Vocab
Art
Geography
Food
History
100
A word for house or a dwelling space
What is casa?
100
What is The Birth of Venus?
100
The sea in which Italy is located
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
A type of pasta resembling a hermit crab's home
What are shells?
100
The period in history that birthed many great artworks, philosophy, and prosperity for Italy
What is the Renaissance?
200
The color of the sun, bananas, and lemons
What is giallo?
200
What is The Last Supper?
200
A city in Italy made up entirely of islands, connected only by foot traffic bridges
What is Venice?
200
A type of oil characteristic for Italy
What is olive oil?
200
A volcano that destroyed Pompeii and much of the surrounding area in 79 CE
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
300
My father's sister
Who is mia zia?
300
A painting that shares its name with the word for spring
What is Primavera?
300
An island part of Italy where the cannoli is said to have begun
What is Sicily?
300
A dish made of rice (riso), often featuring mushrooms and onions
What is risotto?
300
An emperor of Rome assassinated on the Ides of March
Who is Julius Caesar?
400
A word for the first course in a typical Italian meal
What is antipasto?
400
The focal points of this painting which detailed a typical forum in which people gather around to learn from these two great philosophers
Who are Plato and Aristotle?
400
The mountain range spanning Italy
What is the Alpennine Range?
400
A pasta dish made from rolled potatoes
What is Gnocchi?
400
The Frenchman responsible for conquesting much of Northern Italy during the Napoleonic Wars
Who is Napoleon?
500
A word for someone who doesn't ever stop talking/ a chatterbox
What is chiacchierone?
500
The person responsible for creating this painting, depicting Adam and God
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
500
The 4 countries bordering the Northern border of Italy (I'll give you half points if you can get 2!)
What are France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia?
500
A type of cake with fruit inside, typically eaten at holidays, specifically at Christmas time
What is Panettone?
500
Italy retained this form of government some would consider primitive until after the second world war
What is a monarchy?