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I wrote some the most famous plays ever, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This is another term for Renaissance.
What is Rebirth?
A time of Social, Political, and Economic change.
The Renaissance began in this country before spreading to rest of Europe.
What is Italy?
This is the road that opened back up for trade during the Renaissance.
What is the Silk Road?
I painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. I am also a true Renaissance Man.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
The Renaissance began in Italy because it was the center of ............
What is trade?
This is the most important invention of the Renaissance.
What is the printing press?
The Renaissance flourished during these three centuries (300 years).
What is 1300 AD to 1600 AD or the 14th-17th centuries?
This Italian trader started a journey to China in 1271 AD, and returned 24 years later with tales of great riches from Asia. His tales greatly increased interest in trade.
I sculpted both David and Moses, though I'm probably remembered best for painting the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
This killed off 1/3rd of Europe's Population.
What is the bubonic plague?
This is a person who has wide interests and is an expert in several areas.
What is a Renaissance Man?
What war was partially responsible for ending the Medieval Age and starting the Renaissance Age?
The Hundred Years War.
This new weapon of war could be fired from a great distance making knights obsolete.
What is the Long Bow or the Cannon (both acceptable)?
I invented the printing press, the most famous invention of the Renaissance.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
A person who encourage artists and supported them financially.
What is a patron?
The Renaissance looked back to these two classical empires.
What is Rome and Greece?
These two countries fought the Hundred Years War.
What is England and France?
A painting and drawing technique that creates an illusion of depth on a flat surface.
What is linear perspective?
I wrote the first great work of the Renaissance, Divine Comedy, in Italian rather than Latin.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized human potential for achievement.
What is Humanism?
I am an Italian poet and known as the founder of Humanism and one of the greatest scholars of my time.
Who is Francisco Petrach?
The Hundred Year's War, The Plague, and this are the three main reasons that the Medieval Age ended.
What is the Rise of Nation, or Rise of Nation-States?
I led a group of Normans in conquering all of England.
Who is William the Conquerer?