Vocabulary
Italy
Artists and Turtles
France, Germany, Flanders, Spain
England
100
What does Renaissance mean?
Re-birth
100
What was the area called that was under the control of the Pope?
Papal States
100
Painted the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and came up with loads of inventions.
Leonardo
100
Cervantes developed a story about a crazy knight in what is probably the most well known piece of Spanish literature.
Don Quixote
100
Most well known playwright ever.
Shakespeare
200
The center of an Italien city square was called this.
Piazza
200
What was the city that is known as where the Renaissance got started?
Florence
200
Sculptor and painter most well known for the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, La Pieta, and David.
Michelangelo
200
In the work In Praise of Folly, Erasmus criticized what?
Corrupt practices of the Church
200
The families of Lancaster and York fought for who would control the country in this war.
War of the Roses
300
What is the name of a scholar during the time who believed in the importance of people and focused less on religion?
Humanist
300
THis family got overthrown by the monk Savonarola before they came back to be in charge of Florence.
Medici
300
This artist died at the age of 37 and was both a painter and architect.
Raphael
300
What was the name of the castles that were designed by Italian architects?
Chateaux
300
Who was Henry VIII's popular daughter?
Elizabeth I
400
The writings of the Greeks and Romans were known as this.
Classical writings
400
What area of Italy was a late comer to the Renaissance because it looked more east to Constantinople but was important in the later stages
Venice
400
This artist is probably most well known for his bronze depiction of David.
Donatello
400
Gutenburg created the first effectively used one of these. It truly revolutionized the world.
Printing Press
400
What was the name of the family from which Henry VIII was from?
Tudors
500
The leader of Venice was called what?
Doge
500
What was the name of the corrupt and wealthy family that took control of the Papacy?
Borgias
500
Who the most pesky enemy of TMNT?
Shredder
500
The Van Eyck brothers used this type of paint made the color much deeper.
Oil
500
Finish the quote from Hamlet 2B
Or not 2B, that is the question
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