Renaissance Quiz Review

Renaissance Quiz Review

By Jen Painter

​The Renaissance was between approximately 1300 and 1600 AD after the medieval (Middle Ages) in Europe

Time period

​It began in the Italian city-states and later spread to northern Europe

Location

Renaissance is a French word

It means rebirth.

RE = AGAIN

It was a rebirth of ideas.

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Renaissance
meaning

There was a new focus on the interests and perspective of humans called humanism.

Humanism

There was a new interest in the art and learning of classical Greece and Rome.

Classical ideas

What kind of ideas were reborn?

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Trade!!!

The Italian city-states were centers of trade.
This gave them:
1) Money ($$$) to support art and architecture.
2) Contact with new ideas from other civilizations.

Multiple Choice

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• China

• France

• Italy

• the Middle East

Fill in the Blank

The word Renaissance comes from the __________ language.

Multiple Choice

The Renaissance came directly after which time period?

• the Middle Ages

• the Roman Empire

• ancient Greece

• Islamic Empire

Open Ended

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Renaissance Art

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this work of art?

• The Pieta

• David

• The Creation of Adam

• The Last Supper

Multiple Choice

Who painted The Mona Lisa?

• Donatello

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Leonardo da Vinci

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this artwork?

• The Creation of Adam

• The Mona Lisa

• David

• The Pieta

The Scientific Revolution

Multiple Choice

A revolution is a big _______________.

• government

• change

• invention

• leader

​A Greek philosopher believed that the planets revolved around the Earth

Artistole

​Copernicus was a Polish scientist who said that the SUN, not the earth, was the center of the universe.

Galileo, in Italy, agreed with Copernicus. He was arrested by the Catholic church.

Copernicus and Galileo

Multiple Choice

The planets revolve around the _________.

• earth

• moon

• stars

• sun

Multiple Choice

Which was NOT an invention of the Renaissance?

• eyeglasses

• telescope

• telephone

• clocks

The Printing Press

-Gutenberg invented the printing press

-books could by made faster and more cheaply
-as a result, literacy (reading) and ideas spread

in the Renaissance

-books were copied by hand

-they were expensive ($$$$$)

-most people in Europe did not read and write

in the Middle Ages

The Printing Press

Multiple Choice

What was NOT a result of the printing press?

• increased literacy in Europe

• decreased literacy in Europe

• cheaper books

• the spread of ideas