Land-Based Empires - European Culture

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Italy
• France
• England
• Germany

What was one ideal of Renaissance humanism?

• Training as a knight and practicing chivalry
• Obeying the divine right of monarchs and the church
• Living apart from the world and taking monastic vows
• Investigating areas of interest and fulfilling one’s potential.

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Rebirth
• Stagnation
• Traditional
• A Latin term for art

Humanism...

• emphasized the Bible
• leads to happier lives
• encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
• focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 

Which of the following is associated with the authors and artists of the Renaissance?

• the ideas of the middle ages
• the ideas of Greece & Rome
• the ideas of ancient China
• the ideas of ancient India

What impact did this invention make on the 16th century?

• It helped to make weapons deadlier than before.
• It helped to make clothing easier to afford.
• It helped to spread ideas over vast distances quickly.
• It helped to bring an end to the Roman Empire.

What invention helped to spread the information of the Reformation?

• The Globe
• The Mona Lisa
• The Paint Brush
• The Printing Press

Who was Martin Luther?

• A man who worked out too much
• The man who beheaded anyone
• first leader of the Christian humanism movement
• the young monk who challenged the Roman Catholic Church

What were the criticisms of the Catholic Church?

• that Church officials were trying to make money any way possible, especially the sale of indulgences.

• The pope had moved to Avignon, France and was living on a luxurious estate.

• That Church officials were leaving the cities to escape the plague.

• Luther didn't like Renaissance art and its subject matter.

This group was established to spread Catholicism around the world 

• Huguenots
• Lutherans 
• Jesuits
• Monks