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Renaissance Vocabulary Cm2 FK2
Renaissance
The period of European history
between medieval and modern times
beginning in the 14th century in Italy,
lasting into the 17th century, and
marked by a humanistic revival of
classical influence expressed in a
flowering of the arts and literature
and by the beginnings of modern
science
The class went to the Renaissance Fair
after learning about it in Social
Studies.
City-State
A division of Italy including a city and
its surrounding countryside
A person who buys and sells goods
Italy is divided into 250 city-states.
A wealthy person who supports an
artist
The patron who supported Leonardo da
Vinci was the wealthiest person of his
time.
A system of government in which
voters elect officials to run the
government and make laws
A shallow body of water, especially one
separated from a larger body of water
by a sandbar or reef
A large, flat bottomed ship propelled
by sails and oars and used in the
Mediterranean Sea for war and trade
The republic will rise again when you
attempt to take our freedom of
speech
Gilligan’s boat washed up in a lagoon in
the middle of nowhere!
Painter, architect, sculptor: painted
the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Painter, architect, sculptor: Painted
the Sistine Chapel, Designed the dome
of St. Peter’s, Sculpted David and the
Pieta
I wish I could paint as well as Leonardo
da Vinci.
I got to see Michelangelo’s statue of
David on vacation this summer.
William
Shakespeare
Playwright and poet who wrote many
plays, such as Romeo and Juliet, Julius
Caesar, and Macbeth
During the Renaissance, many people
went to the theater to see William
Shakespeare’s plays.
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 Prince was written and explained
ways to govern well.
A popular book published during the
Renaissance that instructed the newly
rich about behavior that would help
them enter the social class above them
The rich referred to the Book of
Manners on ways to behave to fit into
wealthy society.
Merchant
Patron
Republic
Lagoon
Galley
Leonardo da
Vinci
Michelangelo
The Book of
Manners
A merchant bought several paintings
that Leonardo da Vinci painted.
We sailed the Mediterranean Sea in a
Galley.
Johannes
Gutenberg
Leonardo
DaVinci
Galileo
The Courtier
A German inventor who created the
printing press around 1450
Gutenberg invented the printing press.
Visionary and theorist of engineering
design, anatomy, and science whose
work foreshadowed modern technology
and advancements.
Leonardo DaVinci painted the Mona
Lisa.
An Italian astronomer, mathematician,
physicist, and philosopher
A famous book that was meant to
shape attitudes and to encourage a
variety of achievements
Galileo discovered that the Earth
revolved around the sun.
The Courtier was written to include
many of the Renaissance’s best works.