This invention by Gutenberg had the biggest impact on the Renaissance time period.
What is the Printing Press?
100
He began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503.
Who is Da Vinci?
100
This person said that the Sun, not the Earth, was at the center of the universe. He was also called the Father of Astronomy.
Who is Copernicus?
100
This is the city in Italy where the Renaissance started. Their wealth increased because of wool trade and also the start of banking.
What is Florence?
100
He sent for Hamlet's friends (Rosencrantz) to try to get information out of Hamlet.
Who is Claudius?
200
This person posted a document on a door in Wittenberf, Germany in 1517.
Who is Martin Luther?
200
These ideas were "reborn" during the Renaissance.
What is Greek & Roman ideas & an emphasis on the individual?
200
He suggested that a pendulum could be used to measure time. His discoveries contributed to the field of science we call physics. He invented the thermometer, and improved the telescope.
Who is Galileo?
200
This person is known for being a traveler, he spent 20 years in Asia, and was astonished by coal as a fuel source.
Who is Marco Polo?
200
This person challenged Hamlet in a duel.
Who is Laertes?
300
Many people went to see his work at the Globe Theater. His works include Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, and The Taming of the Shrew.
Who is Shakespeare?
300
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of this chapel.
What is the Sistine chapel?
300
People believed that if you traveled far enough south, the seas did this.
What is the seas were boiling?
300
This is the fee that a borrower pays for using money.
What is interest?
300
She later drowned because of sadness and depression.
Who is Ophelia?
400
He wrote the "Divine Comedy" about the afterlife.
Who is Dante?
400
This is the method of showing 3-D on a flat surface.
What is creating perspective?
400
He discovered the law of gravity while watching an apple drop from a tree.
Who is Newton?
400
These three cities were trade centers in Italy during the 1300's.
What is Florence, Venice, and Genoa?
400
Along with Hamlet he witnessed the king's ghost.
Who is Horatio?
500
Why was the printing press such a revolutionary invention?
What is because it made books and information available to many people at a reasonable cost. Before this, only the wealthy had books, and not many people were educated.
500
Renaissance Art can be described as this.
What is realistic?
500
Why did the Catholic church feel threatened by the teachings of Copernicus & Galileo?
What is their ideas were contrary to the churches teachings and no one was allowed to question the church. If they were wrong about certain topics than they might be wrong about other topics and this would lessen their power over people.
500
This family was ruling Florence in 1434.
Who is the Medici family?
500
This character made a fatal mistake to drink to Hamlet.