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Category #1Category #2Category #4Category #5Category #6 Renaissance Philosophy Renaissance Philosophy Wars and the Military Wars and the Military Visual Arts Visual Arts New Monarchs New Monarchs Feeling Religious Feeling Religious Let’s Explore Let’s Explore $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $300 $400 $500 $300 $400 $500 $300 $400 $500 Click on any of the top squares to return to the Scoreboard.

$100 AnswerScoreboard This 14 th -century Florentine is considered the “father” of Humanism in Renaissance Italy.

$100 Petrarch Who is Petrarch? Round 1

$200 ScoreboardAnswer This philosopher wrote On the Dignity of Man and believed humans were capable of achieving great things.

$200 Pico Della Mirandola Who is Pico Della Mirandola? Round 1

$300 ScoreboardAnswer This Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII wrote Utopia, a view of an ideal society based on Renaissance ideals.

$300 Thomas More Who is Thomas More? Round 1

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$400 ScoreboardAnswer The Courtier, written by this diplomat, was the most important work on courtly behavior and the ideal of the quintessential Renaissance man.

$400 Baldassare Castiglione Who is Baldassare Castiglione? Round 1

$500 ScoreboardAnswer This Frenchman’s development of the essay form and his ideas of skepticism made him an important figure in the late Renaissance.

$500 Michel de Montaigne Who is Michel de Montaigne? Round 1

$100 AnswerScoreboard This long war between England and France resulted in England’s loss of nearly all its French territories.

$100 Hundred Years’ War What is the Hundred Years’ War? Round 1

$200 ScoreboardAnswer This young peasant quasi- military leader helped the French defeat England in the Hundred Year’s War.

$200 Who is Joan of Arc Joan of Arc? Round 1

$300 ScoreboardAnswer The mutinous armies of this emperor sacked Rome in 1527.

$300 Who is Charles V Charles V? Round 1

$400 ScoreboardAnswer This late-fifteenth century struggle between two noble families led to the rise of the Tudor Dynasty in England.

$400 What is the War of the Roses War of the Roses? Round 1

$500 ScoreboardAnswer This policy resulted in the expulsion of Moors and Jews from Spain in the late-15 th century.

$500 reconquista What is the reconquista? Round 1

$100 AnswerScoreboard This sculptor created in the 15 th century the first bronze statue since antiquity.

$100 Donatello Who is Donatello? Round 1

$200 ScoreboardAnswer Michelangelo built a huge dome atop this basilica for the pope in the early-16 th century.

$200 St. Peter’s Basilica What is St. Peter’s Basilica? Round 1

$300 ScoreboardAnswer This technique was developed by Giotto to create 3-D effects. He used contrasts of light and dark colors.

$300 chiaroscuro What is chiaroscuro? Round 1

$400 ScoreboardAnswer This master of perspective built in Florence the then-largest dome in the world, known as Il Duomo.

$400 Brunelleschi Who is Brunelleschi? Round 1

$500 ScoreboardAnswer This German was the foremost Northern Renaissance artist, a master of the woodcut.

$500 Round 1 Albrecht Dürer? Who is Albrecht Dürer?

$100 AnswerScoreboard This “arachnid” monarch in France created a royal army and suppressed the nobility in the late- fifteenth century.

$100 Round 1 Louis XI (the “Spider King”)? Who is Louis XI (the “Spider King”)?

$200 ScoreboardAnswer These two monarchs united Spain in the late 15 th century and established the Reconquista.

$200 Ferdinand Isabella? Who are Ferdinand and Isabella? Round 1

$300 ScoreboardAnswer This French ruler instituted the taille and took power of appointing bishops away from the Church in the Concordat of Bologna (1516).

$300 Round 1 Francis I? Who is Francis I?

$400 ScoreboardAnswer This late-15 th century Tudor used the Star Chamber to reduce the power of the nobility.

$400 Round 1 Who is Henry VII?

