| A | B |
| Heliocentric | Sun centered model of the universe |
| Catholic Church | The leading and dominant of all Christian faiths in early Renaissance Europe |
| Printing Press | The invention that helped spread ideas and technology during the Renaissance and beyond. |
| Perspective | pertaining to the art of perspective, or represented according to its laws. |
| Scientific Method | the use of mathematical calculations to convert observations into fact |
| Patron of the Arts | someone who enjoys art |
| Monarchy | government where a king or queen exercise central power |
| Italian Renassaince | the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. |
| Da Vinci | Most famous artist of the Renassaince era |
| Black Death | The plague that ravaged Europe |
| Utopia | an ideal place or state |
| Northern Renassaince | The age of change that began 100 years after the Italian Rennassaince in France, Belgium, and the Netherlans |
| Humanism | Intellectual Movement at the heart of the Italian renassaince that focused on worldly subjects rather than on religious issues |