Renaissance 100% Sheet PDF

**[History topic 5 -- The Renaissance 100% sheet ]** +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Section 1 -- Key | | | | concepts** | | | +=======================...

**[History topic 5 -- The Renaissance 100% sheet ]** +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Section 1 -- Key | | | | concepts** | | | +=======================+=======================+=======================+ | 1. | **Stoics** | People who believed | | | | that life should be | | | | experienced without | | | | complaint -- they | | | | should accept life as | | | | it is | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 2. | **Philosophy** | The study of things | | | | about how we live and | | | | what we do | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 3. | **Christendom** | The lands that were | | | | united by their | | | | leaders' belief in | | | | Christianity | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 4. | **Arab world** | Parts of the world | | | | (mostly the Middle | | | | East) that the Arab | | | | people lived in | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 5. | **Renaissance** | A period in which we | | | | see the rediscovery | | | | of the Greek and | | | | Roman spirit of | | | | enquiry | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 6. | **Humanist** | People who believed | | | | there was more to | | | | life than simply | | | | existing, and that | | | | there was great | | | | potential in human | | | | existence | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 7. | **Printing press** | A device invented in | | | | the 15^th^ century | | | | for printing text | | | | quickly | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 8. | **Vernacular** | The language spoken | | | | in a particular place | | | | e.g. English in | | | | England | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Section 2 -** **Why | | | | did people forget | | | | about the Greeks and | | | | Romans? (most | | | | important points in | | | | bold)** | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 1. | Philosophy first | | | | developed in Ancient | | | | Greece and was | | | | developed by Socrates | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 2. | Stoicism was the most | | | | prominent of several | | | | 'schools' of | | | | philosophy | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 3. | **Stoics believed we | | | | should accept life as | | | | it is** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 4. | **Greek philosophy | | | | encouraged people to | | | | be curious about the | | | | world around them** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 5. | Greek philosophy led | | | | to many cultural and | | | | scientific | | | | developments | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 6. | **The Church grew in | | | | power greatly after | | | | the fall of Rome and | | | | meant that there was | | | | less curiosity about | | | | the world** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 7. | **At the same time as | | | | the power of the | | | | Church led to less | | | | curiosity, in the | | | | Arab world there were | | | | lots of scientific | | | | and mathematical | | | | developments** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 8. | The House of Wisdom | | | | in Baghdad was a very | | | | important site in the | | | | development of | | | | thinking in the Arab | | | | world | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Section 3 -- Why | | | | did the Renaissance | | | | develop in Italy? | | | | (most important | | | | points in bold)** | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 1. | **The Renaissance was | | | | the rebirth of Greek | | | | and Roman ideas and | | | | their spirit of | | | | enquiry** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 2. | Leonardo da Vinci is | | | | an excellent example | | | | of a Renaissance | | | | person -- inventing, | | | | learning, and | | | | creating great art | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 3. | Humanists such as | | | | Poggio Bracciolini | | | | searched for | | | | forgotten texts by | | | | Greek and Roman | | | | authors | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 4. | **The Renaissance | | | | began in Italy for | | | | four reasons: there | | | | was lots of money, | | | | humanists and the | | | | fall of | | | | Constantinople | | | | brought these ideas | | | | to Italy, the | | | | printing press meant | | | | ideas could spread | | | | more quickly, Italy | | | | was involved in lots | | | | of trade which | | | | encouraged people to | | | | share ideas** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 5. | **Humanists believed | | | | in the potential of | | | | human beings to do | | | | great things** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 6. | The printing press | | | | helped to speed up | | | | the sharing of the | | | | ideas found in Greek | | | | and Roman texts | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 7. | More Greek and Roman | | | | ideas came into Italy | | | | in books brought by | | | | scholars leaving | | | | Constantinople | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 8. | Florence had a | | | | flourishing banking | | | | industry that helped | | | | to fund the spread of | | | | Renaissance ideas | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 9. | Italy's cities were | | | | connected by lots of | | | | trade which helped | | | | ideas to spread more | | | | easily | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | **Section 4 -- How | | | | did the Renaissance | | | | affect the world? | | | | (most important | | | | points in bold)** | | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 1. | Western explorers | | | | like Vasco da Gama | | | | and Christopher | | | | Columbus were | | | | inspired by | | | | Renaissance thinking | | | | to look for new | | | | routes to the Far | | | | East | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 2. | **The Renaissance led | | | | to people wanting to | | | | explore the world** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 3. | The Renaissance led | | | | to an explosion of | | | | stunning artwork such | | | | as by Michelangelo | | | | and Leonardo da Vinci | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 4. | **Michelangelo | | | | painted the ceiling | | | | of the Sistine | | | | Chapel** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 5. | **The Renaissance | | | | encouraged people to | | | | challenge the | | | | authority of the | | | | Church** | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 6. | The Renaissance led | | | | to some people such | | | | as Copernicus | | | | challenging the idea | | | | that the Earth was at | | | | the centre of the | | | | universe | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 7. | Humanists wanted | | | | Bibles to be printed | | | | in the vernacular so | | | | people could read | | | | Jesus' teachings for | | | | themselves | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+ | 8. | The Renaissance led | | | | to many people | | | | changing the way they | | | | thought about | | | | religion and God | | +-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+