Vocab Lessons 1,2
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Renaissance Trivia
Dark Ages
Early Reformation
100

What is the term for a soldier who fights primarily for pay?

What is a mercenary?

100

What is the term for painting done on fresh wet plaster with water based paints?

What is a fresco?

100

What casual portrait revolutionized the art world?

What is the Mona Lisa?

100

Who was the most powerful ruler in Europe during the dark ages?

Who is the pope?

100

what Group of Bible believing Christian People in Southern France were hunted down and massacred inside the walls of a city in the only Crusade to be carried out in Europe.

Who were the Albagensians?

200

What is the term for a form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote?

What is a republic?

200

What is the term for artistic techniques used to give the effect of three-dimensional depth to two dimensional surfaces?

What is perspective?

200

Which of the following was not one of the big 3 artists of the renaissance, even though he was a great renaissance artist Leonardo Di Vinci, Donatello, Raphael, & Michelangelo?

Who is Donatello?

200

What famous book of history culture and religion was suppressed by the Catholic church during the dark ages?

What is the Bible?

200

On what Island did Columba establish a missionary training school as one of the pioneers of the early Celtic church?

What is Iona?

300

In renaissance society, what was the name given to a member of the middle class who lived in a city or town who were usually shopkeepers, artisans, and guild masters?

What are Burghers?

300

What sculptor was tasked by the pope to paint a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican?

Who is Michelangelo?

300

What ancient culture greatly influenced renaissance art, and their influence is often called Hellenization?

What is Ancient Greece?

300

During the dark ages wealth was help by a few powerful lords and nobles. What were the peasants who worked for them called?

What are Serfs?

300

What early English reformer was known as the morning star of the Reformation and the first to translate parts of the Bible into English?

Who was John Wycliffe?

400

what is the name of the intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities which included grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history?

What is Humanism?

400

Along with Painting, Sculpture, Music, and Poetry, what other art form took giant leaps forward during the Renaissance?

What is Architechture?

400

What Empire was conquered by the Ottomans causing a lot of non-muslim people to move west bringing technology and art from the east?

What is the Byzantine Empire?

400

According to Bible prophecy, how many years was the true Christian church in the wilderness because of persecution?

What is 1260 years?

400

What Bohemian Reformer was burned at the stake during the council of Constance for preaching the pure gospel and leading people back to the Bible?

Who was John Huss?

500

What is the term for the language of everyday speech in a particular region?

What is Vernacular?

500

In which northers Italian City did some businessmen develop systems of banking and acquire so much wealth that they were able to spend it on bringing incredible artists and architecture to their city?

What is Florence?

500

What was discovered during excavations in Rome that highly influenced renaissance art?

What  are ancient Greek Sculptures?

500

What group of people that lived in the valleys of Norther Italy and Southern France kept the true pure gospel of Jesus alive during the dark ages?

Who are the Waldenses?

500

What Bohemian warrior lead the Hussites to victories over Catholic forces, never lost a battle, and when he eventually died, he had his men make a drum from his skin which the beat when they went into battle and still were victorious? 

Who was Yan Žižka?