Renaissance Vocabulary 3 Practice

An English Renaissance poet and playwright whose plays show a deep understanding of human behavior

• Johannes Gutenberg
• Miguel Cervantes
• William Shakespeare
• New World

A German inventor who, in about 1450, developed the first printing press with movable type in Europe

• Johannes Gutenberg
• Miguel Cervantes
• William Shakespeare
• New World

The Spanish Renaissance author of the masterpiece Don Quixote

• Johannes Gutenberg
• Miguel Cervantes
• William Shakespeare
• New World

The name given by Europeans to the Americas, which were unknown to most Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus

• Johannes Gutenberg
• Miguel Cervantes
• William Shakespeare
• New World

a religious reform movement from the early 1500s to the 1600s that led to the formation of new Christian groups

• Reformation
• Simony
• Indulgence
• Denomination

the selling and buying of positions in the Catholic Church

• Reformation
• Indulgence
• Protestant
• Simony

a grant by the Catholic Church that released a person from punishment for sins

• Denomination
• Simony
• Indulgence
• Martin Luther

a Christian who separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the reformation; today, any member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation

• Denomination
• Protestant
• Martin Luther
• Indulgence

a particular religious group within a larger faith. For example, Lutheranism is one denomination within Christianity.

• Denomination
• Indulgence
• Simony
• Protestant

a German priest who broke away from the Catholic Church to start his own religion, Lutheranism. His posting of the Ninety-Five Theses started the Reformation.

• Protestant
• Simony
• William Shakespeare
• Martin Luther