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Jeopardy 19
The Renaissance and the Reformation
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10th Grade
04/11/2007

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Main philosophy of the Renaissance, focused on people
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humanism
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Focus of Renaissance interest
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the individual
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Renaissance artist, architect, and mathematician; he painted the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Painter and sculptor noted for his large works, such as the statue of David & the Sistine Chapel
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Michelangelo
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Country where the Renaissance began
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Italy
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Early knowledge studied by Renaissance scholars
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classical (Greek and Roman) writings
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Italian painter noted for his madonnas
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Raphael
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The three most important city-states of the Italian Renaissance
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Florence, Venice, and the Papal States (Rome)
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Notable characteristic of Renaissance art
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realism
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New way of showing objects in art as they appeared at different distances
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perspective
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Author of The Prince, a book advising rulers on how to keep power, by any means necessary
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Macchiavelli
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Ruling family of Florence
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the Medicis
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Ruler of Florence called "the Magnificent"
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Lorenzo de Medici
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Venetian artist noted for his rich colors
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Titian
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Florentine poet and story writer, author of The Decameron
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Boccaccio
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"Father of humanism," Italian poet and classical scholar
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Petrarch
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Italian who wrote a handbook on correct behavior titled The Courtier
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Castiglione
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Sculptor who carved natural postures and revealing individual expressions
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Donatello
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Artist who created the sculpted bronze door panels of Florence's baptistery
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Ghiberti
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New machine that allowed books to be produced quickly and more cheaply
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the printing press
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Wealthy Flemish people who were patrons of the arts
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merchants
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Author of masterpieces of English poetic drama genre
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William Shakespeare
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Fictional young lovers of Verona, subjects of Shakespeare tragedy
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Romeo and Juliet
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Form of literature and entertainment especially favored by the English people
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the play (or the drama)
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The English Renaissance reached its height during her reign.
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Elizabeth I
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New type of painting pioneered and perfected by Flemish painters
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oil painting
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Region where the Renaissance began in northern Europe
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Flanders
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German who first printed books from moveable type
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Johann Gutenberg
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Noted Spanish Renaissance author of plays, short stories, and novels, including Don Quixote
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Cervantes
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German artist known for his engravings and woodcuts
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Albrecht Durer
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Book by English humanist Thomas More that described an ideal society
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Utopia
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German portrait painter of the 1500s known for his photographic-like realism
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Hans Holbein
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Great Flemish painter of the 1500s whose favorite subjects were the countryside and peasants
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Pieter Brueghel
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Flemish oil painters who were brothers
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the van Eycks (Jan and Hubert)
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French writer whose comic adventure Gargantua and Pantagruel satirized outdated customs
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Rabelais
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Dutch scholar - translated the New Testament into Greek, wrote the satire In Praise of Folly
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Erasmus
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Spanish city that was a center for Renaissance artists and poets
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Toledo
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Flemish painter known for his large, lush style
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Peter Paul Rubens
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German monk who started the Protestant Reformation
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Martin Luther
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Church practice that Martin Luther especially objected to
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the sale of indulgences
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Name for people who protested the decision to condemn Luther
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Protestants
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The only true guide to religious truth, according to Luther
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the Bible
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Luther's list of statements about his position
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the Ninety-Five Theses
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Religious faith chosen by most northern German rulers
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Lutheranism
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Religious faith chosen by most southern German rulers
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Catholicism
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French-born leader of the Protestant Movement in Switzerland
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John Calvin
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Swiss city that was a center of Protestantism
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Geneva
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Calvinist leader of Scotland
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John Knox
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Calvinist church in Scotland
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the Presbyterian Church
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French Calvinists
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the Huguenots
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Economic reasons for rulers to oppose the Church and support Luther
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the chances to take Church lands & stop paying $ to Rome
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Calvin's belief about human fate; the opposite of free will
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predestination
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Government ruled by clergy acting in God's name, as in Geneva
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a theocracy
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The way to gain salvation, according to Luther
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through faith alone
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Bohemian priest burned as a heretic in 1415
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John Hus
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English priest who declared the Bible was the authority, not the Church
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John Wycliffe
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Dominican monk who energetically sold indulgences in Germany
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Johann Tetzel
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Meeting that condemned Luther
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the Diet of Worms
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Leader of the Church reformation in England
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Henry VIII
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Why Henry VII wanted to end his marriage to his first wife
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to have a son to succeed the throne
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First wife of Henry VIII
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Catherine of Aragon
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Language of the Church reaffirmed by the Council
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Latin
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Second wife of Henry VIII and mother of the future queen
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Anne Boleyn
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Protestant queen who ended the pope's authority in the English Church
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Elizabeth I
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Religious faith of Queen Mary (Mary Tudor)
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Roman Catholic
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National church established by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
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the Church of England (Anglican Church)
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The movement of reform within the Catholic Church
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the Counter or Catholic Reformation
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Spanish noble who devoted himself to Church reform
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Ignatius of Loyola
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Body that examined pople who disagreed with Church officials
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the Inquisition
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New religious order founded by Loyola, or its members
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the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
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Primary aim of the Jesuits
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to check the spread of Protestantism
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What Henry wanted the pope to do about Henry's marriage to his first wife
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to annul it
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Meeting of Church leaders that ended some of the Church abuses
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the Council of Trent
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How to achieve salvation, according to the Council of Trent
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through good works and faith
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The two true guides to religious truth, according to the Church
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the Bible and Christian tradition
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Who or what is qualified to interpret the Bible, according to the Church
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only the church
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List of books the Church forbade Catholics to read
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the Index of Prohibited Books
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