Social Studies Review Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• trade: the process in which one item is given for another.
• medici: the extremely influential florentine family that included 4 popes and a queen of france.
• florence: the city that is known as the cradle of the renaissance.
• bank: a location responsible for holding and lending money.
• catholic: the western branch of christianity followed by a vast majority of european peoples during the medieval age.
• rome: the seat of the roman empire and the catholic church.
• venice: a city that is nearly entirely underwater. this city is directly responsible for the disastrous 4th crusade.
• humanism: a philosophical theory that implies all people have basic, fundamental rights.
• realism: an art theory that requires to be as close to reality as possible.
• salt: an extremely valuable spice. often termed white gold.
• mercantilism: the practice of exploiting natural resources for monetary gain. generally headed by merchants.
• galileo: a scientist from the renaissance who pioneered heliocentrism.
• michel angelo: an artist from the renaissance who painted the sistine chapel and was likely gay.
• dante: a poet and politician from florence who wrote the divine comedy.
• leonardo: a renaissance era engineer, scientist, painter, and philosopher. he theorized flight and pioneered mechanization.
• pope: the leader of the catholic church.
• gutenberg: the engineer who invented the first ever printing press.
• crusade: an christian holy war.
• plague: a series of diseases that destroyed approximately one third of europe.