People of Chapter 11

Question 1

Desiderus Erasmus

Answer 1

A dutch scholar who used satire to criticize church leaders and ritulals

Question 2

Francois Rabelais

Answer 2

a French humanist who used humor and exaggeration to criticize traditions in religion; wrote the book Gargantua and Pantagruel

Question 3

Filippo Brunelleschi

Answer 3

Discovered the rules of linear perspective and built a dome

Question 4

Leonardo daVinci

Answer 4

A very versatile person who dissected bodies and painted the Mona Lisa - introduced sfumato

Question 5

Michelangelo Buaonarroti

Answer 5

a famous sculpture who painted the ceiling of the sistine chaple

Question 6

Francesco Petrarch

Answer 6

Founder of humanism and brought ideas of pagan and classical culture together

Question 7

William Shakespear

Answer 7

famous writer and poet who helped developed the English language

Question 8

Miguel de Cervantes

Answer 8

Spanish author who wrote Don Quixote about a nobleman who wants to become a knight - used picarsque and elements of perspective.

Question 9

Nicolaus Copernicus

Answer 9

Polish astronomer that spent years studying the movements of the sun, moon, and planets and believed the heliocentric theory

Question 10

Johannes Kepler

Answer 10

German Astronomer who used mathematics to prove that Earth revolves around the sun

Question 11

Galileo Galilei

Answer 11

Italian mathematician who supported the heliocentric theory and disproved Aristotle that all objects fall at the same speed.

Question 12

Sir Frances Bacon

Answer 12

English philosopher who believed that scientists should rely on their own experiments to draw conclusions — also developed inductive reasoning

Question 13

Rene Descartes

Answer 13

French philosopher who thought we should question everything except the things that are beyond doubt

Question 14

John Locke

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English philosopher who believe that people have the ability to control their own lives; believed in natural rights

Question 15

Baron de Montequieu

Answer 15

Divided power among three branches of government (separation of powers)

Question 16

Jean-Jacque Rousseau

Answer 16

a French philosopher who wrote about social contract

Question 17

Sir Thomas More

Answer 17

An English scholar who wrote the book “Utopia”

Question 18

Guttenberg

Answer 18

Invented the movable type of printing press

Question 19

Adam Smith

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Scottish writer who studied the economy and criticized mercantilism

Question 20

voltaire

Answer 20

Saw the destruction caused by religious wars and wanted people to tolerate different religions

Question 21

Mary wollstonecraft

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Introduced feminism and wrote a book showing that women should have equal rights

Question 22

Dante Alighieri

Answer 22

wrote a poem about a journey through heaven and hell and was born in the middle ages

Question 23

Nicocolo Machiavelli

Answer 23

wrote the Prince in the vernacular that showed that its more important to be a feared leader than a loved one.