The Renaissance

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  1. 3. The country in which the Renaissance began.
  2. 4. Mathematician and astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun at the centre of the universe, rather than the Earth.
  3. 5. Famous explorer who ‘discovered’ the Americas.
  4. 7. The most powerful merchant family in Renaissance Italy.
Down
  1. 1. A period of time, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, where new ideas led to outstanding achievements in areas such as the arts and science.
  2. 2. Sponsoring people who displayed talents in certain esteemed fields.
  3. 6. Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his painting of the ___________ .