$500 ScoreboardAnswer This ruler, though not really a “new monarch,” led both the Spanish and Austrian Hapsburg branches and was the most powerful European ruler of the 16th century.

$500 Round 1 Who is Charles V?

$100 AnswerScoreboard This northern humanist wrote a powerful critique of Catholic Church abuses in In Praise of Folly.

$100 Round 1 Erasmus? Who is Erasmus?

$200 ScoreboardAnswer This turn-of-the-16 th - century pontiff was the most worldly and corrupt of the Renaissance popes. He was a huge patron of Renaissance Art.

$200 Round 1 Alexander VI? Who is Alexander VI?

$300 ScoreboardAnswer This fourteenth century English theologian believed the Church should only follow scripture. His followers were the Lollards.

$300 Round 1 Who is John Wyclif?

$400 ScoreboardAnswer This leading French humanist produced five versions of the Psalms that challenged a single authoritative version of the Bible.

$400 Round 1 Jacques Lefevre d’Etables? Who is Jacques Lefevre d’Etables?

$500 ScoreboardAnswer This popular monk took control of Florence in the 1490s and created a theocratic republic hoping to clean up immorality and corruption. He was later burned alive!

$500 Round 1 Girolamo Savonarola? Who is Girolamo Savonarola?

$100 AnswerScoreboard This Portuguese explorer was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa.

$100 Round 1 Bartholomeu Dias? Who is Bartholomeu Dias?

$200 ScoreboardAnswer This conquistador subdued the Aztecs in 1521.

$200 Round 1 Who is Hernán Cortés?

$300 ScoreboardAnswer This Portuguese explorer was the first European to find an all-water route to India.

$300 Round 1 Vasco da Gama? Who is Vasco da Gama?

$400 ScoreboardAnswer This Portuguese royal invested large sums of money in the mid- fifteenth century to fund expeditions down the western coast of Africa.

$400 Round 1 Prince Henry the Navigator? Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?

$500 ScoreboardAnswer This edict issued by the Pope in 1494 divided the world between Spain and Portugal by drawing a line down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

$500 Round 2 Treaty of Tordesillas? What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?

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$200 Answer Scoreboard This Florentine artist used strong humanistic traits in his Birth of Venus.

$200 Round 2 Sandro Botticelli? Who is Sandro Botticelli?

$400 Scoreboard Answer This artist was one of the very first to paint human nudes in his masterpiece, The Expulsion of Adam and Eve (c. 1425)

$400 Round 2 Masaccio? Who is Masaccio?

$600 Scoreboard Answer This humanistic Renaissance painting by Raphael has Plato and Aristotle at its center.

$600 Round 2 The School of Athens ( )? What is The School of Athens ( )?

$800 Scoreboard Answer The Pietá, perhaps the most perfect sculpture of the Renaissance, was created by this Renaissance artist.

$800 Round 2 Michelangelo? Who is Michelangelo?

$1000 Scoreboard Answer This Low Country artist of the Northern Renaissance focused on the lives of ordinary people, such as in his Battle Between Carnival and Lent.

$1000 Round 2 Peter Brueghel the Elder? Who is Peter Brueghel the Elder?

$200 Answer Scoreboard This Florentine writer stated, “It is better to be feared than to be loved.”

$200 Round 2 Niccolò Machiavelli? Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?

$400 Scoreboard Answer The incredible eastern and northern gold doors of the Florentine Baptistery—the “gates of paradise”—were sculpted by this artist.

$400 Round 2 Lorenzo Ghiberti? Who is Lorenzo Ghiberti?

$600 Scoreboard Answer This proto-feminist published The Book of the City of Ladies in 1405.

$600 Round 2 Christine de Pisan? Who is Christine de Pisan?

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$800 Scoreboard Answer This expert of Greek language and culture founded the Platonic Academy at the behest of Cosimo de’ Medici.

$800 Round 2 Marsiglio Ficino? Who is Marsiglio Ficino?

