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100
He created the statues of David, Moses, and the Pieta
Who is Michelangelo?
100
He wrote the Divine Comedy.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
100
He developed techniques for raising construction materials onto various structures and buildings.
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
100
During the Renaissance, the classical ideas of these two ancient cultures were revived.
What is Greece and Rome?
100
The opening of this trade route brought about the return of long-distance trade.
What are the Silk Roads?
200
He painted The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
The story by the Spanish author Cervantes about a landowner who imagines that he is a knight and goes on many adventures.
What is Don Quixote?
200
His drawings of human anatomy led to the discovery that the heart pumps blood throughout the body.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
200
This movement focuses on human beings and their potential for achievement.
What is humanism?
200
He traveled to China, spent 24 years there, and returned to Italy with great riches.
Who is Marco Polo?
300
He painted the Marriage of the Virgin and The School of Athens.
Who is Raphael?
300
He wrote The Prince.
Who is Machiavelli?
300
His invention of the printing press allowed hundreds of books to be copied quickly.
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
300
He was one of the first thinkers to stress the value of classical learning.
Who is Petrarch?
300
These two cities in northern Italy developed because of trade routes between Europe and Asia.
What are Florence, Venice, and Milan?
400
It took Michelangelo four years of lying on his back to complete this.
What is the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
400
Two plays by William Shakespeare.
What is Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream?
400
This development advanced the study of algebra.
What is the use of letters in algebraic equations?
400
A man who excels in many aspects of life is known as this.
What is a Renaissance man?
400
These wealthy people gave financial support to artists.
Who are patrons?
500
He was known for his use of bright colors and broad strokes.
Who is Titian?
500
The theater where Shakespeare's plays were performed.
What is The Globe Theatre?
500
The bodies of these people were used for dissection to study human anatomy.
Who are hanged criminals?
500
The ideas and breakthroughs of the Renaissance did not reach most of these people.
Who are the poor?
500
The Renaissance spread because of this.
What is the support of monarchs and the growth of cities. (accept either)
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