Renaissance Science Thought and Literature

6. Crop grown in the "New World" and introduced to England by Sir Frances Drake
8. The number of years after Copernicus' time, when Galileo began furthering his work
10. The study of ancient literature, history, and moral philosophy in connection with the Renaissance
11. French poet who wrote epic stories, such as one about giants to spread his humanist ideas
13. The true genius of Elizabethan theater, whose works are still studied 400 years after his time (last name)
14. First name of the creator of the printing press
15. Invention by Galileo which allowed people to determine the temperature through the use of a colored liquid
16. Spanish explorer who introduced chocolate to Spain (last name)
18. Polish astronomer who famously theorized that the Earth revolves around the sun
19. "The Greek philosopher _______ had defined the universe back in the second century"
20. Famous Dutch Renaissance thinker who travelled across Europe, spreading his belief in humanism (last name)

1. "Theater ______ of six to twelve men and women improvised commedia dell'arte through stock characters, slapstick humor, and clowning"
2. "But if poetry flourished in these years in England, drama was the focal point of the age"
3. French poet who mastered the 12 syllable alexandrine poem (full name)
4. Poem created by English poet, Edmund Spencer, which portrayed Queen Elizabeth
5. "During the middle ages, ________ was not widespread"
7. Queen of England during the second half of the sixteenth century who allowed literacy to prosper in England
9. Book created by Italian political philosopher, Niccolo Machiavelli
12. First major Elizabethan playwright (last name)
17. Name for a cunning schemer