AP EXAM Flashcards
a book written by Machiavelli about how to rule effectively
The Prince
U.S. Conservative president during the 80’s that sparred with Gorbachev
Reagan
Florentine Banking Family and Art Patrons
Medicis
famous Greek mannerist artist
El Greco
most famous Renaissance Ruling woman “first lady of the world”
Isabelle d’Este
Commissioned the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Pope Julius II
Humanist who wrote a biography about Cicero
Leonardi Bruni
written by Pico della Mirandola (studied all schools of philosophy)
Oration on the Dignity of Man
earliest Italian Renaissance artist known for his frescoes
Masaccio
The Birth of Venus and La Primavera
Botticelli
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
considered himself first and foremost a sculptor
Michelangelo Buonarroti
name of the most famous panel on Sistine Chapel ceiling
Creation of Adam
Flemish Artist of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride
Jan Van Eyck
The most Catholic Monarchs (name both)
Ferdinand and Isabella
dynasty that rule the Holy Roman Empire
Habsburgs
Czech religious reformer burned at the stake
Jan Hus
most influential of all Christian Humanists “Praise of Folly”
Erasmus
“as soon as the coin in the coffer rings a soul from purgatory springs”
Johann Tetzel
book written by Sir Thomas More
Utopia
who protected Luther?
Frederick the Wise/ Elector of Saxony
radical who inflamed the peasants “strike while the iron is hot”
Thomas Müntzer
Holy Roman Emperor who met with Luther and had issues with France and the pope
Charles V
“The Magnificent” leader of the Ottoman Empire
Suleimann
author of the “Divine Comedy”
Dante Alighieri
Swiss reformer who formed the Anabaptists
Zwingli
started the Church of England
Henry VIII
set up the Calvinist church in Scotland
John Knox
England’s Catholic Queen who executed many Protestants
Mary I (Bloody Mary)
Virgin Queen who made England significant again
Elizabeth I
defeated the Incas in Peru
Pizarro
Married Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
what lawyer turned leader of the French Revolution became a crazy person and ended up going to the guillotine after his failed suicide attempt?
Robespierre
Leader of the Congress of Vienna
Metternich
On the Origin of Species
Darwin
French author and philosopher who fought for freedom of speech and was exiled to England
Voltaire
the laws of planetary motion and that planets moved in ellipses
Kepler
Romantic artist of Liberty Leading Her People
Delacroix
British Cotton manufacturer who believed humans should live in a cooperative environment
Robert Owen
British pioneer of Mass Tourism (Paris, Switzerland)
Thomas Cook
French scientist who discovered the capabilities of radium
Marie Curie
The Starry Messenger
Galileo