Renaissance Review

Galileo and Newton worked to prove that ______ holds all matter together

Who used math to prove the universe operated in orderly ways (that planets orbit in ellipses)?

Natural Rights include . . .

What culture is being "reborn" in the Renaissance?

What city is often viewed as the birthplace of the Renaissance?

What language does the word Renaissance come from?

He said man was born with natural rights that cannot be taken.

He creates a telescope and proves that moons orbit around planets.

He was first to talk about a social contract that exists between people and their government.

______ was the author of several plays and sonnets, including Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar.

Which word best describes Shakespeare?

He believed that government must have a separation of powers to keep one person from gaining too much control.

What is a revolution?

Who created the statue of "David?"

Michelangelo was also famous for painting the ceiling of the . . .

He wanted the Bible written in the vernacular.

________ created the Church of England.

This famous playwright is known for Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, among 36 others.

The first book printed on the Gutenburg press was . . .

This famous painting is known as ...

This book was hand-copied by monks prior to the printing press...

He is often called the "Father of Free Speech."

_________ becomes more lifelike in the Renaissance.

______ drew the criticism of kings when they were left out of his book, Utopia.

The time period that Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu lived is called the...

______ had the greatest impact on Thomas Jefferson's writibng of the Declaration of Independence.

In the United States, we see Voltaire's influence with (two options, choose one) . . .

_______ was resonsible for creating the first Protestant religion.

What did Gutenberg use to improve the press?

This document was nailed to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany in protest.

Who improved upon the printing press?

He said that humans are naturally selfish and will do things to protect themselves.

This man is the father of the Protestant Reformation.

In the United States, we see Montesquieu's influence with . . .

The idea that humans can understand the world (which was previously believed to be too complex) is . . .

He is famous for his trio of books called The Divine Comedy.

Some believe Shakespeare was a pseudonym. What is this?

Who invented the heliocentric theory?

______ was the author of Inferno, Paradisio, and Purgetorio.

Sir Francis Bacon came up with this 5-step way to test scientific theories.

Most governments of the 1300-1500s were classified as . . .

What does "helio" mean?

Who created a process to prove or disprove scientific theories?

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

The Church of England is also known as the . . .

He believed a ruler should be willing to do whatever necessary to maintain control.

Because of the heliocentric theory, we know the _____ is the center of the universe...

What does Renaissance mean?

Why did King Henry break from the Catholic Church to create the Church of England?