Johannes Kepler	Discovered that planets rotate around the sun in elipses
Galileo Galilei	Confirmed Copernicus’ theory of a sun-centered solar system. He was arrested as a heretic and sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life.
Indulgences	The buying of pardons from punishment for sin
Martin Luther	A monk who disagreed with the Church’s selling of indulgences and posted his 95 theses on a church door
Diet of Worms	Meeting of the Holy Roman Empire’s rulers at the city of Worms to command Luther to abandon his ideas. When Luther refused, the Diet banned the printing and sale of his works.
Protestants	Lutherans who protested the treatment of Lutherans at the hands of Emperor Charles V
“Defender of the Faith”	Title given to King Henry VIII for his defense of the Church against Lutheranism
Anglican Church	Church of England formed when King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church because Pope Clement VII refused to grant him a divorce.
Huldrych Zwingli	The vicar at the cathedral in Zurich who agreed with the ideas of Luther except in the use of religious images, which his followers would cover.
John Calvin	Writer of The Institutes of the Christian Religion who emphasized predestination for the elect who should follow the highest moral standards.
Peace of Augsburg	Stated that each German ruler had the right to choose the religion for his state.
Huguenots	Followers of Calvinism in France.
Counter-Reformation	A major reform effort by the Catholic Church started in the 1530’s to return the church to an emphasis on spiritual matters.
Council of Trent	A meeting at which the Catholic Church leadership tried to end the abuses in the sale of indulgences, tighten discipline among the clergy, and emphasize the need to worship God in splendor and use a priest to receive forgiveness.
Ignatius de Loyola	The founder of the Jesuits , a new religious order, who went on missions to slow the spread of Protestantism . Jesuits took a vow of poverty and chastity and emphasized education.
Who invented the printing press?
What are 2 advantages the printing press make possible?

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