Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, Reformation, Counter Reform

The Renaissance,
the Scientific Revolution,
the Reformation & the Counter Reformation

Review & practice

• Happened between 1300 and 1600 (after the Middle Ages)

• Europeans had a new interest in learning. People studied science, the arts and Greek & Roman ideas

• Population growth

• Increased wealth

• Italy was the center

• New technologies and techniques

• Famous Renaissance people include: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, William Shakespeare, Michelangelo and Filippo Brunelleschi

​​Renaissance

• Took place from 1500-1700

• Scientists learned more about nature and questioned existing beliefs

• Use of the scientific method (Careful, scientific analysis)

• Many discoveries in astronomy and human anatomy

• Galileo Galilei was an important scientist who used a telescope to study astronomy

• Discovery that the Sun is the center of the solar system (Heliocentric model) - before this people thought the Earth was the center of the solar system (Geocentric model)

• Important scientists: Copernicus, Galileo, Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, René Descartes

Scientific Revolution

• Started in the early 1500s and lasted until the mid 1600s

• Challenged ideas of the Catholic Church

• Many people were angered by Church corruption

• Martin Luther led a reform movement

• Protestants are Christians who protested against the Catholic Church

• Further protestant movements took place

• Key Reformation leaders: Martin Luther, John Calvin, Thomas Cranmer

The Reformation

• Lasted from the mid 1500s to around 1700

• Catholic leaders tried to reform the Church and end Protestantism

• Protestant books were banned

• Jesuit missionaries started schools and converted people to Catholicism

• Inquisitions investigated and punished people for having different religious beliefs

The Counter Reformation

Multiple Choice

During the Renaissance

• Population decreased

• Wealth decreased

• The power of the Catholic Church grew

• People had a new interest in learning

Draw

Draw the heliocentric model

Draw

Draw the geocentric model

Categorize

Options (9)

Michaelangelo

William Shakespeare

Francis Bacon

Galileo Galilei

Martin Luther

John Calvin

Nicolas Copernicus

Isaac Newton

René Descartes

Match the person to the movement they are connect with

Renaissance

Scientific Revolution

Reformation

Open Ended

What is an example of how understanding changed in Western Europe between 1500-1700?

Multiple Choice

What is the scientific method?

• A process scientists follow to solve problems

• Rules for how gravity works

• The Catholic Church's beliefs about science

• Safety procedures for scientists to follow

Multiple Choice

What is one reason reformers were angry with the Catholic Church?

• They thought the Catholic Church's Pope should be more powerful

• Some people thought it was corrupt

• They did not want to follow Christianity any more

• They did not like the religious holidays

Multiple Choice

All of the following were steps taken by the Catholic Church during the Counter Reformation except

• They reformed the Church

• Inquisitions attempted to force people to be Catholic

• They formed friendships with Protestant leaders

• The Jesuits, an order of religious missionaries, were supported

Dropdown

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Select answer

​ was the center of the Renaissance.

Multiple Choice

Which old civilizations influenced the Renaissance?

• Greek & Roman

• Persian & Chinese

• Incan & Mayan

• Viking & Irish