1121 Study Guide

Identifications:

Renaissance
humanism
Petrarch
Poggio Bracciolini
Florence: Capital of the Renaissance
Realism/Perspective
Renaissance Art
Jan Van Eyck
Raphael's School of Athens Painting
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Donatello
Venice during the Renaissance
Sandro Botticelli
Ducale Palace (Venice)
Milan during the Renaissance
Medici Family
Rome during the Renaissance
Giotto di Bondone
William Shakespeare
Machiavellian Principles
Absolute Power in Europe
Martin Luther
95 Theses
Indulgences
Protestant Reformation
Christian Humanism
Erasmus
Thomas More
John Calvin
Presbyters
Anabaptists
Unitarians
Saint Francis of Assisi
Ignatius of Loyola
Catholic Counter Reformation
Jesuits
Spanish Inquisition
New Military Strategies/Weapons
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Louis XIV
Oliver Cromwell
Peter the Great
Frederick II the Great
Maria Theresa
Catherine II the Great
Seven Years War
Palace of Versailles
Prince Henry's School of Navigation
Spain/Portugal and Exploration
Conquistadors
Christopher Columbus
Columbian Exchange
Jamestown
Plymouth Rock/Pilgrims
Mass. Bay/Puritans
New England
New Netherlands
New France
New Ship Technology
Causes of Exploration
Consequences of Exploration
Amerigo Vespucci
Transatlantic Slave Trade

Possible Discussion Questions:

1. How did the Renaissance change art, academics, science, and philosophy?
2. Discuss some of the more famous Renaissance artists and compare and contrast their styles, symbolry, accomplishments, and legacy.
3. Why did the Protestant Reformation occur?
4. What were the different motives and causes for the spread of Protestantism?
5. Describe government and religion during the age of absolute rulers in early modern Europe.
6. How did the Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and Exploration feed off of one another. Use examples to show developments, overlaps, and splinters.
7. Explain Machiavellian principles and how certain leaders in early modern Europe implemented these principles. Also describe the lifestyles and governing methods of these leaders.
8. What were the causes and consequences of exploratiaon. Distinguish between the early and late periods of exploration.
9. In what ways was the Renaissance a "rebirth" in Europe. Where did it start and what did it reflect about a society emerging from the Dark Ages?
10. How did Europe change politically, economically, and socially from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance (early modern period)?