Name _______________________________

Renaissance Fill in the Blank

WORLD INFLUENCES:

1. _____________________ is French for “rebirth” and describes the reawakened

interest in science, art, and literature that swept across Europe.

2. Martin Luther, a German monk, protested certain practices in the Catholic Church

leading to a religious movement called the ______________________.

3. This movement eventually led to a new religion called ______________________.

4. After _________________ collapsed in Europe, a new economy arose and money

became a source of power.

ENGLAND’S RULERS:

5. The Tudor family reigned at the inception of the Renaissance beginning with

_____________ who was crowned in 1485.

6. In 1509, the throne passed to his son, _________________ who would eventually

break with the Catholic Church to establish the ______________________________.

7. Henry’s children Edward VI and Mary I ruled briefly after his death before his second

daughter, ________________ came to the throne in __________.

8. When Elizabeth died in 1603, the throne passed to her cousin, a member of the

________________ family.

9. After the death of Charles I, ___________ _____________ became a commonwealth

ruler and created a temporarily stable government, ensuring Puritan tolerance.

10. In 1660, the monarchy was restored after Parliament was reconvened when the Stuart

family reclaimed the throne at the request of Parliament through ___________________

________________, the son of Charles I.

LIFE OF THE TIME:

11. In 1609, ____________ built a telescope that helped him discover four satellites of

Jupiter, observe the Milky Way was made up of stars, and to see the surface of the moon.

12. He was later accused of being a ____________ when he suggested the Earth

revolved around the sun.

13. During this period, _________ _____________ meant bright colors, luxurious

fabrics, and complex styles.

14. ________________ influenced every corner of England as entertainment for the

people.

15. In 1599, a person could gain admittance to the theater for ________________.

16. In 1616, physician ________________ ________________ discovered that the heart

pumped blood around the body through ____________ and ______________ after the

study of live animals and the dissection of dead animals.

LITERATURE OF THE TIME:

17. After Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church, the ______________________

_______________________________, which was written in English (as opposed to

Latin), allowed people to read the prayers themselves.

18. Timely correspondence was important and people often wrote letters in the morning

to be sent among the eight postal lines established in England by __________.

19. A popular form of literature containing anything from songs and fairy tales to poems

and ghost stories ranging from 16-32 pages long were called _____________________.

20. Two major groups of poets in the Renaissance were ________________ and

_____________________.

21. The Renaissance period is probably best known for its _______________ penned by

writers such as Marlowe and Shakespeare.

22. Eventually, the Puritan parliament would close theaters in 1642 for ______________

______________ subject matter.

LANGUAGE OF THE TIME:

23. English pronunciation went through a major change during this time that came to be

known as the __________ ___________ ______________.

24. Our modern system of ____________________ began to emerge around this time as

well introducing the use of semicolons, question marks, and hyphens.

25. By the middle of the century, the modern English ______________ _____________

was essentially in place.

EXTRA CREDIT: (1 point each)

1. List the three major sonnet forms: ___________________, __________________.

and _____________________.

2. Traditional sonnets are written in iambic pentameter which means each line has

______ metric units and each unit consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a

stressed syllable called a ___________.