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- 5. Italian trader who traveled to China and later wrote about his trip.
- 8. German priest who wrote the 95 Theses and hung them on a church door.
- 10. A movement against the Roman Catholic Church started by Martin Luther.
- 11. Family that ruled over Florence.
- 13. Members of a catholic religious order created to serve the Pope and Roman Catholic Church.
- 14. Means "rebirth" in Latin and followed Europe's Middle Ages.
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- 1. The Italian city that gained large amounts of wealth by establishing banking and the use of interest.
- 2. Considered the "Father of Humanism".
- 3. Printing press that changed the world by making books/writing more available.
- 4. Genius of the Renaissance and often identified as a "Renaissance Man".
- 6. Italian writer & politician who wrote "The Prince"
- 7. A way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of human abilities and actions.
- 9. Italian Renaissance artist famous for painting the Sistine Chapel.
- 12. Italian Renaissance poet who wrote "The Divine Comedy" in Italian.
