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Renaissance Unit Study Guide
Key Terms:
Renaissance Art, Artists, and Causes
1. Janus
2. The Renaissance
3. Florence
4. Venice
5. Ottoman Empire
6. Alum
7. Patron
8. Medici Family
9. “Big Three” Artists
10. Classicism
11. Humanism
12. Perspective
13. Vanishing Point
14. Gothic Architecture
15. Northern Renaissance
16. Secularism
17. Rationalism
18. Individualism
Renaissance Literature
19. Divina Comedia (Divine Comedy)
20. Dante Alighieri
21. Il Principe (The Prince)
22. Niccolo Machiavelli
23. William Shakespeare
24. Vernacular
25. Proliferate / Proliferation
26. Theology
27. Universal Themes
28. Machiavellian
Age of Exploration / Columbian Exchange
29. Fall of Constantinople
30. Byzantine Empire
31. Prince Henry the Navigator
32. Bartolomeu Dias
33. Vasco de Gama
34. Ferdinand Magellan
35. Conquistadores
36. Hernan Cortes
37. Francisco Pizarro
38. Pre-Columbian
39. Zheng He
40. Columbian Exchange
41. Smallpox
42. Syphilis
43. The Road Not Taken (Frost)
44. Ideological
45. Ecological
Scientific Revolution
46. Johannes Gutenberg
47. Geocentric
48. Heliocentric
49. Ptolemy
50. Nicholaus Copernicus
51. Johannes Kepler
52. Galileo
53. Capitulate
54. Isaac Newton
55. Newton’s Laws of Motion
56. Francis Bacon
57. Rene Descartes
Reformation
58. The Reformation
59. Indulgences
60. Wittenberg
61. Johann Tetzel
62. Martin Luther
63. 95 Theses
64. Sola Fide
65. Pope Leo X
66. Excommunicate
67. John Calvin
68. Pre-destination
69. King Henry VIII
70. Annul
71. Anglican Church
72. Anne Boleyn
73. Act of Supremacy
74. Anglican / Episcopal Church
Concepts:
What caused the “Renaissance”?
Why were Italian city-states rich?
What themes can be seen in Italian Renaissance Art?
What new artistic techniques were developed during the Renaissance?
(Examples)
How did Renaissance Literature differ from previous literature? Effects?
What was the significance of the Fall of Constantinople?
How did the Age of Exploration affect the global balance of power?
How did China and Europe differ in their approaches to exploration? Effects?
What were the major impacts of the Columbian Exchange? (Not just food!)
How did the invention of movable type affect Europe?
How did the advances in science and astronomy change man’s view of the world
and man’s relationship to God?
How did Martin Luther and Henry VIII each individually alter the power
structure of Europe?
Artwork (Be able to recognize and identify the artist)
The Last Supper, Da Vinci
Mona Lisa, Da Vinci
Virgin of the Rocks, Da Vinci
Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci
The Pieta, Michelangelo
David, Michelangelo
St. Peter’s Basilica, Michelangelo
The Creation of Adam (Sistine Chapel), Michelangelo
School of Athens, Raphael
Mond Crucifixion, Raphael
Madonna of the Meadow, Raphael
Wedding of the Virgin, Raphael
Essay:
How and why can the Renaissance Era be seen as a time of great change, and the
beginning of our Modern Age?
Notes:
Renaissance Era includes: (You do not need to discuss all)
o Renaissance Ideas
o Renaissance Art
o Renaissance Literature
o The Age of Exploration
o The Scientific Revolution
o The Reformation
This essay will be limited to five paragraphs (3 body paragraphs), so you will have
to choose what you believe to be most relevant.
Please bring a pen for the essay portion of the test.
You can bring one index card (front and back) to be used on the essay portion only.
o Notes only, no written paragraphs / prose.