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study guide on renaissance test

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What was the time period before the Renaissance called?   The Middle Ages  
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Which events help start the Renaissance?   The Crusades and The Black Death.  
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Where did the Renaissance begin?   Florence, Italy  
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The intellectuals wanted to …. (what did they want to do?)   Improve society  
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Which family paid for the skills of intellectuals?   The de Medici family  
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How did this family become wealthy?   Wealthy bankers  
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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.  
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Why is Michelangelo an important figure of the Renaissance?   He painted the "Sistine Chapel" and created the " Statue of David".  
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Why is Gutenberg an important figure of the Renaissance?   He created the printing press which made making books easier to make.  
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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.  
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Why is Shakespeare an important figure of the Renaissance?   He created many playwrights like Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet.  
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What is humanism?   Humans could solve their problems by using reason.  
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What is realism?   When art accurately shows true life.  
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What is heresy?   The belief in an opinion in an orthodx religion.  
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Reformation was an attempt to _______________ the Catholic Church?   Reform  
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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.  
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Name the 3 reformers we learned about?   Martin Luther, Jonh Calvin, and King Henry VIII.  
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What did Martin Luther’s 95 These speak out against?   They spoke out against the church.  
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What is an indulgence?   A thing sold to people to lessen their time in purgeratory.  
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How did the printing press help with Reformation?   It made it possible for Luther spread his beliefs.  
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How was Lutheranism formed?   It was formed because of the acceptance of Luther's ideas by some local German churches.  
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Who influenced John Calvin?   Martin Luther  
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What does predestination mean?   At birth it will be decided if you will go to heaven or hell.  
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What are other beliefs of Calvinism?   Calvinists, Puritans, Presbyterians, Dutch Reform, Huguenots, and Reform Church.  
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Who was Henry VIII?   He was the King of England.  
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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.  
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