The Renaissance

Question 1

Painter of The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 2

Invented the printing press

Accepted Answer

Johann Gutenburg

Question 3

Wrote 37 plays one of his famous plays was Romeo and Juliet

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 4

Thought the church was corrupt and founded Lutheranism.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 5

Was the first to sail around the world.

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 6

The painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 7

What previous civilizations greatly influenced the culture of the Renaissance

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Greece and Rome

Question 8

Sailed to the Americas and the West Indies.

Accepted Answer

Christopher Columbus

Question 9

Known for observing the sun is in the center of the universe not the Earth.

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 10

He was forced to recant about the sun and was placed on house arrest the remainder of his life

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Galileo

Question 11

Which time period describe the Renassance

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1300-1700CE

Question 12

What does “Renaissance” mean

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Rebirth

Question 13

What things were important in the Renaissance

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Art and learning

Question 14

Discovered gravity and developed calculus.

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

Question 15

He wanted a divorce from his first wife (he ended up having 6 wives). The Church of England

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King Henry VIII

Question 16

Painter during the Renaissance who studied under Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo

Accepted Answer

Raphael

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