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Chapter 6 History Vocabulary
World Studies 3rd Edition BJU
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History
7th Grade
11/08/2011

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Renaissance
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a revival of learning 
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The _______________ affected many areas of life, including art, architecture, and literature
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Renaissance
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Johannes Gutenberg
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invented the movable-type printing press int he mid-15th century.
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The _______________ made books available quickly and at a cost that many more peope could afford.
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printing press
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Renaissance artists studied how __________ and ___________ worked together.
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bones, muscles
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anatomy
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the structure of humans, animals and plants
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The Renaissance artist added dimension to his figures by ____________.
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shading
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shading
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painting the nearer areas lighter and farther areas darker to make objencts and figures appear rounded.
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perspective
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the ability to give depth to paintings by painting far-away objects smaller than nearby objects
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Leonardo da Vinci 
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a Renaissance man best known for this paintings - The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa
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Michelangelo
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a Renaissance artist best known for his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome; he worked on this project for four years while lying on scaffolding
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Principles of classical art:
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balance, harmony and realism
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Renaissance sculptures ____________________________________________________________________________.
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rounded the figures, showed anatomy, followed the rules of perspective bringing a flat sculpture to life.
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Ghiberti
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sculpted doors for the baptistery of Florence, considered one of the greatest examples of Renaissance relief sculptures
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The Cathedral of Florence is a stunning example of ___________________________.
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Renaissance architecture
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Brunelleschi
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designed the dome for the Cathedral of Florence; constructed an 8 sided dome that demonstrated a knowledge of mathematics to make
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Renaissance architecture returned to ____________________________; rounded arches, columns, and domes characterized REnaissance structures.
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the archectectural style of the Greeks and Romans
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The Renaissance man needed to know how to ________, __________, and _________.
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read, write & reason
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humanities
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subjects that covered human interests and experiences i.e. literature, philosophy, art, history, grammar and speech
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Petrarch
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a pioneer of Renaissance humanism and a central figure in Italian literature; he spread the ideas of Renaissance and became known as the Father of Humanism
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The Father of Humanism
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Petrach
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Castiglione
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an Italian author, who wrote a famous book on etiquette
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etiquette
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social behavior; good manners
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Machiavelli
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worked for the government in Florence, Italy and observed political events in Europe...he wrote an essay called The Prince...he represented the Renaissance trend of freeing people from religious tradition
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Erasmus
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of Rotterdam was one of the most highly regarded and influential scholars of the JRenaissance...he was the first to publish a Greek New Testament that was printed on a movable-type press which became an essential tool for the Reformation
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Sir Thomas More
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Wrote Utopia - which means nowhere...he supported the supremacy of the pope and wrote in defense of Rome's teaching on the subjects including purgatory and the 7 sacraments
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indulgences
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a paper that granted pardon from the punishment of sins
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What does the term Renaissance mean?
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The rebirth of learning
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List three techniques that resulted in differences between medieval and Renaissance art.
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anatomy, shading and perspective
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What did the change in art reveal about the shift in thinking from the medieval to the Renaissance periods?
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it was a revival of learning...thru the art you can see a study of anatomy, use of mathematics to figure out the size objects should be and the angle they should be palced to five the apperance of reality
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transubstantiation
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the transforming of the substance; teaching that the wine and bread change into the very blood and body of Christ each time the priest recites the Latin phrase hoc est corpus meum
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hoc est corpus meum
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this is my body
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dogma
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doctrine
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Inquisition
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a church court set up to find and punish heretics.
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What Roman Church doctrine declares that the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ?
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transubstantiation
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What is the name of the Church court that was established to discover heresy?
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Inquisition
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Who decreed that everyone must submit to the pope?
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Pope Boniface VIII
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List two practices in the Roman Church that led to discontent among many in Europe.
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1.  Struggle for control of the papacy between the French and the Italians  2.  The sale of indulgences
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