The Renaissance

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What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

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Rebirth

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What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance? Options: wealthy patrons, church officials, government grants, kings competing for prestige

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wealthy patrons

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What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?

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perspective

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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 painted "The Last Supper"?

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Who painted the Mona Lisa?

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Renaissance began in Italy? Wealthy Italian patrons supported the arts, Cultural diffusion encouraged curiosity and spread Arab and African ideas, The Black Plague did not hit Italy as a result of the Alps, Renewed interest in the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome

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The Black Plague did not hit Italy as a result of the Alps

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What was the Renaissance a "rebirth" of? Options: Religion, Classical culture, Life (after the black death), Middle Ages

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Classical culture

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"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince"

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Machiavelli