Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search.

People of the Renaissance

Students will match the names of famous or important people of the Renaissance period to their descriptions. They will do this to review for the test.

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Leonardo da VinciPainter, sculptor, inventor of the Renaissance Period.
MichelangeloFamous artist who painted the Sistine Chapel.
PetrarchPoet and early humanist, he coined the word, Renaissance.
Pope Leo XPope of Catholic Church who excommunicated Martin Luther.
Martin LutherCatholic monk who strarted the Protestant Reformation.
King Henry VIIIEnglish king who founded the Anglican Church.
Johann GutenbergInventor of the moveable type.
William ShakespeareGreatest playwright of all time. He wrote plays in England.
St. Thomas MoreAuthor of the book, Utopia.
MachiavilliAuthor of the Prince, a political guidebook on how rulers should behave.


7-12 Social Studies Teacher
Wilson Jr-Sr High School
Wilson, KS

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