renaissance Flashcards
In the feudal hierarchy of the Middle Ages what label should be placed on the pyramid?
THE CROWN, MIDDLE AGES HIERARCHY
Life for serfs living under the manorial system in the medieval period would have been dominated most by the importance of
LAND
Your textbook describes cooperative organizations called “guilds” that controlled goods, standards, training and work in specific areas. These guilds could best be described as early forms of
LABOUR UNIONS, UNIONS
Which factor below describes an important difference in worldview between people in medieval Europe and in modern Canada?
ACCEPTANCE, TOLERANCE, RESPECT, HOMOGENOUS CULTURES, IMMIGRATION ENCOURAGED, ETC.
The pyramid used to show the feudal hierarchy of medieval Europe indicates that society in the Middle Ages was based upon
ranking people according their level
Sumptuary laws were enacted in medieval Europe to control how people could spend their money. A modern Canadian equivalent to the medieval sumptuary laws is the
An unintentional result of the crusades to the Holy Land was the
TRADES, ECONOMIC BOOMS AND CONTACT WITH MUSLIM CIVILIZATIONS
why did Italy become the economic and cultural centre of Europe during the Renaissance. Provide a geographic reason?
THEY HAVE A LONG COASTLINE WHICH GIVES THEM EASY ACCESS TO THE WATERS AND OPENS UP TRADE ROUTES ACROSS EUROPE AND INTO THE MIDDLE EAST
What area of Europe was first to benefit from the revival of trade which occurred in the early Renaissance?
ITALY
At the time of the Renaissance in Europe, people believed that the era they lived in most represented a
REBIRTH OF CLASSICAL IDEAS
What was the worldview in Renaissance Europe?
THE STUDY OF HISTORY, MATH, ARCHITECTURE, SCIENCE, ART AND OTHER SUBJECTS BECAME INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT DURING THE RENAISSANCE. IN PART, THIS URGED EUROPEANS TO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT COLONIZING OTHER COUNTRIES AND EXPLORING NEW AREAS
The meaning of the term “Renaissance” suggests that many of the humanist writers and artists looked for their inspiration in the
CLASSICAL ROMAN, CLASSICAL GREEK AND ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS.
One of the “new ways” of interpreting religious themes in art during the Renaissance was by… How did art change from the Dark Ages to the more enlighten period of the Renaissance?
AN EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON THE NATURAL WORLD, LIGHT AND SHADOW, TEXTURE AND PATTERNS, REALISTIC DETAILS AND ELEGANCE. ARTISTS ALSO STARTED USING OIL PAINTS WHICH GAVE THEIR WORKS A MUCH MORE COLOURFUL APPEARANCE.
Who were the important astronomers of the Renaissance and what did they discover?
NICOLAS COPERNICUS - EARTH ROTATES AROUND THE SUN, JOHANNES KEPLER - PLANETS TRAVEL IN AN ELLIPTICAL ORBIT, GALLILEO GALILEI - CONFIRMED THE SUN IS AT THE CENTER OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM BY USING TELESCOPES
The humanist ideal which encouraged individuals to seek truth through questioning and observation most weakened the Catholic Church as a result of the
PROTESTANT REFORMATION
Do you know that parts of the scientific method and can you explain them?
- IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM
- GATHER INFORMATION ON THE PROBLEM
- FORM A HYPOTHESIS OR EDUCATED GUESS
- EXPERIMENT TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS
- RECORD AND ANALYZE DATA.
- STATE A CONCLUSION
- REPEAT THE STEPS.
The Scientific Method’s greatest contribution was to
ASTRONOMY, MEDICINE AND MATHEMATICS.
Which great person of the renaissance is credited with creating the printing press?
JOHANNES GUTENBERG
What reasons best explains why the invention of the printing press was important?
BOOKS WERE CHEAPER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE, BOOKS WERE TRANSLATED INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, WRITERS WERE ABLE TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF WRITING
Who was the father of modern anatomy? This professor dissected corpses in the lecture hall while his students watched.
ANDREAS VESALIUS
German monk who was influenced by humanist ideas and became critical of the wealth of the Church and its policy of selling indulgences. He nailed a list of 95 thesis to the Church door in Wittenberg. Who is being described here?
MARTIN LUTHER
He was a physicist; mathematician, astronomer and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution that took place during the Renaissance. He was charged with heresy by the Church after publishing a book in which he argued that the sun was at the center of the solar system. He was sentenced to house arrest and his book was put on the Index of Prohibited Books.
GALLILEO GALILEI
In Renaissance Europe, the writing of Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler were all most closely associated with
ASTRONOMY
Niccolo Machiavelli, the controversial writer about political leadership, wrote that the most important means of judging the success of a leader was by
HOW FEARED THEY ARE, HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE, HOW CONTROLLING THEY ARE
Religious reformers such as Savonarola and Martin Luther criticized the Catholic Church most strongly for its
GREED, POWER, ABUSE OF AUTHORITY, INDULGENCES
The ideas of the Protestant Reformation spread quickly across Europe, mostly because of what else that was invented during the Renaissance?
THE PRINTING PRESS
What was Prince Henry the Navigators contribution to history?
IMPROVING NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS FOR SAILORS, FINDING OUT HOW TO DETERMINE LATITUDE, ESTABLISHING CENTRES FOR OTHER EUROPEANS TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
In the end which way of getting to the far east turned out to be the shortest, most cost effective, most fun?
BY BOAT, OVER WATER, BY SHIP
From the perspective of loss of life, the greatest impact of the Europeans on the Indigenous people of the New World was a result of death through
DISEASE
The greatest cause of the European change from the manorialism of the Middle Ages to the larger amount of urbanization during the Renaissance was the
BLACK DEATH, THE PLAGUE, FREE MARKETS, LABOUR SHORTAGE
Describes a change in the European worldview which was directly associated with the Renaissance?
CONTACT WITH MUSLIM CIVILIZATIONS AFTER THE CRUSADES, APPLYING MATH AND SCIENCE TO EXPLORING, IMPERIALISM, COLONIALISM
Which European social group was least affected by changing worldviews during the Renaissance?
ROYALTY
