Social Studies - WH - 16.1 and .2

Question 1

emerged as a leading Renaissance city because of the presence of the Church

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Rome

Question 2

made the printing press

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Gutenberg

Question 3

three cities that played leading roles in the Italian Renaissance

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Florence, Rome, Venice

Question 4

known as "the Magnificent," he supported artists, philosophers, and writers. Also, festivals

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Lorenzo

Question 5

painted hyper realistic portraits of religion, heaven, and hell

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Durer

Question 6

Dominican friar who overthrew the Medici for a time

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Savanarola

Question 7

famous Italian Renaissance sculptor. Known for David.

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Michelangelo

Question 8

powerful political leaders in Italian city-states during the renaissance

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signori

Question 9

Often considered the greatest playright of all time. Dealt with jealousy, ambition, and love

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Shakespeare

Question 10

First of the Medici family to rule

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Cosimo

Question 11

Italian Renaissance writer known for expressing love for a woman who died in the Black Death

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Petrarch

Question 12

powerful family that ruled Florence during the Renaissance

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Medici

Question 13

The Northern Renaissance can be described as a ____ of Italian Renaissance and Medieval values

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mix

Question 14

professional soldiers hired by Italian leadership to keep order and serve as troops

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condottieri

Question 15

combined Italian technique with artistic traditions of his homeland. Not Durer.

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Brueghel

Question 16

famous French essayist

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de Montaigne

Question 17

independent thinking that began to challenge long accepted traditions during the Renaissance

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scholarship

Question 18

A new intellectual movement that focused on worldly themes

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humanism

Question 19

group of Flemish brothers known for painted scenes from the Bible

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van Eyck

Question 20

castles in France that blended Medieval and Italian Renaissance architecture

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chateaux

Question 21

pushed Christian humanism and pushed for learning Greek and Hebrew

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Erasmus

Question 22

famous French poet

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Ransard

Question 23

Venice's republican government was headed by an elected ______________.

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doge

Question 24

Considered the greatest of the Renaissance artists

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da Vinci

Question 25

ranked just below merchants

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shopkeepers and artisans

Question 26

Italian writer of The Prince, who advocated using force and deceit to maintain power

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Machiavelli

Question 27

famous Italian Renaissance architect

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Brunelleschi

Question 28

wrote a book that criticized society by comparing it with an ideal society

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Saint Thomas More

Question 29

famous female Renaissance artist who was asked to join the court of Spain

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Sofonisba Anguissola

Question 30

an emphasis on the dignity and worth of the individual person

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individualism

Question 31

short poems expressing emotions such as love

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sonnets

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