Renaissance Art
What Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
What is poetry, history, art, and language known as?
The Humanities
What is the name of the religious order created to serve the pope and the church?
Jesuits
What was the reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church called?
Reformation
What Italian lived in China for twenty years and met the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan?
Marco Polo
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican?
Michelangelo
Who wrote "The Prince" offering advice for rulers on how to stay in power?
Machiavelli
What English King Broke away from the Catholic Church because the pope refused to grant him a divorce from his wife?
King Henry the 8th
What is a way of thinking that stresses the importance of human abilities and actions?
Humanism
What banking family in Florence was the richest family by the early 1400s?
Medici Family
What Renaissance artist painted people more realistically and was famous for his prints?
Albrecht Durer
What Italian writer wrote in Italian rather than Latin, showing that the Italian language was as good as Latin?
Dante Alighieri
What are people called who dedicate their lives to the church and travel to foreign countries to spread their faith?
Missionaries
What word means "rebirth" and refers to the period that followed Europe's Middle Ages?
Renaissance
Who thought that rulers sometimes had to be ruthless to keep order?
Machiavelli
Who wrote Don Quixote?
Miguel de Cervantes
Who warned against ignoring history?
Petrarch
What were people called who followed the teachings of Martin Luther?
Lutherans
What was the name of the caravan route that started in China and ended at the Mediterranean Sea?
The Silk Road
Who invented the printing press?
Gutenberg
Many people consider this man to be the greatest playwright of all time. His plays are still very popular around the world.
William Shakespeare
What was the list of complaints called that Martin Luther nailed to the door of the Church in Wittenberg called?
Ninety-Five Theses
Who nailed a list of complaints on the door of a church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517?
Martin Luther
What is a document given by the pope that excuses a person from penalties for the sins that he or she committed?
Indulgence
Who wanted to get rid of church rituals and emphasize devotion to God and the teachings of Jesus?
Erasmus