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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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?

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Classical culture

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Renaissance art? Options: Perspective, Incorporation of nature, Flat/2-D, Realistic/3-D

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Flat/2-D

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Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT: Cheaper book prices, Increase in education/literacy, Increase in church power, Rapid spread of ideas

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Increase in church power

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While Gutenberg introduced the printing press in Europe, this country was the first to develop moveable type, which influenced his invention.

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China