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Shakespeare
100
This person created the Mona Lisa and is one of the most revered people of the Renaissance.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
100
This religion was based on Jesus' resurrection and is one of the primary religions in today's society.
What is Christianity?
100
This person was a monk that presented the 95 theses to his bishop and began to openly attack Church beliefs. He is known for establishing the church known as Lutheranism.
Who is Martin Luther?
100
This famous painting was made by Leonardo da Vinci and features a woman with a mysterious smile that has puzzled historians even today.
What is Mona Lisa?
100
This famous playwright made countless plays that are still popular and featured today.
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
This famous sculptor made the statue David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with scenes of the Bible.
Who is Michelangelo?
200
This type of organization was established to fight heresy in the Catholic Church.
What is an inquisition?
200
This group of people was based on the church of Martin Luther.
Who are the Protestants?
200
This type of painting emphasized using fresh wet plaster with watercolor paint.
What is fresco?
200
This play made by Shakespeare is about a group of outnumbered Englishmen facing a French force. The Englishmen's leader promulgates an uplifting speech and the Englishmen surprisingly win.
What is Henry V?
300
This merchant traveled from Venice to China and wrote a book about his journey that amazed many Europeans and helped start trade between the two civilizations.
Who is Marco Polo?
300
This is the name of the action that occurs when the pope declares that a person doesn't belong to the Catholic Church and is no longer a member.
What is excommunicated?
300
This person devoted himself to studying Martin Luther's works and preached in Geneva, Switzerland and convinced many people to accept Martin Luther's church.
Who is John Calvin?
300
This painting featured Jesus and his 12 disciples sharing a meal. Leonardo da Vinci emphasizes the emotions of the disciples in the painting through careful strokes and motions.
What is The Last Supper?
300
This location was where Shakespeare's troupe and plays were performed. This place could host about 3000 people either standing or sitting.
What is The Globe theater?
400
This man governed Florence from 1469 to 1492. He used his wealth to support artists, architects, and writers. As a result, Florence increased in prosperity and fame, and he became known as "the Magnificent".
Who is Lorenzo de' Medici?
400
This is known as a special school for training and educating priests.
What is a seminary?
400
This granted a pardon to sins and was used by Pope Leo X to help fund the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and was the main complaint of Martin Luther.
What are indulgences?
400
This woodcut was made by Albrecht Dürer from Germany and features four fierce riders who announce the end of the world.
What is the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
400
This play is about a prince from Denmark that acts insane after his father appears as a ghost and tells him of his uncle's treachery. Later, the prince's love suicides by drowning.
What is Hamlet?
500
This family was the most powerful in Italy and ruled the Italian city-state Mantua during the 1400s.
Who are the Gonazaga family?
500
This meeting was one of the most important in the Catholic Church. It concentrated on restoring faith and order to the Church. It also banned the sales of indulgences.
What is the Council of Trent?
500
This is one of the best known Christian humanists and believed that people should use their reason to become better Christians. In 1509, this person wrote a famous book known as the Praise of Folly that used humor to criticize Church corruption.
What is Desiderius Erasmus?
500
This painting is made by the Flemish painter Jan van Eyck that features a newly wed couple standing together in a formal room. Van Eyck shows every fold of the couples richly colored clothes, along with every minute detail of the ceiling lamp above the couples.
What is The Arnolfini Portrait?
500
This play made by Shakespeare is set in Scotland and is about a brave Scottish general who receives a prophecy from a trio of witches claiming that he will become king. The general later kills the king of Scotland and takes the throne for himself. At the end, the general is killed by Macduff and beheaded.
What is Macbeth?
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