7th Grade- Renaissance Vocabulary

This merchant from Venice traveled through Asia for 20 years before returning home. The tales of his travels inspired interest in Asian culture and trade.

• Marco Polo
• Dante Alighieri
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Michelangelo

a period after the Middle Ages that saw a 'rebirth' of art, literature, philosophy, and trade

• Renaissance
• humanism
• Medieval
• Venetian

a way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of human abilities and actions

• Renaissance
• Christian humanism
• petrarch
• humanism

a Renaissance poet and politician who was known for writing in Italian and not Latin.  He was the author of Divine Comedy.

• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Dante Alighieri
• Michelangelo
• Leonardo da Vinci

An Italian writer and politician who wrote 'The Prince' in 1513

• Dante Alighieri
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Michelangelo
• Leonardo da Vinci

this Renaissance artist famously painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Dante Alighieri
• Michelangelo
• Leonardo da Vinci

this Renaissance artist and inventor is the painter of the 'Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper'

• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Dante Alighieri
• Michelangelo
• Leonardo da Vinci

this Renaissance scholar warned about the perils of ignoring history

• Mr. Dixon
• Petrarch
• Johann Gutenberg
• Desiderius Erasmus 

this German developed the printing press with movable type that allowed works to be produced in large quantities and in different languages

• Petrarch
• Johann Gutenberg 
• Desiderius Erasmus
• Martin Luther

a Dutch priest who criticized clergy for corruption and wanted to emphasize devotion and the teachings of Jesus over church rituals

• Petrarch
• Johann Gutenberg
• Desiderius Erasmus
• Martin Luther