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4th gr. Renaissance
CCS. 4th grade Renaissance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Johannes Gutenberg | a German inventor who created the printing press around 1450 |
| printing press | a system of movable letter stamps, which were inked and then pressed onto paper |
| William Shakespeare | playwright and poet who wrote many plays, such as Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth |
| The Courtier | a famous book that was meant to shape attitudes and to encourage a variety of achievements |
| The Prince | a famous book written by Niccolo Machiavelli containing his advice on how to govern; many think of it as the first book of modern political science |
| The Book of Manners | a popular book published during the Renaissance that instructed the newly rich about behavior that would help them enter the social class above them |
| Leonardo da Vinci | painter, architect, sculptor; painted the Mona Lisa,painted The Last Supper |
| Michelangelo | painter, architect, sculptor; painted the Sistine Chapel, designed the dome of St. Peter’s, sculpted David and the Pieta |
| Renaissance | the period of European history, beginning in the 14th century in Italy, to the 17th century, marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence expressed in a flowering of the arts, literature and by the beginnings of modern science |
| city-state | a division of Italy including a city and its surrounding countryside |
| merchant | a person who buys and sells goods |
| patron | a wealthy person who supports an artist |
| republic | a system of government in which voters elect officials to run the government and make laws |
| lagoon | a shallow body of water, especially one separated from a larger body of water by a sandbar or reef |
| galley | a large, flat-bottomed ship propelled by sails and oars and used in the Mediterranean Sea for war and trade |