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Italian Renaissance Figures
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Northern Renaissance Philosopher & Writers
100
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
100
What does the word renaissance mean?
Rebirth
100
Where did the renaissance start?
Italy
100
What two groups came to dominate Italian city-states in the 1300s and 1400s?
Venice & Milan
100
Who is the man who wrote plays that contained themes of human nature and science?
William Shakespeare
200
Who perfected the telescope and challenged the church with scientific theories?
Galileo Galilei
200
What is another word for a perfect society
Utopia
200
Name the three city-states that had a major role in the Italian Renaissance.
Venice, Milan, Florence
200
What was the results of the printing press?
-Books became cheaper since they were easier to make -Literacy rates increased since books were more accessible and affordable -Help spread the idea of the Renaissance because books were more accessible
200
Who believed in a pure and simple Christian lifestyle?
Desiderius Erasmus
300
What was the novel Niccolo Machiavelli wrote?
The Prince
300
What is the key intellectual movement of the Renaissance that focused on the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome?
Humanism
300
From what two ancient civilizations did humanists adopt their thinking in the Renaissance?
Greeks and Romans
300
How did the Black Plague lead to the Renaissance?
-Many people started to question the church since so many people died -Prices decreased which allowed people to buy more leisurely items, such as art & literature -All the deaths caused people to think differently about the world
300
What is the novel written by Christine de Pisan called?
The City of Women
400
Who wrote The Courtier?
Baldassare Castiglione
400
What was Calvin’s idea that God had already determined who would go to heaven and who would be sent to hell?
Predestination
400
What did Machiavelli's "The Prince" focus on?
Leadership and politics
400
What was the first book to be printed in large numbers?
The Bible
400
Who wrote the novel "Utopia"?
Sir Thomas More
500
Who wrote The School of Athens?
Raphael
500
What word means to be released from the punishment of sin?
Indulgence
500
How did Machiavelli's The Prince reflect humanist and Renaissance ways of thinking?
He reflects on the need to separate theology and politics
500
What ideas formed the foundation of the Italian Renaissance?
Humanism, Individualism, Secularism & a renewed interest in Classical Greece and Rome
500
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg