Gen-ography
The Main Event
Famous Genoans
Genoan I & K
Genoan Economy
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Where is Genoa located?
What is Northwestern Italy?
100
What event allowed Genoa to become rich and powerful due to their transportation industry?
What is The Crusades?
100
This famous Genoan's "day" was celebrated in the USA on October 11.
Who is Columbus?
100
Much like Ancient Rome, Genoa was founded on what type of government?
What is a republic?
100
Genoans were among the first Western nations to trade successfully with this culture.
Who were the Arab Muslims?
200
What landform protected Italy from Northern invaders?
What are mountains?
200
Genoa lay at the Western end of this trade route.
What is the Silk Road?
200
Genoan power, in decline after 1463, revived when this man became dictator in 1528.
Who is Andrea Doria?
200
Lucrative Genoan trading posts were established throughout this sea, contributing greatly to genoan wealth.
What is the Aegean Sea?
200
The Bank of St. George provided low interest loans to finance these two industries.
What are trade and the navy?
300
What is the most important Italian seaport?
What is Genoa?
300
Genoa was founded by this two-headed Roman god.
Who is Giano?
300
Genoa, named after a Roman god, is the English name for the Italian city of...
What is Genova?
300
Genoans, like most of Europe, were followers of this faith.
What is Roman Catholicism?
300
What visible Renaissance concepts were heavily funded by wealthy clans and families in Genoa?
What is art and architecture?
400
Genoan geography allowed this activity to flourish during the Middle Ages.
What is trading?
400
The loss of this city to the Turks ended Genoa's status as a world power.
What is Constantinople?
400
This Genoan family has ruled the nation of Monaco for over 700 years.
What is the Grimaldi family?
400
Genoa is considered one of the three cities responsible for this "re-birth"
What is the Renaissance?
400
The Genoan economy was protected by a strong navy and this structure, parlez Quebec City?
What is a wall?
500
What sea is Genoa located on?
What is the Tyrrhenean Sea?
500
Genoan sailors brought this method of population control to Europe in 1347.
What is the Black Plague?
500
The ship named for this famous Genoan sank in 1956 after a collision at sea.
Who is Andrea Doria?
500
This famous piece of clothing is named after Genoa
What is jeans?
500
Due to economic success, Genoa became one of the most populated cities in the world by 1400. What was the population?
What is 100000 people?
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