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An influential artist, poet, and sculptor who painted the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
Who was Michelangelo?
This invention by Gutenberg made books more accessible and cheaper for everyone.
What is a printing press?
This period of cultural "rebirth" began in 14th-century Italy and revived interest in classical art, literature, and learning.
What is the Renaissance?
This idea focused on the value and potential of people, not just religion.
What is humanism?
This powerful family ruled Florence for generations and helped fund the rise of the Renaissance.
Who is the Medici family?
This influential poet wrote Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream during the Renaissance.
Who was William Shakespeare?
These optical tools to read and write were heavily improved during the Renaissance to become what they are today.
What are eyeglasses?
In 1517, this event began when a German monk protested Church practices, leading to widespread religious reform.
What is the posting of the 97 Thebes?
Renaisance used this technique to make their art look 3D.
What is perspective?
This type of school subject, including grammar, history, and poetry, became more important during the Renaissance.
What is humanities?
This famous artist is most known for painting the Mona Lisa.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
Renaissance artists used this technique to create demension and realism in paintings for the first time.
What is linear perspective?
This big religious event started when a man named Martin Luther spoke out against problems in the Catholic Church.
What was the start of the Reformation?
This word means focusing on life and the world, not just religious things.
What is secularism?
This city was the heart of the Italian Renaissance and known for banking and politics.
What is Florence?
This inventor is credited for inventing the telescope during the Renaissance.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
A sketch of this by Leonardo da Vinci imagined a way to slow a fall using air resistance.
What is a parachute?
In 1492, Spain took back its last Muslim city, ending a long fight to unite the country.
What is the end of the Reconquista?
Renaissance scientists began using this method, based on experiments and careful study.
What is the scientific method?
Some scholars believe this disease, which devastated Europe before the Renaissance, actually helped cause it by forcing people to change their ways and advance into the future.
What is the bubonic plague?
Who was Martin Luther?
This 16th century invention by Sir John Harington helped to improve sanitation in homes.
What is a flush toilet?
A series of wars that started in 1494 involved France's invading Italy, spreading Renaissance ideas across Europe.
What are the Italian Wars?
This belief is that people should use logic and reason to learn about the world.
What is rationalism?
This book by Niccolò Machiavelli advised rulers that it’s better to be feared than loved.
What is The Prince?