Vocabulary
Italy
England
W. Europe
Artists and Writers
100
What did "Renaissance" mean?
Rebirth
100
What is the name of the city that has canals for roads?
Venice
100
Who was the prolific writer who penned Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet?
Shakespeare
100
What country started to get ideas about the Renaissance when it invaded Italy?
France
100
What is the name of the people most likely refer to as the ultimate Renaissance Man?
Da Vinci
200
What was the center square of Italian cities called where markets were held?
Piazza
200
What was the name of the area that the Pope ruled?
Papal States
200
What was the name of the war that was fought between the Lancasters and Yorkists over who should rule England?
War of the Roses
200
Who is known for having improved the printing press that led to tremendous changes literacy?
Guttenburg
200
Who is known best for his sculptures Pieta and David and his painting of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
300
What is the name of the group of scholars who started to look back at Greek and Roman culture at the start of the Renaissance?
Humanists
300
What was the area in Italy where the Renaissance got started?
Florence
300
Henry the 8th was from what family?
Tudor
300
What country built castles called Chateaux that were designed by Italian architects?
France
300
Probably the third most well known of the Italian Renaissance painters who died at the age of 37?
Raphael
400
What two main type of plays is Shakespeare known for writing?
Comedies and Tragedies
400
What was the name of the family that first started supporting artists and led to Renaissance?
Medici
400
What was the name of Henry VIII's daughter who was considered the patron of Renaissance in England?
Elizabeth I
400
What was the name of the story about a crazy knight fighting windmills?
Don Quixote
400
What was the name of the brothers who refined the use of oil paint and revolutionized painting?
Van Eyck
500
The council of Venice elected a leader. What was he called?
Doge
500
What was the family name of Pope Alexander VI?
Borgia
500
Who was the 1st head of the family from which the Lancasters came from?
John of Gaunt
500
What was also founded during the Renaissance in Spain?
Univeristies
500
What was the name of the book that Erasmus wrote that was critical of some church leaders and practices?
In Praise of Folly
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