Did it exist in Renaissance Times?

Teacher’s Guide

Did Exist (Y)           Didn’t Exist (N)              Idea/design only (I)

    N       Electric Lamp (Did not exist until 1801 A.D.)

    Y       Horse Shoes (Existed as early as 900 A.D.)

    Y       Cannon (Created in the early 14^th century)

    N       Matches (Created by Robert Boyle in 1680)

    Y       The painting of Mona Lisa (Da Vinci painted this in 1506)

    Y       Ox-drawn Plow (The heavy plow has been in use since the 5^th century)

    Y       Gunpowder (Created by the Chinese in the 11^th century)

    I         Telescope (Created by Hans Lippershay in 1608, added Galileo’s Discovery of Jupiter’s moons in 1610)

    Y       Liquid Soap (Soap was originally in liquid form, the Arabs made it into hard cakes in the 12^th century)

    Y       Pocket Watches (These came into existence in 1410, created in Florence they were called Portable Clocks)

    I         Submarine (Da Vinci designed a submersible war machine around 1515 A.D.)

    Y       Rat traps (Widely used in the 12^th century)

    Y       Eyeglasses (Created in Italy in the late 13^th century)

    Y       Wallpaper (This was created until the 1490s in England)

    Y       Printing press (Johannes Gutënberg invented it in 1450)

    Y       Screws & Nuts (These were created in the late 15^th Century)

    N       Aspirin (The source of aspirin wasn’t discovered until the 1900s)

    Y       Flush Toilets (The first flushing toilet was created for Queen Elizabeth in 1596, by her godson Sir John Harrington)

    Y       The play Romeo & Juliet (Written by William Shakespeare around the year 1595)

    Y       A Globe (the world was considered flat until Columbus discovered the new world in the late 15^th century)

    Y       Toothbrush (Some form of both toothbrushes and toothpaste has been used for over 5000 years)

Did it exist in Renaissance Times?

Did Exist (Y)           Didn’t Exist (N)              Idea/design only (I)

              Electric Lamp

              Horse Shoes

              Cannon

              Matches

              The painting of Mona Lisa

              Ox-drawn Plow

              Gunpowder

              Telescope

              Liquid Soap

              Pocket Watches

              Submarine

              Rat traps

              Eyeglasses

              Wallpaper

              Printing press

              Screws & Nuts

              Aspirin

              Flush Toilets

              Romeo & Juliet

              A Globe

              Toothbrush