People & Ideas
Renaissance
The Italian sculptor/painter who created the statue of David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Michelangelo
The inventor whose press made books faster and cheaper to produce.
Gutenberg's Printing Press
The country where the Renaissance began.
Italy
What everyday language did Dante choose to write in instead of Latin?
The vernacular (the everyday language)
The traveler who returned from China with stories that inspired Europeans to explore more.
Marco Polo
The artist and inventor known as a "Renaissance Man" who painted the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
The Polish astronomer who proposed that the sun is at the center of the solar system.
The Italian city built on 118 islands and famous for canals and gondolas.
Venice
People during the Renaissance sometimes played a game similar to football using this unusual "ball" material.
A pig's bladder stuffed with peas (later inflated)
This movement valued individuals, study of the human body, and discussion based on ancient Greek and Roman ideas.
Humanism
Who was known as the "Father of Humanism"?
Petrarch
Name one scientific observation or achievement credited to Galileo.
He built one of the first telescopes, saw the phases of the moon and stated that the Milky Way is made up of individual stars.
Name two Italian cities mentioned as centers where the Renaissance flourished (any two)
Florence, Venice, Milan, Rome, Genoa
True (the passage states everyone over age 12 had to wear a hat)
Name one way the Crusades helped spark the Renaissance.
Crusaders returned with stories of the people they met and their customs, clothing, foods and inventions.
This English playwright wrote "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet".
William Shakespeare
Describe in 1-2 sentences how Gutenberg's moveable type helped spread Renaissance ideas.
It allowed books to be printed faster and cheaper. You could print more books/pamphlets quicker and distribute them easier.
Why did Italian city-states and wealthy merchants help the Renaissance grow?
City competition for beauty/art, wealthy merchants (patrons) funded artists; trade brought money and ideas
What practice did Medieval doctors use that involved opening a vein to balance body fluids?
Bloodletting
Explain in 1-2 sentences why humanists sometimes clashed with the Church.
Humanists believed that art and literature could be done for enjoyment and not just for religious purposes. They were also interested in astronomy, biology, math, botany and the human body.
Identify two different ways Renaissance artists or writers changed from medieval practices.
They adopted realism and humanism.
Explain how Leonardo da Vinci used observation and dissection to contribute to both art and science.
By cutting up (dissecting) over 30 human bodies in hospital basements, he mapped muscles, bones, and organs to make his paintings look incredibly realistic and anatomically accurate
Describe one geographic or environmental problem Venice faces and one historical reason for its early wealth (2-3 sentences)
Environmental problem: flooding/erosion of foundations due to being barely above sea level; Historical reason for wealth: maritime trade and many merchant ships.
Venetians call their city the "Queen of the ____________"
Adriatic