• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/15

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

15 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back

Italian Renaissance

Began 1350, commerce, science and the arts expanded, religious authority challenged and emphasis on individual thought and freedom of choice

English Renaissance

Elizabethan Age, 16031558-Queen Elizabeth daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Her reign had economic and political stability. Inventors, composers and artists flourished.

River Thames

made London a major business center

Elizabeth I

patron of the arts she provided financial and moral support

Theater in Elizabethan England

all social classed could attend men and women


Drama Greek and Roman tragedies and comedies


Audience ate, drank, heckled applauded and cheered

Globe theater

Built in 1599,3 story open air, no lighting, no curtains, few props, all male actors, poor paid penny to stand near stage, rich sheltered seats

William Shakespeare

The Bard (poet)

Born April 23 in Stratford-on-Avon died 1616 educated at local grammar school

William Shakespeare

Anne Hathaway

Shakespeare's wife

Lord Chanberlain's Men

1594 acting company Shakespeare joined where he served as playwright, director, actor and part owner of the theater

Romeo and Juliet

tragedy written by William Shakespeare using ideas and problems common in England (feuding families, duels, plague, death, secrecy, and revenge.

Verona, Italy

setting for Romeo and Juliet but does not accurately portray life in that city

Use hyphens compound terms and as a prefix to some nouns

mother-in-law


tic-tac-toe


co-director


anti-american

Use hyphens for numbers

twenty-one through ninety-nine

Use hyphens to turn a group of words into and adjective

ten-year-old brother