Renaissance

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What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

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Rebirth

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What is one way that Medieval and Renaissance artists differ?

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Renaissance artist turned to Roman and Greek works for inspiration

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Which of these statements describes a change brought about by the Renaissance?
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Society was dominated by the church.
Society began to value individualism.
Society was focused on warfare.
Society was dominated by lords.

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Society began to value individualism.

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Which of the following statements BEST describes how wealth was distributed during the Renaissance? Everyone had the same amount of wealth., A few families had most of the wealth., Nobody had any wealth because the economy was doing so poorly., Many poor people took the wealth from the wealthy in a violent battle.

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A few families had most of the wealth.

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Which of the following is associated with Humanism? Options: the ideas of the middle ages, the ideas of Greece & Rome, the ideas of ancient China, the ideas of ancient India

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the ideas of Greece & Rome

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Where did the Renaissance begin?

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Italy

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Who invented the Printing Press?

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Gutenberg

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Which was not an important city state in Italy during the Renaissance? Florence, Venice, Genoa, Constantinople

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Constantinople

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What is characterized by the celebration of the individual, the study of classical Greek and Roman literature and culture, and support by wealthy patrons?

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Humanism

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Which of the following statements describes the type of government which existed in Florence during the Renaissance?
It was a small Italian town ruled by the king of Italy in Rome.
It was completely under the control of the Catholic Church.
It was a city-state ruled by the wealthy Medici family.
It was the capital of Italy and had a large bureaucracy.

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It was a city-state ruled by the wealthy Medici family.