Figures
Marco Polo
Who traveled through the Silk Road and began trade with Asia?
Michelangelo
Who is the famous Italian Renaissance artist whose work is on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City?
Italy
What country did the Renaissance begin at?
Venice and Genoa
Which Italian cities were the main port cities?
Renaissance
Cosimo de Medici
Who was a wealthy banker and the ruler of Florence in the beginning of the Renaissance?
William Shakespeare
Who is the English poet and playwright who greatly influenced the English language?
Silk Road
What is the name of the road that Marco Polo traveled?
Weapons and Silk
What products did Milan specialize in manufacturing?
Humanism
What is the study of history, literature, public speaking, and art that led to a new way of thinking in Europe in the late 1300s?
Dante Alighieri
Titian
The Bible in Latin
What was the first book and in what language was printed using the printing press?
Florence
What city specialized in weaving wool into cloth and banking?
Perspective
What is a technique of showing a three dimensional figure on a flat surface so it looks real?
Petrach
Who is an early Italian Renaissance scholar that wrote about the importance of knowing history?
Fillippo Brunelleschi
Who is the architect that used new ideas to construct a huge dome for a cathedral in Florence?
Christian humanists focused more on Christian history than on the classics.
How is the Northern Renaissance different from the Italian Renaissance?
Johann Gutenberg
Who developed a printing press that used a movable type?
Interest
What is an extra fee that is charged when you borrow money?
Niccolo Machiavelli
Who wrote "The Prince"?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Who is considered a Renaissance Man?
Venice
What city specialized in glass production?
Paper and Printing
What inventions helped spread Renaissance ideas throughout Europe?
Christian humanism
What is the combination of humanist and religious ideas called?