Renaissance
This town is often named as the birthplace of the Renaissance.
Florence
What country did Columbus plan to reach?
India
What Italian town was Leonardo born?
Vinci
Which type of play is Romeo and Juliet?
tragedy
What glass objects are the main parts of every microscope?
lenses
rebirth
This plant was introduced to Europe from the Americas in the 16th century and now it is a staple food in many parts of the world and the world's fourth-largest food crop after corn, wheat, and rice.
potato
Where is the Mona Lisa located?
Louvre
What is the name of the theatre Shakespeare built?
the Globe
A small piece of glass on which you put something in order to look at it through a microscope.
slide
A Renaissance cultural movement which claimed that human beings are worthy in their own right.
humanism
What Day was celebrated in many parts of the United States from 1792?
Columbus Day
What famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci was painted on a wall in a dining room?
the Last Supper
What is William Shakespeare's longest play, with over 4,000 lines?
Hamlet
What did Anton van Leeuwenhoek see in a drop of water?
bacteria
The Reformation was a religious movement that aimed at reforming the Catholic Church's corruption and resulted in the creation a major branch of Christianity - ... .
Protestantism
The new continent discovered in the end of 15th century later was named after this famous explorer.
Amerigo Vespucci
What was the special way in which Leonardo wrote his notebooks?
backwards
Finish the famous phrase from Shakespeare's As You Like It:"All the world’s a _________ and all the men and women merely players."
stage
The process of making something look bigger than it is.
magnification
"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince"
Machiavelli
What people reached America 500 years before Columbus?
Vikings
A bronze sculpture of this animal was intended to be the largest statue of such animals in the world, but it was never completed. Leonardo spent nearly 17 years planning the statue but produced only a large clay model, which was later destroyed. What animal was it?
horse
What is Juliet's age in Romeo and Juliet?
13
If something can be seen with the ________ eye, it can be seen without the help of an instrument
naked