PALIO REVIEW GAME
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
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.
What does “vernacular”
mean?
The Renaissance artist
who sculpted the Pieta
and the muscular version
of David was
___________
The term “Renaissance”
means ________ and
refers to which time
period?
How did the Catholic
Church obtain power
during the Middle Ages?
Who founded the Jesuits
(Society of Jesus)?
Who invented the printing
press? In which country was
it invented?
Why did Henry VIII begin his
own church?
What is the name of this
painting?
The new philosophy focusing on
human potential and
achievement during the
Renaissance is referred to as
what?
The term “predestination”
means ___________. Who are
the “elect”?
A financial supporter of the arts
is also known as a ______.
Define the term “secular”
“Tickets to Heaven” are also
known as _____________.
Who was one of the biggest
salesmen of these “tickets” in
the 1500s?
An art technique that creates a
vanishing point and the
appearance of three dimensions
is known as _________?
What was the name of
Henry VIII’s church?
Who created this
sculpture?
Who is this a
sculpture of?
According to the Catholic
Church…
A) What does “infallible” mean?
B) Who is infallible?
The first successful person to
protest against the hypocrisy of
the Catholic Church was
___________.
Someone who has mastered
almost every area of study
might be called a _________.
The term “Classical” refers to
which time period(s) or
culture(s)?
Provide 3 differences between
Medieval art and Renaissance
art.
Who said this:
“It is better to be feared than
loved”
The Renaissance is a rebirth of
what?
Why are the Middle Ages often
referred to as the “Dark Ages”?
The Doctrine of the Catholic
Church was decided at the
_______________
Who created this piece of art?
The worldwide organization that
used persuasion and torture to
[re]convert people to
Catholicism was called the
_____________
What did John Calvin preach to
be true about Christianity?
Machiavelli’s book, which
focused on getting and keeping
power, is called _____.
Which famous Renaissance
writer came from England?
Which branch of Protestant
Christianity was started by John
Knox?
The name of the document that
banned all books dangerous to
the Catholic faith was
_________________.
What is one significant result of
the invention of the printing
press?
Baldassare Castiglione wrote
which influential book?
Where did the Renaissance
begin?
The artist who painted the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is
______?
What was the first piece of
literature printed on Gutenberg’s
printing press?
Place these 3 eras in
chronological order:
1. The Renaissance
2. Classical Period
3. The “Dark Ages”
Why did Henry VIII have so
many wives?
“Be all you can be” is a good
motto for which Renaissance
ideal?
Why were most people illiterate
and ignorant during the Middle
Ages?