Renaissance and Reformation Vocabulary Quiz

"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Replication

• Remediation

the buying and selling of goods

• Commerce

• Coprporation

• Configuration

• Confluence

an association of merchants or craftsmen with the same interests or aims that originated in medieval times

• Guild

• Group

• Troupe

• Market

a system of thought that focuses on people and their ability to use reason

• Humanism

• Animism

• Catholicism

• Legalism

a system in which leaders, wealthy individuals, or guilds would support, encourage, and give money to artists, musicians, and writers during the Renaissance

• Patronage

• Leverage

• Baronage

• Entourage

Ruled Florence, Italy during the Renaissance (from 1434-1737), became wealthy from banking, and supported the arts

• Medici Family

• Lorenzos

• Shakespeares

• Lathams

a monk and scholar who believed in a balance between religious faith and the reason-centered thinking of humanism

• Thomas Aquinas

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Shakespeare

An Italian Renaissance artist, inventor, and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa.

• Thomas Aquinas

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Shakespeare

An Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, poet, and architect. Famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical character David.

• Thomas Aquinas

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Shakespeare

An English Renaissance poet and playwright considered one of the greatest writers of the English language; works include Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.

• Thomas Aquinas

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Shakespeare