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6SS Renaissance
The Renaissance (Kossler)
Question | Answer |
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How did the Renaissance art look compared to the art of the Middle Ages? | Realistic and Lifelike |
Where did most of the world explorers in the Renaissance come from? | Spain |
Whose art and traditins did the Renaissance artists try to re-create? | ancient Greece and Rome |
What does Renaissance mean? | Rebirth |
What country did the Renaissance start in? | Italy |
What city did the Renaissance start in? | Florence |
Who was the famous poet and writer of plays from England? | Wlliam Shakespeare |
Who were two of the most famous Renaissance artists? | da Vinci and Michelangelo |
What was a Renaissance invention that had a great effect on learning? | the Printing Press |
Who invented the printing press? | Gutenberg |
What was it called when people didn't like the Catholic Church and wanted to change it? | the Reformation |
Who was the first person who led the efforts to change the Catholic Church during the Renaissance? | Martin Luther |
Who were the people who created new churches during the Renaissance? | Protestants |
What were 2 reasons Italy was the ideal place for artists to study ancient Rome and Greece? | There was money to pay them to do it and there was leftover art from the Roman Empire |
What was an invention from the Middle Ages that became very popular during the Renaissance and had a great effect on warfare? | gunpowder |