Renaissance, and We Are Gobles
Study Guide World History
Complete on SEPARATE LINED PAPER
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Define the following words in reference to the Renaissance:
1.Humanists
2.Perspective
3.Gutenberg
4.Erasmus
5.Indulgences
6.Martin Luther
7.John Calvin
8.Theocracy
9.Jesuits
10. Disenchantment
1. Explain/Describe the following in reference to the Renaissance:
11. Explain the reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy.
12. What are the names of the three Renaissance artists?
13. Explain of Erasmus differed from Italian Renaissance scholars.
14. Explain what writers such as Shakespeare and Marlowe focused on.
15. Explain what caused religious dissent?
16. Give a specific example of Luther’s teachings
17. Explain why Luther’s ideas spread quickly.
18. Explain why the Anglican Church was formed.
19. Explain what the Edict of Nantes did?
20. Explain what the Council of Trent accomplished.
21. What did the Reformation and Counter-Reformation led to?
22. Explain how small town life rapidly changed and what the result was.
23. Describe what Superstition and witchcraft helped Renaissance people explain
24. Explain what Broadsides are.
25. Explain how Education increased during the Renaissance.
26. Explain who analyzed classical literature in terms of Christian beliefs.
27. Explain the following concept “study critical analysis of material”.
28. List what Renaissance writers reflected Greek and Roman teachings.
29. Who studied early Christian writings and criticized the Church.
30. What artists focused on godly figures and perfection?
31. Give specific examples of what was used as a way for the pope to raise money.
32. Who helped popularize his faith by printing a German language Bible?
33. Who believed that a strictly disciplined life led to salvation?
34. Explain what the outcome was with Religious wars in France?
35. Who clarified the Catholic Church’s position on issues such as the importance of ceremony?
36. Who was part of a plan to win support for Protestant religions?
37. What increased the political power of religious leaders?
38. Who used education to win supporters?
39. Explain why the Standards of living rose for peasants and why?
40. What led to a rise in superstitious beliefs and suspicion of individuality?
FILL IN THE BLANK. Put the appropriate word in the blank space.
41. ____________________ consisted of the study of Greek and Roman literature.
42. Italian Renaissance artists used science and techniques such as ____________________ to create realistic paintings.
43. ____________________ criticized the church in his book, The Praise of Folly.
44. Painters such as Jan and Hubert van Eyck and Brueghel were part of a group known as ____________________.
45. Martin Luther emphasized the authority of ____________________ over the authority of the Pope.
46. Calvinists believed that ____________________ determined salvation.
47. The Index of Forbidden Books was part of the ____________________.
48. The Jesuits used ____________________ to create a new, thoughtful force of supporters.
49. Almanacs and broadsides were some of the many products produced by the ____________________.
50. ____________________ refers to a loss of belief in magic in the world and a turn toward rational explanations.
Explain/Describe the following concepts:
51. Give examples of what Renaissance scholars tried to accomplish.
How did Renaissance scholars’ ideas differ from those of medieval scholars?
52. Give examples of humanist characteristics?
What did humanists believe about human life?
53. Printing with movable type first appeared in what country?
Describe what effects printing had on Renaissance life and literature?
54. Describe the center of northern Renaissance art.
What are specific characteristics that mark northern Renaissance art?
55. Explain the teachings of Martin Luther
Explain what Luther meant by “justification by grace through faith?”
56. Give examples of Calvinists beliefs
What kind of lives did Calvinists lead? Why?
57. What was the Counter-Reformation?
What caused the Counter-Reformation?
58. Explain what the Jesuits were created to do.
How did the Jesuits accomplish their mission?
59. Explain why the Standard of living increased during the Renaissance
How did population affect standards of living?
60. Explain why people migrated from the country to the city.
How did this migration affect traditional culture?
61. During the period of 1481-1490, how many cities began using printing technology?
62. During what time period did printing technology increase the most?
63. Explain why printing technology spread slowly from 1450-1470?
64. What does the trend in this chart tell you about the spread of printing technology in Europe?
65. Why was Germany considered the center of the Reformation?
66. What are three tactics of the Counter-Reformation?
67. Why were magic and superstitions so attractive to Renaissance people?
68. How did artists and writers of the Renaissance express humanist values?
69. Compare the beliefs of Lutherans, Calvinists, and Catholics.
70. Contrast the beliefs of Lutherans, Calvinists, and Catholics
71. Discuss the impact of the printing press on humanism and the Reformation.
72. Explain if the Counter-Reformation a success? Why or why not?
73. How did small village life during the Renaissance reflect the world at large?
We Are Gobles Questions
1. List two of the founding fathers for the city of Gobles.
a. What year did they arrive?
2. What mineral does Brandywine Lake get its color from?
3. How did Mill Lake gets its name?
a. What family owned it?
4. According to the 2000 census, how many people lived in Gobles
5. What is the total area of the City of Gobles
6. What county is the City of Gobles situated in?
- As of March 12, 1872 Warren Goble’s was on the scene of Gobles. List the types of businesses, and society buildings that existed in Gobles at that time? You could list up to 17 of them.
- How many people lived in Gobles in 1872?
- What was the first building built in Gobles?
- In what year was the school house built, and what was its cost?
- Where was the original post office located? Where was it moved to?