PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
TINY NATION-STATE THAT HOUSES ST. PETER'S BASILICA AND THE POPE, THIS CITY IS THE HEART OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
WHAT IS THE VATICAN?
IN 1949 ITALY WAS 1 of 12 FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THIS ONGOING MILITARY ALLIANCE
WHAT IS NATO? (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
FLORENTINE POLYMATH WHO STUDIED ANATOMY, ASTRONOMY, BOTANY, CARTOGRAPHY, PAINTING, AND PALEONTOLOGY. HE ALSO PAINTED THE MONA LISA
WHO IS LEONARDO DA VINCI?
THIS ITALIAN-AMERICAN CHEF IS FAMOUS FOR HIS CANNED RAVIOLI
WHO IS CHEF BOYARDEE?
THIS REPUBLICAN CITY-STATE IS FAMOUS FOR MEDIEVAL COMMERCE AND IT'S LOCATION ATOP A LAGOON
WHAT IS VENICE?
THIS RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHIC TRADITION PLACES EMPHASIS ON THE INHERENT DIGNITY HUMANITY AND SHIFTS FOCUS AWAY FROM RELIGION
WHAT IS HUMANISM?
THE 20th-CENTURY FASCIST DICTATOR OF ITALY, THIS MAN WAS HITLER'S STRONGEST ALLY
WHO IS BENITO MUSSOLINI?
THIS WEALTHY ITALIAN FAMILY CREATED A DYNASTY WHICH PRODUCED 4 POPES, 2 QUEENS, AND PROVIDED PATRONAGE TO MANY OF THE GENIUSES OF THE RENAISSANCE
WHO ARE THE MEDICI?
THE AUTHOR OF THE PRINCE, HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FIRST POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
WHO IS NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI?
THE MOUNTAIN RANGE THAT SEPARATES NORTHERN ITALY FROM FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA, AND SLOVENIA
WHAT ARE THE ALPS
THIS PHILOSOPHIC TRADITION WAS BROUGHT BY GREEK REFUGEES FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO ITALY AND RENEWED EUROPEAN INTEREST IN THE WRITINGS OF PLATO AND PLOTINUS
WHAT IS NEOPLATONISM?
THE ITALIAN STATES OF VENICE, SICILY, AND GENOA WOULD SEND MILITARY AID TO THIS CITY WHICH FELL TO THE OTTOMANS IN 1453
WHAT IS CONSTANTINOPLE (ISTANBUL)?
THIS NARRATIVE POEM COMPOSED OF 3 PARTS, INFERNO, PURGATORIO, PARADISO, WAS WRITTEN IN 1321 BY DANTE ALIGHIERI
WHAT IS THE DIVINE COMEDY?
THIS 16th-CENTURY EXPLORER AND NAVIGATOR'S NAME WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE NEW WORLD
WHO IS AMERIGO VESPUCCI?
THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE SOUTHERN-MOST REGION OF ITALY
WHAT IS SICILY?
FROM 1309-1379 THIS FRENCH CITY HOUSED A SECOND PAPACY WHILST THE ORIGINAL POPE REMAINED IN ROME
WHAT IS AVIGNON?
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL DENOTED ITALY "THE SOFT ________ OF EUROPE" DURING WWII
WHAT IS UNDERBELLY?
THIS PASTEL MASTERPIECE DEPICTS THE GREEK GODDESS VENUS EMERGING FROM THE OCEAN, PAINTED BY SANDRO BOTTICELLI
WHAT IS THE BIRTH OF VENUS?
THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN BOSS OF NEW ORLEANS MAFIA FROM 1947-1983. HE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION OF JFK
WHO IS CARLOS MARCELLO?
THE LONGEST RIVER IN ITALY
WHAT IS THE PO RIVER?
THIS PAPAL DOCTRINE STATES THAT THE BISHOP OF ROME HAS PRIMACY OVER ALL OTHER CATHOLIC BISHOPS
WHAT IS THE PETRINE SUPREMACY?
ITALY LOST A COLONIAL WAR AGAINST THIS AFRICAN POWER IN 1889, BUT WOULD SUCCESSFULLY INVADE IN 1936
WHAT IS ETHIOPIA?
THE LARGEST BUILDING IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE, DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI WAS COMPLETED IN 1436
WHAT IS BRUNELLSCHI'S DOME or CATHEDRAL OF FLORENCE? (aka Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
Duomo di Firenze)
WHO IS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI?
THIS SMALLER SEA WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN BATHES ITALY'S WESTERN COAST AND IS FRAMED BY THE ISLANDS OF SICILY, CORSICA, AND SARDINIA
WHAT IS THE TYRRHENIAN SEA?