Renaissance Unit Test

Wrote a book called The Prince; argued leaders should NOT try to be good but instead do whatever necessary to keep power

Because of Italy's long coastlines, Italian city-states became wealthy though _________.

The Reformation was dominated by wars between _________ and _________.

The rich banking family from Florence.

The pope sold __________, or reductions in punishment in purgatory, to get money to build St. Peter's Basilica.

During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth in _________.

Writers began to write in the ______, the everyday language of a region.

Calvinists believed in predestination. What does this mean?

Developed the printing press.

The greatest English writer during the Renaissance; wrote "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet."

Who published a book claiming the earth moved around the sun and rotated?

Period from approximately 1350 to 1550 in Europe means "rebirth."

Greek and Roman myths that became dramas et to music are called ________?

The most important and influential cities of the Renaissance were _____ and _____.

This queen wished to return the Catholic Church to England. She arrested many Protestants; burned 300 people at stake.

To divorce one wife and marry another, __________ broke away from the Catholic Church and created the Church of England.

During the Age of Exploration, the first European to sail west searching for a water route to Asia was ______.

The man who traveled to China and wrote a book about his trip.

A mathematics professor and astronomer, _________, used the Leaning Tower of Pisa to test the laws of gravity.

Renaissance art that was painted directly onto plastered walls and ceilings were called

Leonardo da Vinci died and was buried in which European city?

The belief that the individual and human society are important.

During the Age of Exploration, the expedition to sail complete around the world was led by ________.

The first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa and reach India was ________.

One of the best scientists and artists of the Renaissance; painted the Mona Lisa.

The events that led to Protestantism.

Michelangelo painted which of the following?

Renaissance painters used _______ to make their works look three-dimensional.

Due to the break with the Catholic Church, many branches of Protestant Christianity, called ________, were created.

The young monk who challenged the Catholic Church by writing his Ninety-Five Theses.

An artist, poet, architect, and sculptor during the Renaissance; carved the famous statue of David.