Who am I?
I am famous for being very good at many things in many different subject areas like art, engineering, science, and literature. Some would call me the true Renaissance Man.
What is Leonardo da Vinci
This animal transferred the Black Death from human to human
What is a rat?
I study the value of the human being on the rest of the world. I believe that people are rational beings. I believe that humans are beautiful and as humans we have many gifts and talents to use.
I was a major city during the Renaissance. I am home to the David statue, the the Santa Maria di Fiores Church and of the Medici Family
What is Florence?
The meaning of the word "Renaissance"
What is rebirth?
My family was from Florence and we were very powerful and famous during the Renaissance.
Who is the Medici family?
Many people did this after the Black Death.
What is moved to cities.
Humanists believe people should have open minds and be curious in all things. They valued __________ over all things.
What is education?
This made Italy influential during the Renaissance due it being a peninsula and being so close to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the geography?
The Europeans of the Renaissance looked to this period of time as inspiration.
What is Classical Greece and Rome
I am not a leader, but I have a lot of money and a lot of land?
What is a noble?
This was the most important thing to Europeans during the Middle Ages.
What is Religion?
These two things were the focus of Renaissance art.
What is the beauty of the human body and the natural world?
This led to wars between the Italian-city states.
What is access to the Silk Road trade routes
During trade routes along the Silk Road, Europeans learned about medicine, math and astronomy from this culture?
What is the Muslims?
I spend my own money on art, sculpture, and buildings
Who is a patron?
This group of people suffered under feudalism.
What are the peasants and the serfs?
The word for using rational reasoning in politics.
This was a very valuable spice from traded along the Silk Road.
What is salt?
This is the worldview that humanism best fits under.
Choices: Time, Society, Economy, Value, Beliefs, Knowledge or Geography
What is Value?
I studied the night sky with my telescope. The Church charged me with heresy because I proved the Earth rotates around the sun.
Who is Galileo?
The reason that the Peasants' Revolted after the Black Death.
What is the taxes were too much money?
Daily Double
Martin Luther started this due to his posting of the 95 Theses and complaining about the Church's practice of Indulgences.
What is the Reformation?
This is how bankers became very rich in the Renaissance.
What is charging usury (charging interest)?
Daily Double!!
These are the 3 reasons why Kings and Queens promoted exploration during the Renaissance.
What is God, Glory and Gold?