General
A period of extraordinary innovation and creativity, producing many influential figures, artworks, and inventions, from the 14th to the 17th centuries
What is the Renaissance?
Invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440 it enabled mass production of books
What is the Printing Press?
A polymath who excelled in art, anatomy, engineering and invention; he painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The scientific study of celestial objects, space, and the universe as a whole
What is astronomy?
Christopher Columbus/Discovery of Americas
What is To Pair?
The birthplace of The Renaissance
What is Italy?
It tells you the time, usually from it's place on a wall
What is a clock?
He first proposed the Heliocentric Theory, which stated that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the universe
Who is (Nicolaus) Copernicus?
"Sun-centered"
What is Heliocentric?
Donatello/The Sistine Chapel
What is Not to Pair?
The intellectual movement which studies classical texts, the potential of human achievement and the value of the individual
What is Humanism?
You wear them on your face to see better
What are eyeglasses? (Glasses)
This explorer led the first circumnavigation of Earth
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Completing a full journey around a given area, returning to the starting point
What is circumnavigation?
Andreas Vesalius/Human Anatomy
What is To Pair?
Focused on realism, perspective and emotion, this area of study saw developments in techniques, ex. linear perspective, light and shadow, and soft blending
What is Art?
Sketched by Leonardo da Vinci and later developed, you probably want to wear it if you jump out of an airplane
What is a Parachute?
He wrote The Prince, a political treatise on power and leadership
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
The manufacturing of large quantities of standardized products using assembly lines and automation. It allows for high output, lower costs, and uniform quality by producing identical items at a large scale
What is Mass Production?
William Harvey/Circulation of Blood
What is To Pair?
When scholars moved away from religious explanations and began to study the natural world through observation and experimentation, this was the beginning of the ______________ Revolution.
(Field of Study)
What is Scientific? (Science)
It was improved by Galileo, allowing him to provide strong evidence for the theory that the Earth orbits the Sun
What is the telescope?
He developed the Laws of Planetary Motion, confirming Copernicus' heliocentric theory
Who is Johannes Kepler?
The heart pumping blood throughout the body
What is blood circulation?
Johannes Kepler/Circumnavigation
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