The Renaissance Flashcards
What was the Renaissance?
The rebirth of Greek, Roman or classical knowledge.
What invention helped speed up the spread of knowledge and why?
The printing press helped speed up the spread of knowledge because books cold be made in English (more people also learned to write) so people could understand. Books were also mass produced and therefore cheaper.
What different view did Copernicus have?
The Earth spins round the sun.
Who made a telescope to see?
Galileo.
As the Catholics were being questioned (and no longer believed) a new branch of Christianity came. What was it called?
Protestant.
In the past books were always about language. What were they about now?
Poems, plays, stories and facts.
What were the main things that led to the voyages of discovery?
The printing press( as the maps would be more accurate), the discovery that the world was round and people identifying constelations.
Who sailed around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Who discovered America?
Christopher Columbus
What did Bartholomew Diaz do?
Go to the farthermost tip of Africa
Who reached India by sea?
Vasco da gamma.
What was the Renaissance belief
The Renaissance believed in questioning things and not believing in the church.
What church did there masses in Latin?
Catholic
What church believed that giving money to the church would forgive them?
Catholic
What church believed that the monarch should be head of the church?
Protestant
