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Renaissance/Reformation
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History
7th Grade
04/25/2011

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interest
Definition
fee that borrowers pay for the use of someone else's money
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cosimo de medici
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leader of florence, italy's wealthiest family
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renaissance
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means "rebirth", and refers to the period that followed Europe's Middle Ages
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humanism
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study of the individual human being, as opposed to studying religion
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Wrote a book titled, "The Prince" that gave leaders advice on how they should rule
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perspective
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the Renaissance artists technique of showing a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface so that it looked real
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Michelangelo
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Renaissance artist who designed buildings, wrote poetry, carved sculptures, and much more, including painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Considered the ultimate Renaissance man, he was a sculptor, architect, inventor, and engineer. He painted the Mona Lisa
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Johan Gutenberg`
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He developed a printing press which used movable type
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William Shakespeare
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Considered responsible for creating more than 2,000 words in the English language
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Reformation
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A reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church
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indulgence
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A paper given by the Pope that excused a person from past sins
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Protestants
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Those who sided with Martin Luther and protested against the corruption of the Catholic Church
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Catholic Reformation
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The effort to reform the Catholic Church from within
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Jesuits
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A religious group created to serve the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church
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Saint Ignatius of Loyola
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A Spanish noble who founded the Jesuits
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Francis Xavier
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An important missionary who spread Catholicism throughout the world
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Huguenots
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French Protestants
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Thirty Years War
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Long series of wars that involved many of the countries of Europe
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congregation
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A Church assembly
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Federalism
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Sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government
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Purgatory
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According to Catholics, a place where souls went before they went to heaven
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Marco Polo
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Considered one of the greatest travelers in history, he went from Europe to China and back, several times
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major trading cities of Renaissance Italy
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Milan, Genoa, Venice, Florence
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classical
Definition
referring to the cultures of ancient Greece or Rome
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Dante Alighieri
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Wrote a book titled, "The Divine Comedy"
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Leonardo da Vinci
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The first person to dissect a human corpse, and create detailed sketches of what he saw
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Michelangelo
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Spent over four years bent over a ladder, recreating scenes from the Bible on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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Christian Humanism
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A combination of humanist and religious ideas
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Albrecht Durer
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Painter who studied anatomy so that he could paint more realistically
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Author who wrote Don Quixote
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William Shakespeare
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Wrote Romeo and Juliet
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William Shakespeare
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Lived in the country of England
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John Calvin
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Taught the concept of predestination: God knew who would be saved even before they were born
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Edict of Nantes
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Granted religious freedom in most of France
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