Wednesday

 Today we will read 553-559.

You will then have time to work on the study guide below:

Study Guide

 

Note the following:

 

Renaissance dates

Medici Family – who were they and why they are important

What were Renaissance men?

 

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy and then spread to the rest of Europe

What was the Gutenberg Press and how did it change the world

 

Know the following people:

Michelangelo

Donatello

Leonardo

Raphael

Dante

Petrarch

Boccaccio

Machiavelli

Thomas More

 

What was the Reformation

Why did England become Protestant?

What was Calvinism? What did they believe?

 

In what ways did literature and the arts change during the Renaissance?

On what three teachings did Martin Luther rest the Reformation movement?

What was the goal of the Catholic Reformation?

 

What made the Ottoman Empire powerful?

When and how did the Ottoman Empire conquer Constantinople?

Who was Suleyman?

Why did the Ottoman Empire decline?

Why did the Europeans search for new trade routes?

Discuss Gold, Glory, God.

Who was Henry the Navigator?

What new technology made exploration possible?

Who was Vasco da Gama?

What are the five reasons the Ming Dynasty fell into disorder?

How did the Japanese express themselves culturally under the Tokugawa Shogun?