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Renaissance Homework 1
Use pages 344-353 to answer the following questions.
1. What does the word “renaissance” mean? ______
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2. What was considered to be the most important change that took place during the Renaissance?
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3. List at least 3 new attitudes toward culture and learning were produced during the Renaissance.
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4. List three reasons why Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance.
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5. Who were the Medicis? ______
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6. What is a patron? Give one example of a patron during the Renaissance. ______
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7. What was the movement of Humanism? ______
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8. How did humanists view education? ______
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9. Who was Francesco Petrarch? ______
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10. How did Renaissance art reflect humanist concerns? ______
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11. What is “perspective” in Renaissance art? How did it change the way artists represented humans and landscapes? ______
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Renaissance Homework 2
Use pages 344-353, your notes and classwork to complete the following.
Vocabulary: Define all terms using your own words.
1. Renaissance
2. Patron
3. Perspective
4. Humanism
5. Secular
6. Indulgence
7. Vernacular
8. Recant
9. Predestination
10. Theocracy
11. Clergy
12. Annul
13. Counter-Reformation
Concept Questions:
14. How did people of Renaissance view the ideas of ancient classical civilizations like Greece and Rome?
15. How did the Renaissance affect attitudes towards the Catholic Church?
16. List these events in order: Egyptian civilization, Crusades, Roman civilization, Paleolithic Revolution, Renaissance, Neolithic Revolution, Greek civilization, Black Plague
17. What are 3 reasons why the Renaissance started in Italy?
18. State “the ends justifies the means” in your own words.
19. How did Guttenberg’s printing press and the beliefs of Luther affect the literacy rate in Europe?
20. What are 3 effects of the Protestant Reformation?
21. Which part of Europe (north or south) was more affected by the Protestant Reformation?
22. What important action did Martin Luther do and what was the result?
23. Why did monarchs support the Protestant Reformation?