Unit 8: Renaissance Europe

Need to Know:


How geography affected the spread of Renaissance ideas.
Why the city of Florence and the Medici Family were important to the Renaissance
What Humanism is and how Thomas Aquinas influenced it
What the Patronage System was
Why Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Shakespeare are important
What the Protestant Reformation was
How the Catholic Church responded to the Protestant Reformation
Who the Tudors were and how they influenced England
What the 3 main scientific advances of the Renaissance were