$1000 Scoreboard Answer These mercenary generals were hired by Italian city-states for purposes of war.

$1000 Round 2 Condottieri? What are Condottieri?

$200 Answer Scoreboard In the 14 th and 15 th centuries this Tuscan city was generally the most powerful and wealthy of the Italian city-states.

$200 Round 2 Florence? What is Florence?

$400 Scoreboard Answer This family ruled Florence from the mid- 15 th century onward while dominating banking.

$400 Round 2 Medici family? What is the Medici family?

$600 Scoreboard Answer Popes ruled politically in these central Italian states.

$600 Round 2 Papal States? What are the Papal States?

$800 Scoreboard Answer This family dominated politics in Milan during the 15 th century.

$800 Round 2 Sforza family? What is the Sforza family?

$1000 Scoreboard Answer This Mantuan ruler was the most powerful female ruler during the Renaissance.

$1000 Round 2 Isabella d’Este? Who is Isabella d’Este?

$200 Answer Scoreboard This was the period in which two popes controlled the Catholic Church: one from Rome and the other from Avignon.

$200 Round 2 Great Schism? What is the Great Schism?

$400 Scoreboard Answer Fleas on black rats caused this period of relative unhealthiness.

$400 Round 2 Black Death? What is the Black Death?

$600 Scoreboard Answer This period is so-called because the pope led the Church from Avignon, allegedly under the influence of French monarchs.

$600 Round 2 Babylonian Captivity?” What is the “Babylonian Captivity?”

$800 Scoreboard Answer This guy wrote a masterpiece in the Italian Vernacular about the different levels of hell in the Divine Comedy.

$800 Round 2 Dante Alighieri? Who is Dante Alighieri?

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$1000 Scoreboard Answer This Medieval philosophy of Thomas Aquinas sought to reconcile the science of Aristotle with the writings of the Church.

$1000 Round 2 Scholasticism? What is Scholasticism?

$200 Answer Scoreboard This strata of society led the Commercial Revolution with its entrepreneurialism and initiative.

$200 Round 2 middle class (bourgeoisie)? What is the middle class (bourgeoisie)?

$400 Scoreboard Answer This term refers to the flow of resources and goods between the New World and Europe between the 16 th and 18 th centuries.

$400 Round 2 Columbian Exchange? What is the Columbian Exchange?

$600 Scoreboard Answer This term refers to the slow gradual inflation that occurred during the sixteenth century.

$600 Round 2 price revolution?” What is the “price revolution?”

$800 Scoreboard Answer This business arrangement/innovation between 16 th -century investors became the forerunner of the modern corporation.

$800 Round 2 joint-stock company? What is the joint-stock company?

$1000 Scoreboard Answer This Flemish city was Europe’s banking center during the sixteenth century.

$1000 Round 2 Antwerp? What is Antwerp?

$200 Answer Scoreboard This 15 th -century invention revolutionized communication and made new ideas much more widely available during the Renaissance.

$200 Round 2 printing press (moveable type)? What is the printing press (moveable type)?

$400 Scoreboard Answer This Czech follower of John Wyclif was burned at the stake for his views on the supremacy of scripture.

$400 Round 2 Who is John Hus?

$600 Scoreboard Answer This Church movement sought to create a body of cardinals that was more powerful than the pope.

$600 Round 2 Conciliar Movement? What is the Conciliar Movement?

$800 Scoreboard Answer Machiavelli based The Prince on his observations of this powerful and cunning politician.

$800 Round 2 Cesare Borgia? Who is Cesare Borgia?

$1000 Scoreboard Answer This new adjustable sail made navigation of the high seas much more feasible in the 16 th century.

$1000 Round 2 lateen sail? What is the lateen sail?

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Scoreboard Ultimate Question Answer This non-native Spanish painter was the most well- known of the Mannerists; his masterpiece was The Burial of Count Orgaz.

Scoreboard Ultimate Question Back to Ultimate Question El Greco? Who is El Greco?