Vocabulary
Important people
This and That
Renaissance
Past Units
100
A wealthy person who supports an artist.
What is a patron?
100
Painted the Sistine chapel and sculpted the Pieta.
Who is Michelangelo?
100
Someone who works under a skilled craftsman to learn his trade.
What is an apprentice?
100
These two ancient civilizations inspired the Renaissance.
What are Greece and Rome?
100
This person discovered Brazil.
Who is Pedro Cabral?
200
one who is highly skilled in various areas and has many interests in the arts and sciences.
What is a renaissance man?
200
Painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
200
Leader of the Catholic church who lives in Rome.
Who is the Pope?
200
These scholars read old manuscripts to learn how the people of the classical civilizations lived.
What are humanists?
200
On this day Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas.
What is October 12, 1492?
300
A painting made on fresh, moist plaster with color pigments.
What is a fresco?
300
An English author who wrote many plays and poems, known as one of the greatest writers of all time.
Who is Shakespeare?
300
The Italian word for "Dome."
What is Duomo?
300
One reason the Renaissance started in Italy was because of this new invention which made it easier to spread knowledge.
What is the printing press?
300
This explorer discovered Florida while looking for the fountain of youth.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
400
An artist technique used to allow artists to show objects as they appear at various distances, both near and far away.
What is perspective?
400
An important family in the city of Florence who acted as patrons of the arts.
Who is the Medici family?
400
The location of Da Vinci's fresco, the Last Supper.
What is the kitchen or dining room of a monastery?
400
This is the reason Michelangelo completed the Sistine Chapel although he thought himself a sculptor, not a painter.
His Patron was the Pope.
400
This ceremony was done as part of the Aztec religion as a means to please the sun god.
What is human sacrifice?
500
A church built in the shape of a cross.
What is a basilica?
500
Said it is better to be feared than loved. Said it is ok to use trickery, cruelty, or be dishonest to gain power.
Who is Machiavelli?
500
The three items that made Florence a wealthy city.
What is banking, trade, and wool?
500
A sculpture located in Rome depicting Mary hold the crucified Christ.
What is the Pieta?
500
This vision was given to the Aztecs as a sign of where to put their capitol city.
What is an eagle on a cactus with a snake?
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