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UNIT 1 REVIEW SHEET
TERMS
Middle Ages - people depended on a lord
for protection; chaos; violence; period
before the Renaissance
Crusades – Holy War; 7 Total; 1 successful;
Pope Urban called for them
Bubonic Plague - disease from Asia;
bacteria on a flea; killed 1/3 of Europe’s
population
Renaissance – rebirth; reawakening; started
in Northern Italy
Northern Renaissance – Northern Europe;
focused on painting; did not focus on the
classics
History – a list of key events in
chronological order; a narrative
Geography – the study of people; their
resources; their environment
Ethnocentric – belief that one’s race is
superior to another
Indulgences – pardons for sins; sold by the
church
Predestination – one’s fate is decided at
birth
Glazing – art technique used in the Northern
Renaissance; layering of paint
95 Thesis – Luther’s criticisms of the church
Renaissance Man – secular person; Da Vinci
Fresco – to paint on wet plaster;
Michelangelo
PEOPLE
Pope Urban II – called for the Christians to
reclaim the Holy Lands; started the Crusades
Martin Luther – German Priest; wanted to
stop the sale of indulgences; wrote “95
Thesis”
John Calvin – preached predestination
Henry VIII – broke away from the Catholic
church and created the Church of England
Pope Leo – excommunicated Luther
Shakespeare – complex characters; know
some works
Gutenburg – invented the printing press; it
increased literacy
Machiavelli – wrote The Prince
Petrarch – 1st modern scholar
Erasmus - 1st criticism of the church; “In Praise and Folly”
Cervantes – wrote “Don Quixote”; satire on Chivalry
Rafael – School of Athens
Da Vinci – Renaissance Man; Last Supper: Mona Lisa; inventions
Michelangelo – David; Sistine Chapel; used frescos
Bottacelli – Birth of Venus
Van Eyck – Northern Renaissance; not a lot of perspective
De Medici – patrons of the arts