Fun Facts
Vocabulary
Famous People
The Church
Anything Goes
100
A composer during the Renaissance had such a beautiful voice that he was kidnapped ____ times by various churches who wanted him to sing in their church.
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100
"Renaissance" means ______.
Rebirth
100
Johannes Gutenberg is famous for:
Inventing the Printing Press
100
______ music was music created specifically for the church.
Sacred
100
Water based paint on plaster is a technique called ______.
Fresco
200
What is the name of this instrument?
Hurdy Gurdy
200
This art technique is called ______.
Linear Perspective
200
Who created the first telescope used for Astronomy?
Galileo
200
Dissection of human bodies was prohibited by the Church during the Renaissance. Andreas Vesalius dissected bodies anyway. How did he do that?
How: He stole bodies of executed criminals.
200
What did they use as a "game ball" during the Renaissance?
Inflated animal bladders
300
Women were not allowed to play ______ during the Renaissance because it made their faces look weird.
Wind Instruments
300
Revolving around the Earth; Earth being the center of the universe.
Geocentric or Geocentric Theory
300
Who was known for creating insults and idioms?
William Shakespeare
300
During the Renaissance, there were over 60 churches in Florence. That means there was a church every ____ feet.
300
300
Name three instruments from the Renaissance
Lute, Gittern, Sackbut, Hurdy Gurdy
400
What was a favorite snack during the Renaissance?
Pork Rinds
400
Someone who agreed to live and work for another for a specific period in return for instruction in a trade or craft
Apprentice
400
Who is deemed the "Father of Modern Astronomy?"
Nicolas Copernicus
400
What is the name of this painting? (100 points)
Who is the artist who painted it? (200 points)
1. The Last Supper
2. Leonardo da Vinci
400
What was invented during the Renaissance that helped with navigation and exploration?
The Compass or Astrolabe
500
Who was left handed and wrote in all of his notebooks backwards/mirrored to protect his thoughts and ideas from getting stolen?
Leonardo da Vinci
500
Define Utopia
Ideally perfect state; especially in social, political and moral aspects.
500
William Shakespeare built a theatre. What was it called?
The Globe Theatre
500
When Copernicus published his book on the Heliocentric theory, why did it upset the church?
The Church believed everything revolved around God and the Heliocentric Theory went against that.
500
What is a Renaissance Man?
A man who is:
-polite and well mannered, educated, and skilled at many things.
-Examples: artist, engineer, scientist, musician, inventor, mathematician, writer, etc.