The Renaissance- key people

Question 1

Francesco Petrarch and what he was famous famous for

Answer 1

Francesco Petrarch was a Italian scholar and was a poet during the Italian Renaissance. He was famous for his literature and love poets.

Question 2

Desiderius Erasmus and what he was famous for

Answer 2

Desiderius Erasmus was Dutch philosopher and he was famous for his intelligence for Europe. Was Europe’s one of the greatest influential scholar. He defined the idea of humanism.

Question 3

Michel de Montaigne and what he was famous

Answer 3

famous for his philosophy. he was a philosopher in Italy. he was famous for his skepticism and literary expression

Question 4

Leonardo de Vinci and what he was famous for

Answer 4

Leonardo de Vinci has a artist, in Italy. He was famous for his accomplishment Architect,Inventor, military engineer, draftsman Mona Lisa

Question 5

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi and what he was famous for

Answer 5

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi is alos known as Donatello, he was a Italian sculptor of the Renaissance

Question 6

Nicolaus Copernicus and what he was famous for

Answer 6

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Italian Scientist and known giving the idea that planets are moving around. He also gave the idea of the scientific method.

Question 7

Geoffery Chaucer and what he was famous for

Answer 7

Geoffery Chaucer was a greatest English Poet during the Middle Ages. He was best known for the Canterbury Tales.

Question 8

Sir Tomas More and what he was famous for

Answer 8

Sir Tomas More was English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.

Question 9

Martin Luther and what he was famous for

Answer 9

Martin Luther was a German German professor of theology, priest, monk, a seminal figure Protestant Reformation, writer, once a composer. He was famous for Protestant Reformation.

Question 10

Lorenzo de Medici and what he was famous for

Answer 10

Lorenzo de Medici was a Political leader, ruled Florence Italy, once wanted to be a poet/ had a tutor. He was famous for his sponsorship for artists like Michelangelo and Botticelli.

Question 11

Sir Francis Bacon and what he was famous for

Answer 11

Sir Francis Bacon was a politician, philosopher, scientist, statesman during the period Renaissance. And he played the key roles and established colonies.

Question 12

Henry The Navigator and what he was famous for

Answer 12

Henry The Navigator was a Portuguese Explorers. Was famous for sent expeditions to explore the West of Africa.

Question 13

Christopher Columbus and what he was famous for

Answer 13

Christopher Columbus was a Italian explore during the Renaissance. He was famous during the Renaissance because he opened the opened up exploration and colonization for the people of the time. he also spread diseases like smallpox and typhus throughout the natives in Americas.

Question 14

Ferdinand Magellan and what he was famous for

Answer 14

Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese Explorer. During Renaissance, he discovered the idea that the world is not flat it’s round.

Question 15

Francis Drake and what he was famous for

Answer 15

Francis Drake was English Pirate that had a impact on the world because he was the first English man to first to circumnavigate the globe.

Question 16

Queen Elizabeth I and what she was famous for

Answer 16

Queen Elizabeth I was a true Renaissance monarch, she was well-educated and she read Latin and Greek was a great patron of arts. Under the Queen, England defeated Spain, and became the most powerful country in Europe at the great naval battle time.

Question 17

Vasco da Gama’s and what he was famous for

Answer 17

Vasco da Gama’s was a Portuguese Explorer and he was the first European Explorer to reach India by sea.