The Renaissance
What invention spurred the start of the Renaissance?
The Gutenberg Printing Press
This famous painter is considered a genius. He invented a flying machine. He also painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
Leonardo da Vinci
This famous explorer was beloved by Kublai Khan and given government positions in his empire.
Marco Polo
What is the famous colorful nickname for the Bubonic Plague?
The Black Death
Who is the all-time leading scorer in NBA history?
LeBron James
What religion formed during the Renaissance?
Protestantism
This English playwright wrote Hamlet, Othello, and Romeo & Juliet?
William Shakespeare
This explorer was the first to discover Columbus had actually found a new continent. Two continents are named in his honor.
Amerigo Vespucci
The Magna Carta
Who holds the record for the fastest 100-meter run in history?
Usain Bolt
Artists like Leonardo da Vinci were famous for infusing scientific principles like this into their art?
Anatomy
This famous poet wrote the Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
This was the first explorer to get to India through the Indian Ocean.
Vasca de Gama
What is the leader in the Mongol Empire called?
Khan
With 28, who holds the most Olympic medals in history?
Michael Phelps
In what country did the Renaissance start?
Italy
Although he died at only 37 years old, he is considered one of the trinity in art and many of his paintings are in the Vatican Palace.
Raphael
The first European explorer to ever enter West Virginia was this guy we have never talked about.
John Lederer
During the Age of Exploration, what country were explorers trying to find a route to?
India
Jay Berwanger was the first man to ever win what?
The Heisman
What famous family kicked off the Renaissance by pouring money into Italy?
Medici
This famous mathematician and astronomer was the first to place the Sun at the center of the universe.
Nicolaus Copernicus
This explorer was the first in history to visit four continents.
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
What is the only disease in history to kill more people than the Bubonic Plague/Black Death?
Smallpox
Who was the first ever Heisman winner from Ohio State?
Les Horvath - 1944