General Renaissance
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
What do we call a large body of salt water that covers most of Earth’s surface?
What is an ocean?
Who re-invented the first practical telescope and made discoveries about planets and moons?
Who is Galileo Galilei?
What invention by Johannes Gutenberg made books more widely available?
What is the printing press?
What is the largest continent on Earth?
What is Asia?
What Renaissance invention made it easier for sailors to find their direction at sea?
What is the compass?
What Italian city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance?
What is Florence?
Which two continents are completely in the Southern Hemisphere?
What are Australia and Antarctica?
What tool, improved during the Renaissance, allowed scientists to see tiny organisms and cells?
What is the microscope?
Which famous Renaissance artist sculpted the statue of David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Who is Michelangelo?
What landform is a raised area of land with a flat top and steep sides, often found in deserts?
What is a plateau?
Which famous Renaissance artist also studied anatomy, engineering, and designed flying machines?
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
What Polish astronomer challenged the idea that the Earth was the center of the universe?
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
What is the name of the imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and passes through Greenwich, England?
What is the Prime Meridian?
What is the name of the new way of thinking and investigation, developed during the Renaissance, that uses observation and experiments to understand the world?
What is the scientific method?