Important Figures
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Facts
100
An important artist of the renaissance period, he painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
100
Wrote The Prince
Machiavelli
100
Humanism celebrated what?
The Individual
100
Named the force that keeps planets in their orbits
Newton
100
True or false the printing press of was one the greatest inventions of history?
True
200
An artist who was also an inventor
Leonardo Di Vinci
200
The term Renaissance means _________
rebirth
200
This movement brought back the study of Greek and Roman literature
Humanism
200
Machiavelli wrote what famous piece of literature?
What is The Prince
200
What was the major Italian city involved in the Renaissance?
Florence
300
A man who had skills in art, philosophy, music, mathematics and science was known as a ______________ man
Renaissance
300
The Renaissance of the North started in
What is Flanders
300
In heliocentric theory, the earth circles the
Sun
300
True or false Machiavelli said this in his book The Prince, "It is better to be feared than loved."
True
300
How was the printing press beneficial?
It helped to speed up the process of making books and allowed more people the ability to read as items were printed in the vernacular
400
Intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and class writings instead of religion
What is Humanism
400
New ideas in art, literature and philosophy developed during this time
The Renaissance
400
Wealthy people who supported artists
Patrons
400
Branch of mathematics partially developed by Newton
Calculus
400
Four "expeditions" that helped to expand trade after they were completed
Crusades
500
Renaissance painters often painted these into their portrayals of historical events
Well known people of the day
500
The word "secular" means not associated with ____________
Religion
500
A step by step process of discovery
Scientific Method
500
What is considered to be Michelangelo's greatest work of art?
What is the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
500
What made major cities of the Renaissance so successful and wealthy?
They had access to trade routes served as trading centers throughout Europe.