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| renaissance | Period starting in the 1400's which stressed experimentation and a focus on the individual. |
| Florence | the city in Italy where the Renaissancea art movement started. |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Multi-talented artist and inventor of the Renaissance. His works include the paintings Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. |
| Machiavelli | Renaissance writer who wrote a book called The Prince about leadership. He said sometimes you had to be cruel and kill people to keep power. |
| Humanism | a Renaissance idea that stresses individual people and their lives. |
| Dante | Italian Renaissance writer who wrote The Divine Comedy. He was the first to write in the Vernacular- his native language (Italian). |
| Scientific Revolution | When the ideas of the Renaissance (questioning, experimentation) come to the world of math and science. |
| Kepler | Scientist which said the planets go in elliptical orbits. |
| de Medici | Wealthy family of Florence who paid for many Renaissance works of art. |
| indulgences | One of the main complaints Martin Luther had against the Catholic Church |
| John Calvin | His Protestant religion believed in predestination |
| Counter Reformation | The Catholic Churches attempt to reform itself. |
| Gutenburg | His printing press helped spread Martin Luther's ideas. |
| Jesuits | Soldier-Priests that helped reform the Cathoilc Church. |
| James Cook | Explored the Pacific Ocean for England |
| Zheng He | Chinese explorer who had huge ships |
| astrolabe | navigational device which helped explorers cross the oceans |
| Columbian Exchange | The swapping of plants, animals, and diseases between the new world and the old. |
