Who was the man that painted the Sistine chapel while lying down on high scaffolding?
Michelangelo
100
What is the single force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun? This was discovered by Isaac Newton.
Gravity
100
What is the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome?
Sistine Chapel
100
What vocabulary word means ideal society?
Utopia
100
What is the name of the portrait of a some whose mysterious smile has baffled viewers for centuries; created by Leonardo da Vinci?
Mona Lisa
200
Who was the leader in the Protestant Reformation and had 95 problems with the Catholic Church?
Martin Luther
200
A step by step process of discovery
Scientific Method
200
What is the largest Christian church building in the world, located in the Vatican?
Saint Peter’s Basilica
200
What vocabulary word means everyday language of ordinary people?
Vernacular
200
The name of the painting showing Christ and his apostles on the night before the crucifixion
The last supper
300
Who was the man wrote, but never finished, Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
300
What is the sun centered model of the universe that was proposed by Polish scholar Nicolaus Copernicus in the book that he published called On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres?
Heliocentric
300
What three ideas did the Renaissance architects adapt?
Columns, Arches, and Domes
300
What vocabulary word means a pardon for sins committed during a person’s lifetime?
Indulgence
300
Who were the three most celebrated Florentine masters?
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
400
Who was the artist that painted The School of Athens, a painting which included famous philosophers and geniuses from different time periods?
Rafael
400
Northern artists used this new medium to produce strong colors and a hard surface that could survive the centuries that was created by the Van Eycks?
Oil paint
400
What is the building nicknamed the Duomo, and is the city’s symbol and also the most recognizable building?
Florence’s cathedral
400
What vocabulary word means a government run by church leaders?
Theocracy
400
The technique used by painters for representing both humans and landscapes in a realistic way
Perspective
500
Who was the astronomer that invented the first modern telescopes?
Galileo
500
What device is used for evenly printing ink onto a print medium such as paper or cloth
Printing Press
500
What was the internal court surrounded by an arcade, characteristic of the Italian palace, or palazzo, during the Renaissance and its aftermath?
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
500
What vocabulary word means the idea that God had long ago determined who would gain salvation?
Predestination
500
What were the subjects taught in ancient Greek and Roman schools?