Chapter 1 - Renaissance, Revolution, & Reformation

Question 1

Inventor who perfected the microscope and was the first person to see cells and microorganisms

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 2

Who transformed the study of chemistry by distinguishing elements & chemical compounds

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Robert Doyle

Question 3

One way that Renaissance artists reflected the new ideas of humanism was by painting

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well-known people of the day.

Question 4

The northern Renaissance began in the European trading area called Flanders.

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True

Question 5

John Calvin set up a theocracy in this Swiss city

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Geneva

Question 6

Dutch priest who called for a translation of the Bible in the vernacular.

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Erasmus

Question 7

The birthplace of the Italian Renaissance happened in _________, Italy.

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Florence

Question 8

John Calvin developed the idea of predestination.

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True

Question 9

This man broke England from the Catholic Church

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King Henry VIII

Question 10

Assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts preserving the works of Cicero, Homer

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Petrarch

Question 11

A financial supporter of the arts would be known as a _______.

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patron

Question 12

started a printing revolution

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Johannes Gutenberg

Question 13

Wrote about an ideal society called a Utopia

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Thomas More

Question 14

A religious group that has broken away from an established church

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sect

Question 15

the idea that God long ago decided who would be saved and who would not

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predestination

Question 16

Wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and keep power called The Prince

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Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 17

Daughter of Catherine of Aragon who persecuted Protestants during her reign

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Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary)

Question 18

Explain how Italy's geo location allowed it to become the starting point of the Renaissance.

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Location on the Mediterranean allowed for trade with Muslims

Question 19

Unlike Francis Bacon, René Descartes believed that the best road to understanding was through

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human reasoning

Question 20

an artist who made sketches of flying machines centuries before the first airplane

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Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 21

The art of etching a design on a metal plate with acid developed by Durer is known as

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engraving

Question 22

English Catholic reformer who was declared a heretic after his death

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John Wycliffe

Question 23

Painted the Sistine Chapel's ceiling and sculpted "David"

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Michelangelo

Question 24

Believed that planets moved in an oval around the sun (ellipse)

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Kepler

Question 25

This word is used to describe non-Catholic Christians

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Protestants

Question 26

Known for his tender portrayals of the Madonna, the mother Jesus

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Raphael

Question 27

This Pope excommunicated Martin Luther

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Leo X

Question 28

Humanist scholars differed from medieval thinkers in that humanists

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tended to focus more on worldly subjects.

Question 29

The meeting of Catholic leaders to reaffirm Church views and end corruption

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The Council of Trent

Question 30

Developed the telescope and was considered a heretic who was sentenced to house arrest

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Galileo

Question 31

A government run by religious leaders

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theocracy

Question 32

Wrote The Book of the Courtier which described how a member of court should behave

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Baldassare Castiglione

Question 33

Using _________ helps artists create realistic drawings.

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perspective

Question 34

Clergy sold these so people could lessen their time in purgatory - _________________

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indulgences

Question 35

showed that gravity keeps planets in orbit

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Newton

Question 36

Luther refused to stand down on his position at this meeting of German princes

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Diet of Worms

Question 37

What does Renaissance mean?

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rebirth

Question 38

During the Renaissance there was a revival of interest in ________ due to ________.

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individual achievement, humanism

Question 39

proposed a heliocentric model of the universe

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Copernicus

Question 40

What is the word used to describe everyday language of ordinary people?

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vernacular

Chapter 1 - Renaissance, Revolution, & Reformation

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Chapter 1 - Renaissance, Revolution, & Reformation

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