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How it began
100

He created the Mona Lisa

Who is Da Vinci?

100

This word means "in everyday language"?

What is vernacular

100

This Italian trader was the first to open the Silk Road to Western traders to China?

Who is Marco Polo?

100
This means "rebirth" in french
What is Renaissance?
200
Michelangelo painted the roof of this building.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
200

Name given to people who support art, artist, poets and writers?

Who are patrons?

200

This term was given to a person like Leonardo Di Vinci who was well versed in many ideas such as art, invention, discovery?

What is a Renaissance Man

200
These battles in the middle ages against the Muslims led to Europe gaining new technologies and allowed them to move out of the middle ages into the Renaissance.
What are the Crusades?
300

I created David in Bronze.

Who is Donatello

300

This book became the blueprint for rulers as well as how to oppose rule?

What is The Prince?

300
I was upset that divided up Italy was getting picked on by neighboring countries so I wrote a book on how to get into power and how to keep it.
Who is Machiavelli?
300

Intellectual movement that led to the study of worldly subjects such as math, sciences, and arts and focused on what people could achieve.

What is Humanism?

400

This Italian Renaissance artist created the famous fresco "The School of Athens"

Who is Raphael?

400

Which family was Machiavelli associated with?

Who are the Medici?

400
Because of me, people could finally own their own bibles! I created metal plates that could copy books!
Who is Gutenberg?
400

This event caused a global stop in trade and brought about what was known as the DARK AGES

What was the Black Death or Plague

500

This is the term used in renaissance art as opposed to middle age art, included; shading, and images appear to be off in the distance creating a 3-dimensional view

What is perspective?

500

The problem with literacy was the availability of books and literacy rates, what caused this problem?

What is books were hand written

500

I collected and saved ancient Greek and Roman texts to move away from medieval writings and towards a renewed interest in the classical world. 

Who is Petrarch?

500

This is why Italy was the focal point during the Renaissance? The location of Italy helped them do this.

What are trade routes on the Mediterranean Sea?