Renaissance.

Question 1

What was happening during the Renaissance?

Answer 1

Interest in art and literature were being reborn
A change in the way people viewed themselves as individuals and the world around them.
Ancient roman and Greek artifacts, buildings, and writings became very important.

Question 2

Where did the Renaissance begin?

Answer 2

Italy.

Question 3

Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? 2 reasons.

Answer 3

1) Location on the Mediterranean Sea allowed Italians to trade and meet strangers from other lands and far away places.
2) Each city in Italy specialized in a certain craft.
- this allowed Italians to trade more.

Question 4

What does Renaissance mean?

Answer 4

A period of rebirth.

Question 5

What allowed Italians to trade more?

Answer 5

Each area specialized in a different craft.

Question 6

What is humanism?

Answer 6

A way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of human ability and actions.

Question 7

What are the three parts of humanism?

Answer 7

Anatomy-study of the human body.
Expression of emotion- writing, paintings, plays, and music.
Scientific exploration.

Question 8

What does it mean to be a Renaissance man or woman?

Answer 8

Someone who does almost everything well.

Question 9

What is individualism?

Answer 9

the accomplishments of an individual.

Question 10

What does secularism mean?

Answer 10

not of God.

Question 11

During the Renaissance, was clergy still corrupt?

Answer 11

Yes, they were more concerned about their own wealth and power than their spiritual position.

Question 12

What were the two ways the church gained wealth?

Answer 12

1) Sales of indulgences

2) Land left to the church in wills or during someone’s lifetime.

Question 13

People were charged money if they wanted what four things?

Answer 13

1) To spend less time in Purgatory
2) To get directly into Heaven
3) For forgiveness
4) For already dead loved ones.

Question 14

Who was Martin Luther?

Answer 14

A priest who questioned the authority of the church.

Question 15

What was the name of the Catholic Priest who did not like the sal of Indulgences?

Answer 15

Martin Luther.

Question 16

What did Martin Luther think about Indulgences?

Answer 16

Thought it was too easy to get out of purgatory.

Question 17

How did the Protestant Reformation go down?

Answer 17

Martin luther was a struggling Catholic Priest who did not like the sale of Indulgences and questioned the authority of the church. So he nailed 95 theses to the door of Catholic churches and used the printing press to pipe them out like hotcakes. He was excommunicated and started the protestant church. He never wanted to separate, just reform the catholic church.

Question 18

What were some of Martin Luther’s major reforms? 5 in total.

Answer 18

No sales of Indulgences
Clergy should be able to marry.
Individuals did not need a priest to have direct contact with God
Salvation could be obtained by faith alone.
Practices and laws must come from the Bible only.

Question 19

What did Luther do (Besides make 95 theses) to change the church?

Answer 19

Held meetings with top church officials that always ended in an argument.

Question 20

Why do Europeans want to travel?

Answer 20

Wealth
-Asian goods and spices
-Wanted to avoid greedy traders between Europe and Asia
-Cheaper to trade by sea.
Religion
-Christians wanted to convert people to Christianity so they can go to Heaven.
Curiosity.
-They wanted to learn about geography of the world and of different cultures.

Question 21

Define the columbian exchange.

Answer 21

The transfer of goods between Europe, Asia, Africa, and the New world.

Question 22

What were the upsides to the columbian exchange?

Answer 22

Europe got: corn, cocoa, potatoes, and tobacco.

The new world got: Horses, cows, pigs, wheat.

Question 23

What were the downsides to the columbian exchange?

Answer 23

Deadly diseases came to the new world
-small pox, measles, mumps
Slaves were “imported” from Africa to harvest crops.

Question 24

What is the Middle Passage?

Answer 24

A water route that imported slaves in horrible conditions with very little food.

Question 25

What did Marco Polo do?

Answer 25

Wrote about his travels and sparked European interest in China.

Question 26

What part of Humanism was Marco Polo classified in?

Answer 26

Scientific exploration.

Question 27

What did Leonardo da Vinci do?

Answer 27

Painted, sculpted, was an architect, invented, was town planner, and map maker. Also made detailed drawings of plants and animals while studying anatomy.

Question 28

What part of Humanism was Leonardo da Vinci classified in?

Answer 28

Expression of emotion.

Question 29

What did Petrarch do?

Answer 29

Wrote the first history book and wrote about how important History was.

Question 30

What part of Humanism was Petrarch classified in?

Answer 30

Scientific exploration and Expression of emotion.

Question 31

What did Johann (pronounced yohann) Gutenberg do?

Answer 31

Developed the printing press that used a moveable type. Printed the Bible in Latin and other languages.

Question 32

What part of Humanism was Johann Gutenberg part of?

Answer 32

Scientific exploration.

Question 33

What did Shakespeare do?

Answer 33

Wrote poems and over 30 plays and comedies, and is responsible for maybe 2000 words in the english language.

Question 34

How was painting in the Renaissance different from the middle ages?

Answer 34

The Renaissance used brighter colors, more realistic beings, and perspective.

Question 35

What were the advances in math during the Renaissance?

Answer 35

Symbols for the square root and positive and negative numbers were created.

Question 36

The foundations of modern astronomy developed out of what Renaissance discovery?

Answer 36

That the earth moves around the sun.

Question 37

Why did Petrarch say it was important to study history?

Answer 37

So we can learn from past mistakes.

Question 38

What three inventions helped to spread the Renaissance beyond Italy?

Answer 38

The printing press
Paper
Facilities to be educated.