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The Renaissance
Origins, Effects, Important figures, Legacy of the Renaissance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Renaissance began in this place _____________ | Italian City States |
| The original spur for the Renaissance was the rediscovery of | Classical Greek and Roman texts |
| What group from Africa and Asia helped begin the Renaissance by creating new knowledge and passing it along to Europe | Arab Muslims |
| Muslims passed to Europe new knowledge of ________ and _________. | Math and Medicine |
| One cause of the Renaissance was the growth of surplus ____________ that made it possible for some people to sponsor artists and scholars. | Wealth |
| New ideas of the Renaissance came mostly from __________ which were centers of creativity and free thought | cities |
| With increased wealth and new ideas from other lands and from classical texts, some merchants and bankers had the self-confidence to defy ______ | the teachings of the Church |
| This is the belief that the natural world, human judgements, human society, and the people living in it should be the main concern of man. | Humanism |
| Period in Europe when a new way of thinking about the importance fo the real world replaced the religious orientation of the Middle Ages | Renaissance |
| An example of this would be Leonardo da Vinci because he was talented and successful in many areas of study and endeavor. | Renaissance Man |
| During the Middle Ages the only important area of study was _________. | Theology |
| After the Renaissance people thought that the important areas of study were the ones that | improved people's lives on Earth |
| During the Middle Ages it was thought that life in this world was _______ | unimportant |
| During the Middle Ages it was thought that the only important goal was _______ | to get to Heaven |
| After the Renaissance it was thought that _________ was as important as getting to Heaven. | living a good life |
| The main difference between Medieval and Renaissance art was that Renaissance art was _____________. | realistic |
| Creating a painting where the lines of sight converged in a vanishing point gives the painting _______________. | perspective |
| The period of history that began with the invention of writing was the _______________. | Ancient Era |
| Ancient history ended with ______________ | the fall of Rome |
| The fall of the Roman empire began the period of history called the ___________. | Middle Ages |
| The important revolution in the way people thought about the world that ended the Middle Ages was the ______________. | Renaissance |
| The word Renaissance is a French term meaning ____________. | rebirth |
| The Middle Ages were also called the _____________. | Dark Ages |
| During the Middle Ages even Kings and Queens had to follow the orders of the _______________. | Church |
| During the Middle Ages peoples' understanding of the way the world worked was determined by the teachings of the _____________ which were often wrong. | Church |
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