The Renaissance, The Reformation & Counter-Reformation

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  1.  What does the word ‘Renaissance’ mean?
  2.  What are the dates of the Renaissance?
  3.  What was Humanism?
  4.  What are the origins of the Renaissance?
  5.  Which Italian city is associated with the beginning of the Renaissance?
  6.  Which Italian family is associated with the Renaissance?
  7.  What was the profession of this family?
  8.  Why is the conquest of Toledo in 1085 relevant to the Renaissance?
  9.  Who was Gemistos Plethon and why is he relevant to the Renaissance
  10.  What is the name of the world’s first art gallery, found in Florence?
  11.  Who created this art gallery?
  12.  What are the two periods of the Renaissance?
  13.  Name three painters from the Renaissance
  14.  Name three architects from the Renaissance
  15.  Name three sculptors from the Renaissance
  16.  Name three writers of the Renaissance
  17.  Which is considered the first building of the Renaissance?
  18.  Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
  19.  Who sculpted the bronze figure of David?
  20.  Who forged the brass doors on the baptistery of Florence cathedral?
  21.  Who is considered the first modern artist?
  22.  Who constructed the dome to Florence cathedral?
  23.  Tell me four facts about the Florence cathedral dome
  24.  Which architect built il Tempietto?
  25.  Tell me what we know about il Tempietto
  26.  Who drew Vitruvian Man?
  27.  Who was Vitruvius?
  28.  Name three famous works by Da Vinci?
  29.  Name one building by Andrea Palladio
  30.  Who sculpted La Pietà?
  31.  Which building is considered the finest example of the Renaissance in Spain?
  32.  Who wrote ‘Utopia’?
  33.  Which Italian wrote ‘The Prince’?
  34.  Which German established the laws of planetary motion?
  35.  Which Polish mathematician created a heliocentric model of the Solar  System?
  36.  Briefly explain the Scientific Method and why it is so important?
  37.  Who was the most famous Renaissance painter in Spain who was not from Spain?
  38.  Which northern European country was renowned for its Renaissance painting?
  39.  What was invented in 1440?
  40.  Who invented it?
  41.  In the 16th century there was a religious revolution in Christianity, what is the name given to this religious movement?
  42.  Who was the German responsible for starting this change?
  43.  Did he want to start a new religion?
  44.  What did the German monk want to change?
  45.  What did he publish in 1517?
  46.  What is the umbrella term given to this new form of Christianity?
  47.  Name one form of Christianity that was created at this time
  48.  What were Indulgences?
  49.  What was the first book printed in 1440?
  50.  What is Predestination?
  51.  Which form of Christianity believes in Predestination?
  52.  What did Martin Luther believe was the only thing that would save people?
  53.  How was this different from what Catholics believed?
  54.  What did Luther believe people should stop worshipping?
  55.  What movement did the Catholic church begin to stop the spread of Protestantism?
  56.  What was the name of their meeting where they set out their plan to counter the effects of Protestantism?
  57.  Name three things that were decided at this meeting?
  58.  Which religious order was set up as a result of this meeting?
  59.  True or false: There was widespread intolerance from both Catholics and Protestants at this time
  60.  What institution was set up in Spain at this time to persecute those that did  hold the Catholic view?
  61.  What is the Eucharist?
  62.  What is Catechism?