Signifcant individuals
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
How many laws did Isaac Newton make?
3
Who painted the “Primavera”?
Sandro Botticelli
Who discovered cells?
Robert Hooke
What is a person that is skilled in multiple fields?
Polymath
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
What did Isaac Newton discover?
Gravity
Who painted the “The Birth of Venus”?
Sandro Botticelli
Who discovered that the heart pumps blood?
William Harvey
What is the dome of the Florence Cathedral?
Duomo
Who wrote The Prince?
Niccolò Machiavelli
What advances did the scientists make in the Renaissance?
Mathematics, astronomy and medicine
Who painted the “The Last Supper”?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Who discovered that other planets have moons?
Galileo Galilei
What was the name of the Renaissance in English?
Who formulated the heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What did Johannes Kepler discover?
Elliptical orbits
Who painted the “The Creation of Adam”?
Michelangelo
Who discovered that planets have elliptical orbits?
Johannes Kepler
What did the Renaissance scientists rely on?
Greek and Roman Writings
Who is “The Father of Humanism?
Francesco Petrarca
What did Galileo Galilei advanced in astronomy?
Telescope
Who painted the “The Sistine Madonna”?
Raphael
Who discovered that air is made of gases?
Robert Boyle
What were the first sciences?
Mathematics, astronomy and medicine