Renaissance Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. After the Mongols helped make the route sager, this man helped reopen the Silk Road
  2. 6. He studied human anatomy to make his art more realistic
  3. 7. The meaning of the word "Renaissance"
  4. 9. This one word best summarizes the Renaissance
  5. 10. He painted the Sistine Chapel
  6. 11. Author that believed that rulers needed to instill fear within their followers
  7. 12. An English poet and playwright
  8. 14. These helped spread ideas from Italy to northern Europe
  9. 15. Literature written in the language that the common people speak
  10. 16. Venice was famous for manufacturing this product
Down
  1. 1. Under her rule, England defeated the Spanish Armada
  2. 2. Unlike Italian artists. northern European artists did not use these as models for people and way of life
  3. 3. He was a Polish astronomer who discovered that Earth was not the center of the universe
  4. 4. What major body of water allowed the port cities of Genoa and Venice to thrive
  5. 8. Massive religion popular in Europe during this time
  6. 13. In northern Europe, scholars combined religious ideas with this