Renaissance Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
  2. 5. The astronomical model where the Sun is positioned at the center of the solar system, with Earth and other planets orbiting it.
  3. 7. An Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet
  4. 9. Marco Polo (c. 1254 – 1324) was a Venetian merchant and explorer who traveled extensively through Asia in the 13th century.
  5. 10. Typically a form of art regarded as representing an exemplary standard; traditional and long-established in form or style.
  6. 11. The Medici family was a powerful and influential Italian family, particularly during the Renaissance, who rose to prominence through banking and political power
  7. 12. A lifestyle that is not interested in religious ideas.
Down
  1. 1. A way of showing people and things as they appear at different distances.
  2. 2. A new way of understanding the world.
  3. 3. A German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press
  4. 6. A renewal of rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman arts.
  5. 8. A network of ancient trade routes that connected the East and West, facilitating the exchange of goods, ideas, and culture between civilizations.