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This 19-card flashcard set covers the Renaissance for sixth graders, including major figures such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Galileo, plus key developments like the printing press, the telescope, and Enlightenment ideas about government. Use it for history vocabulary review, test prep, or to supplement a unit on the Renaissance and its influence on modern society.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
History
Grade Level:
6th Grade
Updated April 2025

Terms in This Set

  • Created famous sculptures and painted the Sistine Chapel
  • Proved that the Earth went around the Sun
  • Painted the Mona Lisa
  • Through his invention, he was able to spread knowledge through books, writings, literature
  • Believed in human rights - to life, liberty, property, and religion
  • His writings were powerful, and had a penname; he supported Freedom of Speech and Religion
  • Created the 3-branches of government idea
  • Discovered the two important laws of physics
  • Gravity and Motion
  • Use this invention to study the stars
  • Use this invention to create books and writings
  • Believed in reforming leadership so that people elect their leaders and have three branches of government and not ONE KING
  • Influenced our Declaration of Independence and the leadership of our country, everyone has right to a quality of life (life and liberty)
  • You owe the educational system we have now to this era
  • This period of time gave us art, science and the start of progress
  • This time period gave us great thinkers who questioned king's laws and the power of the church
  • Began in the 1400's
  • Lasted 200 years, until 1800s
  • BONUS: To better understand our world was the goal

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