I wrote plays, many for Queen Elizabeth. Today, students in high school still learn about my plays and poems in their english class.
Who is Shakespeare?
100
This means "rebirth" in french
What is Renaissance?
100
Documents that condemned Luther's teachings and made him an outlaw.
What is the Edict of Worms?
200
Michelangelo painted the roof of this building.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
200
Followed in Luther's footsteps, organized reformation. He also believed in Predestination.
Who is John Calvin?
200
I didn't like the protestants, so I killed a lot of them after my brother tried giving the crown to his cousin instead of his own sister!
Who is Bloody Mary?
200
These battles in the middle ages against the Muslims led to Europe gaining new technologies and allowed them to move out of the middle ages into the Renaissance.
What are the Crusades?
200
A protest against the practices of the church that errupted in the Renaissance period.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
300
I painted David in Bronze.
Who is Donatello
300
Payments made to the church to repent sins.
What are indulgences?
300
I was upset that divided up Italy was getting picked on by neighboring countries so I wrote a book on how to get into power and how to keep it.
Who is Machiavelli?
300
Intellectual movement that led to the study of worldly subjects such as math, sciences, and arts.
What is Humanism?
300
Belief that God already knows if you're going to heaven or not before you're born.
What is Predestination?
400
Painting made on fresh, moist plaster
What is fresco?
400
Give me a divorce, I want a son!
Who is Henry VIII
400
Because of me, people could finally own their own bibles!
I created metal plates that could copy books!
Who is Gutenberg?
400
This group is yet another branch of religion that wanted to "purify" Christianity. They ended up being picked on in Europe and became our "pilgrims".
Who are the Puritans?
400
Allowed individual letters and characters to be arranged and reused,
What is Moveable type?
500
This is the term used in renaissance art as opposed to middle age art, included; shading, and images appear to be off in the distance by using perspective.
What is realism?
500
A religious court that tried those that were breaking away from the church.
What is the Inquisition?
500
I took the throne at nine years old and died when I was sixteen. I tried giving the crown to my cousin, Lady Jane Grey.
Who is Edward VI?
500
This is why Italy was able to aquire different cultures and technologies during the Renaissance? The location of Italy helped them do this.
What are trade routes?
500
I ticked off the Catholic Church, but I believed that the Sun was in fact the center of the universe! I am also considered the father of astronomy.