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Mr Buck ch 17 for final
The Renaissance
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History
7th Grade
05/28/2009

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Secularism
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the view that religion need not be the center of education or human affairs
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How did the breakdown of feudalism change Europe?
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peasants and nobles moved to towns, towns became more important and grew in wealth and power, more trade=more contact with new ideas, more secular education, weaking of church control
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Satire
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Type of writng that uses ridicule and sarcasim to attack vice or folly.
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what did Gutenberg contribute to the Rennisance?
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movable metal type
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what did Dante contribute to the Rennisance?
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Poetry
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what did Erasmus contribute to the Rennisance?
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reform in the church and government
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what did Leonardo da Vinci contribute to the Rennisance?

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painter, inventor, added knowledge of anatomy
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humanism
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A system of thought that rejects religious beliefs and centers on humans and their values, capacities, and worth.
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Which of these is a venacular language in Rebaissance Europe?

classical Greek, Latin, Korean, Italian?

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Italian
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utopia
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an imaginary ideal place, a perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects
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pointed Gothic arches
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not chacteristic of rensaissance architecture
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vernacular
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the everyday spoken language of people
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Michelangelo's painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Capel...
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depicts the story of creation
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Why did peasants move to the cities in the 1300's?
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Peasants could find paid work in cities and no longer be serfs
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Which Renaissance belief resulted in an interest in human character and emotion, an emphasis on education and literacy, and the flowering of arts and literature?
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human potential
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many educated people had an interest in _____________ and _______________ learning in the Renaissance.
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Greek and Roman
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People in the Middle Ages and people in the Renaissance both believed in?
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Christianity
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The humanists of northern Europe, such as Thomas Moore,
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tried to reform the church and government
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What is the most likely reason that the center of the arts and banking were both in Florence?
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Banking brought wealth, and wealthy patrons were best able to support the arts.
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Erasmus's criticism of the church resulted in...
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his satire The Praise of Folly.
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Who used humor to citicize the Church?
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Rabelais and Erasmus
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Who criticized the corruption of the Church and governments of his time?
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Thomas Moore
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Who cirticized the Church for emphasizing ritual more than mortality?
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Erasmus
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HOW DID THE CHURCH react to the increase in books and literacy?
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it attempted to censor what people could read
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What revolution began around 1450?
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a new way of communicating, based on the development of movable type
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Who's study of anatomy helped increase knowledge of science?
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Leonardo da Vinci
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The Renaissance was
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a rediscovery of Greek and Roman literature, arts, and learning
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The new urban upper class was made up of
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merchants and nobles
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How did peasants feel about the growth of trade and industry?
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many peasants left the manor for jobs in the growing cities
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Where did the renaissance begin?
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Florence
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Individualism
Definition
Belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence.
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Reading a book for self improvement is an example of?
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humanism
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mercantile
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related to commerce or trade
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Shakespeare's plays are still popular today because
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his characters behave the way people do, even today
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sonnet
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a poem of 14 lines with a fixed pattern of rhyme
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How did the development of printing change European life in the Renaissance?
Definition

more books were published

books became cheaper

more people learned how to read

people wanted more knowledge on secular topics

knowledge spread

humanism, secularism, and individualism spread

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censor
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to remove material from published works
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ballad
Definition
A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain.
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