Transcript Renaissance Jeopardy - Saratoga High School

By: Myron Zhang
Evan Ye
Sankash Shankar
Arts
Literature
Religion
Politics
Misc.
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The
Arts
Question:
Who was the artist that sculpted the David
and painted the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel?
Correct!
It is Michelangelo
Question:
Who is the architect that designed and built
the dome on the cathedral of Florence?
Correct!
His name is Brunelleschi
Question:
Which Flemish painter was famous for
painting realistic scenes from the lives of
ordinary people?
Correct!
His name is Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Question:
Name the German artist who traveled to Italy
in 1494 and specialized in religious
woodcuts and engravings.
Correct!
His name is Albrecht Durer
Question:
In which year was Leonardo da Vinci born?
State 3 skills of this Renaissance Man.
Year of birth: 1452
3 skills: painter, sculptor, scientist
Literature
Questions
Question:
During the Elizabethan Age, which English
playwright could be found writing such plays
as Othello and King Lear to be performed at
the Globe Theatre?
William Shakespeare
Question:
This Italian writer and political thinker
believed in the theory “the ends justify the
means.” He wrote a book advising rulers on
how to govern. Name both the author and
the book’s name.
Machiavelli; The Prince
Question:
Which English author created Utopia, a book
describing a perfect society where greed,
corruption, and war are nonexistent? What
happened to him after he opposed Henry VIII
in his attempt to create the Church of
England?
Thomas More; he was imprisoned in the
Tower of London and executed for
treason
Question:
Which Christian humanist wrote The Praise
of Folly, which poked fun at merchants,
lovers, scholars, and priests?
Desiderius Erasmus
Question:
Following the example of the medieval writer
Dante, many writers began writing in the
language of their specific nation or country.
What is the term used for these “native
languages?”
Vernacular
Religion
Questions
Question:
What action started the Reformation, and in
which country did it begin?
Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses on a
church, and it began in Germany
Question:
Under which king did England become
Protestant. Why did this happen?
Henry VIII, he wanted his marriage
annulled so he can remarry and try to get
a son to inherit the throne.
Question:
Calvinists believed in which religious theory
that claimed that God has known since the
beginning of time which individuals will be
presented with salvation?
Predestination
Question:
What practice of the Roman Catholic Church
did Luther criticize, and from which two
prominent catholic figures make threats
against him?
the sale of indulgences, Holy Roman
Emperor Charles V and Pope Leo X
Question:
In which year did Elizabeth I of England
establish the Anglican Church?
1559
Politics
Questions
Question:
Describe feudalism as seen during the
Middle Ages in Europe
A social order in which a lesser noble or
commoner swears fealty to a lord in return
for military protection.
Question:
Which powerful Italian banking family known
as God’s Bankers came to power in Florence
in the 15th century?
The Medici
Question:
Why did the Pope refuse to annul Henry
VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon?
He did not want to offend Catherine’s
nephew, Charles V
Question:
Give the dates of Elizabeth I’s reign.
Which state (as in United States) was named
after her?
1558-1603; Virginia
Question:
Charles V, one of Europe’s most powerful
monarchs in the 16th century and a dedicated
enemy of the Protestants, ruled over a vast
domain, including what empire in central
Europe that covers much of modern-day
Germany, Switzerland, and northern Italy?
The Holy Roman Empire
Miscellaneous
Questions
Question:
Which intellectual movement focused on
human potential and achievements?
Humanism
Question:
The bubonic plague killed what percentage
of Europe’s population?
30%
Question:
Name the trade federation, comprised of
over a hundred cities, which controlled trade
across most of Germany, France, England,
Scandinavia, and the Baltic region?
Where was its “mother city,” or headquarters,
located?
The Hanseatic League; Lübeck, in
Germany
Question:
Which invention developed by Johann
Gutenberg in around 1440 revolutionized the
spread of information and ideas across
Europe? Why did the printing press have
such a profound effect?
Printing press; the press allowed for the mass
production of written material, which had
previously been exceedingly rare and copied by
hand, a painstakingly slow process. Written
material, in turn, was a very efficient way of
spreading ideas and information.
Question:
How many wives did Henry VIII have, and what
were their names? (In chronological order)
Six; Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn,
Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine
Howard, Catherine Parr