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The Renaissance Period
1. Record three items from the Literary Events Timeline.
2. Record three items from the Social Events Timeline.
3. List the three social and political milestones of the Renaissance Period.
4. If dates do not begin and end historical time periods, then what does?
Rediscovering Ancient Greece and Rome
5. What does Renaissance mean?
6. What type of rebirth is being referred?
7. Do we have a large reading population at this point in history?
8. The readers were encouraged to read what kind of material?
9. What marvels of old were discovered?
The Spirit of Rebirth
10. What were people more curious about?
11. Describe a Renaissance person of today.
It All Began in Italy: A Flourish of Genius
12. Why was Italy a point of interest?
13. List three extraordinary people who flourished during this period.
14. What religion dominated Europe and Britain?
15. What artist was commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
16. What is the “pope’s” city called?
17. What idea was portrayed by many Renaissance artists?
Humanism: Questions about the Good Life
18. In the movement called humanism, what two sources comprised the ideas of this group?
19. What were the two tasks of the humanists?
The New Technology: A Flood of Print
20. What new invention changed the way information was exchanged during this time?
21. Name the inventor.
22. For what publication is he known?
23. Who set up a printing press in London?
Two Friends – Two Humanists
24. Name the two men who are best known of all the Renaissance humanists.
25. What did they have in common?
26. How were they different?
27. How did writing in Latin give them an advantage?
The Reformation: Breaking with the Church
28. Name the one feature that was common to all Reformers.
29. By the way, what is a reformation?
30. What made the English people resent the financial burdens imposed on them by the Vatican?
31. Who was Martin Luther, and why was he so important?
32. Why did the Church need a reformation?
King Versus Pope: All for an Heir
33. What king brought an end to the effects of Rome on England?
34. Did he do it for the people or for himself?
35. What was his reason?
The Protestant Reformation
36. Who did not agree with Henry VIII? What was the result?
37. For what reason were many still dissatisfied with the new church?
38. With what things did they not agree?
Henry VIII: Renaissance Man and Executioner
39. Name the five Tudor rulers of England.
40. Name Henry’s six wives and their fate.
41. What did Henry VIII create that put a stop to foreign invasions of England and allowed it to
flourish as a nation?
The Boy King and Bloody Mary
42. Of Henry’s three children, who was the first to rule and why? How did he die?
43. Who ruled after his death? What was her nickname, and how did she get that name? How did
she die?
44. Who ruled next? What kind of ruler was she?
A True Daughter
45. Who often tried to have Queen Elizabeth killed and for what reason? How did Elizabeth react?
(like father, like daughter)
The Spanish Armada Sinks: A turning Point in History
46. Who unsuccessfully tries to invade England?
47. If Spain had won this defeat, what language might we be speaking today?
A Flood of Literature
48. Because of Elizabeth’s popularity among her people, how did authors honor her?
A Dull Man Succeeds a Witty Woman
49. Who succeeds Elizabeth? Was he as effective as Elizabeth as a ruler?
50. For what translation is he noted?
The Decline of the Renaissance
51. Who succeeded James VI? Why was he beheaded?
52. Who ruled for the next eleven years?
53. Who came into power in 1660?
54. Who was the last great writer of the Renaissance Period?
55. What will soon challenge long-accepted religious beliefs?