TN Ready People Review (Influential People & Artists)

Name the Renaissance artist who painted the Last Supper & Mona Lisa, but also made engineering sketches and studied anatomy.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Rafael

• Shakespeare

Name the English playwright who wrote Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, and other plays?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Sir Francis Drake

• William Shakespeare

Which Japanese leader wrote Japan's first constitution?

• Prince Shotoku

• Minamoto Yoritomo

• Murasaki Shikibu

• Confucius

Which of the following are characteristics of Renaissance art?

• golden backgrounds with harsh colors

• depth (in three dimensions)

• realistic and proportional people/objects

• flat (in two dimensions)

• more realistic and varied colors

Because of his plays and theater, William Shakespeare had a major impact on English...

• culture & language

• religion

• politics

• economics

Which Italian banking family were patrons of artists in Florence?

• Machiavelli Family

• Tudor Dynasty

• Charlemagne Family

• Medici Family

What was a long-term effect of the Medici Family in Florence?

• They paid for voyages of exploration.

• They started their own Protestant church.

• Their sponsorship helped start the Renaissance in Italy.

• They negotiated with Genghis Khan to reopen the Silk Road.

Who sculpted the statue 'David' and painted the Sistine Chapel?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Shakespeare

• Lorenzo de Medici

Which French peasant led France to victory in the Hundred Years War?

• King Henry V

• William the Conqueror

• Charlemagne

• Joan of Arc

What are two long-term impacts of Joan of Arc's contributions to the Hundred Years War?

• France reconquered the Iberian Peninsula from Muslims.

• Joan of Arc created a Protestant Christian religion.

• England lost all territory in continental Europe.

• She became a French national icon.