Chapter 13

The Renaissance and Reformation Review Game

When a Protestant group broke away from the Catholic Church, it became know as a religious ___

 SECT

The Northern Renaissance began in the thriving trading region called _____

 FLANDERS

The Government run by church leaders in Geneva in 1541 was a _______

 Theocracy

Renaissance artists reflected the new ideas of _________ by painting well-known people of the day.

 Humanism

Those who believe in _______ think that God has already decided who will be saved.

 Predestination

With the support of the Medici family, the city-state of _________ produced many Renaissance artists & scholars.

 Florence

In his book “The Prince”, _______ wrote a guide to rulers on how to gain and keep power.

 Niccolo Machiavelli

Before airplanes were invented, __________ made sketches of flying machines.

 Leonardo da Vinci

The Scientist ___________ showed that gravity keeps planets in their orbits around the sun.

 Isaac Newton

The sun is the center of the universe according to the theory of what scientist?

 Nicolaus Copernicus

A printing revolution began when _________ invented a printing press using movable type.

 Johann Gutenberg

The Swiss city-state of Geneva became a model of Protestant morality under what religious leader?

 John Calvin

The English renaissance scholar ______ stressed experimentation and observation.

 Francis Bacon

Who was the former English Chancellor who was executed because he would not accept Henry VIII as head of the Church of England?

 Sir Thomas More

What Renaissance scholar believed that the best way to learn the truth was to use reason?

 Rene Descartes

What Northern Renaissance artist was best known for his engravings portraying religious upheaval?

 Albrecht Durer

In the 1600’s, Robert Boyle’s work transformed the field of ______.

 Chemistry

As a result of the “Peace of _______” in 1555, each German prince could decide the religion for his lands.

 Augsburg

The Pope set up the Council of ______ to direct the reform of the Catholic Church.

 Trent

What religious sect of the Reformation believed that infants should not be baptized because infants are too young to accept the Christian faith?

 The Anabaptists

Renaissance scholars who differed from medieval scholars because they tended to focus more on worldly subjects where known as ________.

 Humanists

 The age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called the __________

 Renaissance

 The calculations of astronomer Johannes _________showed that the planets move around the sun in oval orbits.

 Kepler

 During the ___________ ____________ the Catholic church made changes by providing penalties for corruption among the clergy.

 Catholic Reformation or  Counter-Reformation

 Many scholars agree that between 1450 and 1750 people’s beliefs in both Christianity and magic led to ______________

 Witch Hunts

 What humanist of Northern Europe wrote about his vision of an ideal society, in which people live in peace and harmony?

 Sir Thomas More

 The main goal of the ___________ was to defend, restore, and spread the Catholic faith.

 Jesuits (or Society of Jesus)

 The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa were the work of the great artist _________________

 Leonardo da Vinci.

 Who assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts preserving the works of Cicero, Homer, and Virgil?

 Francesco Petrarch

 In the scientific method, a ____________ is a possible explanation to be tested.

 hypothesis