PALIO REVIEW GAME

1. PALIO REVIEW GAME

2. What is the Palio? - Horse race started in 1260 a.d. - In the city of Siena, Italy - Piazza del Campo - Held on July 2nd and August 16th In honor of the Madonna Each contrada, or city district, enters a horse

3. RULES -Each team will have 30 seconds to finalize their answer. -The student holding the flag must answer the question. -If the student answers incorrectly, another team may steal ONLY by waving his contrada flag in the air. They then have 5 seconds to answer. A correct answer results in your horse moving forward one space An incorrect answer moves your horse back 1 space. The first to cross the finish line or ends class in the lead wins 1 bonus pt. on tomorrow’s test.

4. What does “vernacular” mean?

5. The Renaissance artist who sculpted the Pieta and the muscular version of David was ___________

6. The term “Renaissance” means ________ and refers to which time period?

7. How did the Catholic Church obtain power during the Middle Ages?

8. Who founded the Jesuits (Society of Jesus)?

9. Who invented the printing press? In which country was it invented?

10. Why did Henry VIII begin his own church?

11. What is the name of this painting?

12. The new philosophy focusing on human potential and achievement during the Renaissance is referred to as what?

13. The term “predestination” means ___________. Who are the “elect”?

14. A financial supporter of the arts is also known as a ______.

15. Define the term “secular”

16. “Tickets to Heaven” are also known as _____________.Who was one of the biggest salesmen of these “tickets” in the 1500s?

17. An art technique that creates a vanishing point and the appearance of three dimensions is known as _________?

18. What was the name ofHenry VIII’s church?

19. Who created this sculpture?Who is this a sculpture of?

20. According to the Catholic Church…A) What does “infallible” mean?B) Who is infallible?

21. The first successful person to protest against the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church was ___________.

22. Someone who has mastered almost every area of study might be called a _________.

23. The term “Classical” refers to which time period(s) or culture(s)?

24. Provide 3 differences between Medieval art and Renaissance art.

25. Who said this:“It is better to be feared than loved”

26. The Renaissance is a rebirth of what?

27. Why are the Middle Ages often referred to as the “Dark Ages”?

28. The Doctrine of the Catholic Church was decided at the _______________

29. Who created this piece of art?

30. The worldwide organization that used persuasion and torture to [re]convert people to Catholicism was called the _____________

31. What did John Calvin preach to be true about Christianity?

32. Machiavelli’s book, which focused on getting and keeping power, is called _____.

33. Which famous Renaissance writer came from England?

34. Which branch of Protestant Christianity was started by John Knox?

35. The name of the document that banned all books dangerous to the Catholic faith was _________________.

36. What is one significant result of the invention of the printing press?

37. Baldassare Castiglione wrote which influential book?

38. Where did the Renaissance begin?

39. The artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is ______?

40. What was the first piece of literature printed on Gutenberg’s printing press?

41. Place these 3 eras in chronological order:1. The Renaissance2. Classical Period3. The “Dark Ages”

42. Why did Henry VIII have so many wives?

43. “Be all you can be” is a good motto for which Renaissance ideal?

44. Why were most people illiterate and ignorant during the Middle Ages?