Chapter 15 Guided Reading

Section 1VocabularyRenaissanceHumanismSecular

Essential Questions1) How did the decline in the population after the Black Death lead to an

increase in food production and lead to the specialization in the production of goods?

2) Compare and contrast the Italian city-states of Milan, Venice and Florence.3) How did education change during the Renaissance? What were the major

ideas that scholars focused on?4) How were secular authors of the renaissance different from those of the

Middle Ages (think Dante, Chaucer)?5) Who were the Medicis? What role, along with Nicolo Machiavelli and

Baldassare Catiglione, did they play in supporting the Italian Renaissance?6) Explain two scientific achievements of the Italian Renaissance. 7) Describe the styles and techniques of painting and sculpture of the Italian

Renaissance.

Chapter 15 Guided Reading

Section 2Vocabulary & IdentificationPrinting press/moveable typeChristian humanismAlbrect DurerJan van Eyck

Essential Questions1) Describe, in at least three ways, how the Renaissance spread to northern Europe?2) How did Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press revolutionize the

acquisition of knowledge?3) How did Erasmus and Sir Thomas More’s humanistic philosophy impact the

people of northern Europe?4) How did the writings of William Shakespeare reflect the humanist values of the

Renaissance?5) How did the art of the northern Renaissance differ from that of the Italian

Renaissance?

Chapter 15 Guided Reading

Section 3

VocabularyProtestant ReformationIndulgencesTheocracyPredestinationAnnulledCalvinistAnabaptist

Essential Questions1) Describe three conditions that led to the Protestant Reformation.2) Explain how Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church. What motivated

Luther in writing his 95 theses in 1517?3) For whom did Luther intend his theses? How did they become so well throughout

Europe?4) Explain Luther’s message. How did it deviate from the teachings and practices of

the Catholic Church?5) What was the Edict of Worms? How did the term Protestant develop?6) How did the ideas of Ulrich Zwingli, John Knox and John Calvin differ from

those of Martin Luther?7) Why did Henry VIII declare that England was no longer under the authority of the

pope? How did this affect the Catholic Church in England?8) What was the Act of Supremacy? Why was it redrafted again in 1559 by

Elizabeth I?

Chapter 15 Guided Reading

Section 4

Vocabulary/IdentificationIgnatius of LoyolaJesuits“The bonfire of the vanities”Roman InquisitionSpanish InquisitionIndex of Forbidden booksItalian WarsPeasants’WarCharles V

Essential Questions1) How did Catholics attempt to reform the church itself? Give 3 examples from the

reading.2) What was the purpose of the Council of Trent? How did they clarify Catholic

teaching?3) What methods did the Catholic Church use to stop the spread of Protestantism?4) What were the religious and social effects of the Counter-Reformation?5) How did religious turmoil affect society during the 1500s?6) How did Martin Luther’s reaction to the Peasants’ War and the Peace of

Augsburg affect the Counter-Reformation?