Renaissance Crossword Puzzle

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