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When is the Renaissance period from?

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1485-1625

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Why is the Renaissance period called both Elizabethan period and Renaissance age?

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because Elizabeth I came to the throne of England

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Why is it called the Renaissance?

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because it was renewed interest in the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome

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What does the word renaissance mean?

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rebirth

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What was the Elizabethan age?

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an age of gifted individuals

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What were 5 historical events that brought out the Renaissance

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The capture of Constantinople by the Turks, the invention of moveable type, the development of banking, capital investment, and letters of credit, exploration, and exploration of philosophy and thinking

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What is the capital of Constantinople?

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Istanbul

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Where did many Greek scholars fled to?

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Italy

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What did moveable type do?

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it made printing easier which increased the production of books

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Where was moveable type first invented?

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First invented in Europe to Germany

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Who brought moveable type?

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Brought to Germany by Johann Gutenberg

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What was the first book Johann Gutenberg invented?

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the Gutenberg Bible

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What did the development of banking, capital investment, and letters of credit do?

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Made trade easier and more prosperous and created a wealthy influential merchant class

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What refers to money to run the business or build a business?

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Capital

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What did exploration do?

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Voyages discoveries of new world, trade with the middle east and Asia flourished, and the establishment of colonies in the New World

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What did the Renaissance saw?

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The establishment of intellectuals

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What happened to the common religious faith that was important in the Middle Ages?

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It disappeared

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What did the Protestant Reformation do?

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It challenged corruption in the church and accepting church doctrine

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Where did the Protestant Reformation began?

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In Europe, In Germany in 1517

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Who started the Protestant Reformation?

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Martin Luther

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What was Martin Luther?

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a professor at a college in Wittenberg, Germany

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What did Martin Luther do?

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he made a list called the 95 thesis or statements

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Who was working in Scotland?

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John Knox

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Who was working in Switzerland?

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John Calvin

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Who were the leaders of the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther, John Knox, and John Calvin
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What did Martin Luther start?
the Lutheran church
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What 2 people are credited in started the Presbyterian church?
John Knox and John Calvin
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Who is considered one of the greatest English monarchs?
Elizabeth I
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Who was Elizabeth I?
A moderate and daughter of King Henry VIII
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What was Elizabeth I able to do?
Bring peace between Catholics and Protestants in | England
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Describe Elizabeth I.
She was a very gifted scholar, spoke several different languages, and ruled wisely as she came to the throne.
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During Elizabeth I reign, what was England recognized as?
A leading power in Europe
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As England was a leading power in Europe, what time was this?
great scientific, expansion, and exploration
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What did Elizabeth I supported and promoted?
She supported the arts and promoted literacy and was well loved and respected by the English people
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When did the English navy defeat the Spanish Armada?
1588
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What 2 things brought out the defeat of the Spanish Armada?
the english ships were smaller and faster and a storm blew up and caused the spanish trips to go off course and cause some to be damaged
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What did Henry VIII do?
Established the Royal Navy of England
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What happened in 1530?
Henry broke with the Catholic Church, established the Church of England, and made himself head of it
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1492
Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas
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1509
Henry VIII is crowned king
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1558
Elizabeth I is crowned queen
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1595
Sir Walter Raleigh explored the New World and names the colony Virginia for Elizabeth I
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1603
Elizabeth I dies and her cousin James is both king of England and Scotland
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1607
The first permanent english settlement in the New World , Jamestown is established
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1620
The Mayflower sails for the New World
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What are the 2 forms of literature?
Drama and Poetry
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Who is considered one of the greatest playwright in English language?
Shakespeare
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What was Shakespeare?
Actor and businessman
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Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-on-Avon
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Who was Shakespeare married to?
Anne Hathaway
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What was Shakespeare children named?
Susanna, and twins named Judith and Hamnet
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What was Shakespeare's first successful play?
Henry VI
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What year was Henry VI performed?
1592
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What was Shakespeare's theater called?
Globe Theater
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What is Shakespeare's 4 masterpieces?
Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, and King Lear
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What are the 3 different kinds of plays Shakespeare wrote?
Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories
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When did Shakespeare die?
April 23, 1616
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How does Shakespeare write?
a typical rhythm called Iambic pentameter
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What is Iambic pentameter?
the rhythm of a heartbeat
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How many acts does Shakespeare plays have?
5
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prophetic
having the quality of foretelling future events
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surfeited
overfed
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scruple
a moral or ethical principle that restrains action
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predominance
the state of being most important, common, or noticeable
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pernicious
destructive, deadly
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avarice
greed
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antidote
a medicine used to counteract the effects of poison, any counteracting remedy
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usurper
one who seizes the power, position, or rights of another by force
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Where did Shakespeare get his information on Macbeth?
from Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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What is a tragedy?
a play in which the main character or a main character suffers a downfall as a result of character flaws, errors in judgement, or forces beyond human control.
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What is the main character called in a tragedy?
Tragic hero
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What are the 2 themes of Macbeth?
Ambition can be destructed and appearances can be deceive
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Michelangelo
commissioned by the Pope to paint biblical scenes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Made famous sculptures
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Humanists
attempted to be the best humans they could be. Renaissance men who were skilled and talented in many things
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Erasmus
best known of all Renaissance humanists
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Sir Thomas More
wrote the book Utopia in which he described a perfect society
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Roger Ascham
Elizabeth I's tutor
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Sonnet
a 14 line lyric poem usually written in iambic pentameter
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Pastoral poetry
poetry that depicts country life in an idealized way
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Epigram
brief poem praising, but most often making fun of real or fictitious people. Example: Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 76”
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Epitaph
brief poem about a dead person or inscription on a gravestone. Example: the inscription on Shakespeare’s gravestone
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Epic
long, narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero
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Companion poems
poems written in such a way that one is a response to the other. Not necessarily written by the same person
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Conceit
extended metaphor

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