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Medici Activity - Password

The document provides clues to solve 10 riddles about the Medici family of Florence during the Renaissance. The clues are then pieced together to reveal the Medici family password. Once solved, the student completes a summary on how the Medici family impacted and helped advance Renaissance art, architecture, and culture through their wealth and patronage of artists and thinkers in 15th century Florence. Their financial success and support of creatives like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo allowed the Italian Renaissance to flourish and had profound effects on European civilization that can still be seen today.

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Medici Activity - Password

The document provides clues to solve 10 riddles about the Medici family of Florence during the Renaissance. The clues are then pieced together to reveal the Medici family password. Once solved, the student completes a summary on how the Medici family impacted and helped advance Renaissance art, architecture, and culture through their wealth and patronage of artists and thinkers in 15th century Florence. Their financial success and support of creatives like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo allowed the Italian Renaissance to flourish and had profound effects on European civilization that can still be seen today.

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Name: _______________________________

The Medici Family Password


Using Google do your best to answer the 10 riddles below. With each correct answer you will get a
clue that will get you one step closer to solving the Medici Family Password. Once you have all 10
riddles solved, piece the clues together to learn what the password is, show it to your teacher and
earn your Medici reward. The final step is to complete a summary over the Medici family so make
sure you learn while solving the password! Good luck!

Medici Riddles
1. Where were the Medicis from?

2. When were the Medicis in power?

3. How many Popes were from the Medici family? What were their names?

4. Who did Lorenzo Medici help support?

5. What did the Medici coat of arms look like?

6. How did the Medicis get to be so rich?

7. What does the phrase medicean stars refer to?

8. Who started the Medici Bank? Who expanded it?

9. How did the Medici family power come to an end?

10. Who made Florence into the cradle of the Renaissance?

Track your thinking with each clue


Each clue has a lot going on! In order to keep track of it all use the space below! If you end up missing something you can
go back to a clue but that does take more time...organization will be your friend!

What’s the password?!


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Update your summary sheet


Once you’ve completed each riddle and learned the Medici family password you should feel ready to complete
your summary sheet. Here you need to identify who it is you are summarizing, (in this situation it’s an entire
family but that’s okay) what they did during the Renaissance, AND what impact they had on the people of
Europe or life in Europe. For summarizing their impact think about the following… Did they make the world
better? Worse? Was there a huge change because of them? A small change? Would life have looked
differently without them?
Clue #1:
Total number of sentences 4.
1st word, 1st sentence “The”
4th & 5th word, 1st sentence “were known”
1st & 2nd word of 3rd sentence “Essentially, they”
1st three words of the second sentence “They were very”
Last five words of the last sentence “happened without families like them.”

Clue #2:
2nd word, first sentence “Medici”
1st & 2nd word, Last (4th) sentence “Today, a”
Last two words, 3rd sentence “about money.”
8th & 9th word, 2nd sentence “money to”
11th-13th word, 3rd sentence “have to worry”

Clue #3:
3rd word, 1st sentence “family”
3rd word, 3rd sentence “paid”
3rd word, 4th sentence “large”
11th word, 2nd sentence “patronages”

Clue #4:
4th word, 2nd sentence “wealthy”

Clue #5:
7th -10th word, 3rd sentence “creations so artist didn’t”
12th-16th word, 2nd sentence “or sponsors of the arts.”
9th & 10th word, 1st sentence “the Renaissance” ”
6th-11th word, 4th sentence “credit is given to the Medici”

Clue #6:
6th-8th word, 1st sentence “as “leaders of”

Clue #7:
5th-7th word, 2nd sentence “and used this”
4th-6th word, 3rd sentence “artist for their”
Clue #8:
10th word, 2nd sentence “become”
4th & 5th word, 4th sentence “amount of”
12th-15th, 4th sentence “family because many say”

Clue #9:
16th & 17th word, 4th sentence “the Renaissance”
20th-22nd word, 4th sentence “architecture wouldn’t have”

Clue #10:
18th-19th word, 4th sentence “art and”

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