Social Science The Renaissance

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• Renaissance


  A time in history during which new ideas were developed
• Many new ideas were developed during the Renaissance
• Turning point


  Describes a certain point in time that important changes start
• Curious


  Eager to investigate and learn more
• The science of the planets that revolve around the sun

  Solar System
• The solar system is the sun and all the planets that revolve around it
• Gunpowder


  An explosive powder used to fire a gun or cannon
• Gunpowder is used in fire or firearms, also the country's main language is Dutch
• Dutch


  People from the Netherlands
• Holland


  A region in the Netherlands, often used to refer to the Netherlands as a whole
• Voyages

  Long journeys
• Caravel

  A large ship with sails
• The European Renaissance


  A time of great change and creativity, with new ideas emerging in many different fields including the arts, science, philosophy and global exploration and trade
• Important artists from the Renaissance period


  • Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Michelangelo
  • Raphael
• Impact of the Renaissance on science


  • Saw the birth of the modern scientific method
  • Individuals such as Galileo Galilei and Nicholas Copernicus made significant contributions to our understanding of the natural world
• Contributions of Niccolo Machiavelli, Francis Bacon, and William Shakespeare


  They explored the nature of humanity and the individual's role in society
• Invention that greatly impacted global exploration and trade during the Renaissance

  The invention of the mariner's compass
• Vasco da Gama


  A Portuguese explorer who was the first person to sail from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope
• Leonardo da Vinci


  • Known for his innovative techniques
  • Attention to detail
  • Incredible
• Leonardo da Vinci


  • Student of anatomy
  • Skilled inventor
  • Engineer
• Leonardo da Vinci wrote extensively about the human body including the bones, muscles and organs
• Leonardo da Vinci


  • Breadth of knowledge and skills
  • Incredible imagination
  • Unique figure in history
• Works by Leonardo da Vinci


  • Mona Lisa (at the Louvre Museum in Paris)
• The Louvre Museum houses the famous painting Mona Lisa
• Galileo Galilei


  Regarded as the father of modern observational astronomy and father of modern science
• Galileo's major contributions to the scientific revolution


  • Astronomy
  • Mathematics
• What Galileo discovered with his telescope


  1. Discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter

  2. Discovered the phases of Venus
• Galileo's contribution to mathematics


  Geometry, kinematics, and the study of infinite series
• The name of Galileo's work in which he described the centre of gravity

  The Little Balance
• The name of the work that covered the Copernican and Ptolemaic systems in an easy-to-understand way


  Galileo's contributions changed our ways of understanding the natural world
• Mapungubwe


  The Hill of the Jackal
• Mapungubwe was occupied as the capital of a large kingdom for about 80 years
• Tomorrow's high
• To break record
• SCHOOL CLOSE
• History Assesment
• In Grade 5 you learnt that a chief was the ruler of an African farming society. Mapungubwe was the first state in southern Africa. We can therefore call the chief a king.
• The king of Mapungubwe lived at the top of Mapungubwe Hill. He lived there with members of his family and a few other important people. Most of the people who lived in the town of Mapungubwe settled at the bottom of the hill.
• This was the first time in the history of southern Africa that the leaders lived apart from the ordinary people. The king showed his power by living on top of the hill.