Art & Artists
The author of the Mona Lisa.
Who is/was Leonardo Da Vinci?
"The Ends Justifies the Means" is a quote by which Renaissance individual who authored "The Prince?"
Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
The Renaissance primarily takes place on this peninsula, shared with Rome.
What is the Italian Peninsula?
The Roman equivalent to Zeus, and the largest planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
One of the achievements of the Muaryan empire included what kind of hospital that did not charge money?
What is free? (or free hospital?)
The creator of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is/was Michaelangelo
This term and book by Sir Thomas More refers to a perfect society.
What is Utopia?
True or False? Italy was divided into several competing states during the Renaissance.
What is true?
Greco-Roman works were preserved in these two institutions throughout history.
What were monasteries and libraries?
One of the Gupta's most important mathematical achievements was the concept of ____________.
What is zero?
This art style creates an illusion making the painting appear to be 3D
What is perspective?
This Northern Renaissance invention made books more widely available and cheaper to produce.
What was/is the Printing Press?
This term refers to the Renaissance in the Holy Roman Empire, France, and England.
What is the Northern Renaissance?
This Roman structure brought water to cities from far away places.
What was the Aqueduct?
This Chinese spiritual concept links the ruler with permission from the gods to rule, provided he is just.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Northern Renaissance artists and authors combined these two movements.
What are humanism and religion?
Leonardo Da Vinci was also responsible for many unique concepts. One of these was a flying machine called the ________________
What is Whirligig?
The revival of these during the Crusades helped to jumpstart the Renaissance.
What were/are trade routes?
a2+b2=c2 is the theorem authored by which Greek?
Who is Pythagoras?
What are Sunni and Shia?
Most Renaissance artists were sponsored by these wealthy people.
Who were Patrons?
The author of the heliocentric model, harshly criticized by contemporary people of the Renaissance.
This city was the banking and financial hub of the Renaissance?
What is Florence?
This Greek author was crucial to literary history and development. He also wrote "The Odyssey."
Who was Homer?
All Muslims undertake this holy pilgrimage to the Kaaba in Mecca.