Renaissance

Who wrote "Praise of Folly", a book that cricized the Pope?

• Sir Thomas More
• Erasmus
• Machiavelli
• Da Vinci

Which family was a patron of artist like Leonardo da Vinci?

• Abotts
• Medicci
• Himlers
• Boccaccio

Sir Thomas More wrote which of the following books?

• Utopia
• The Prince
• Praise of Folly
• In the Garden

Which of these was a writer of the northern Renaissance?

• Erasmus
• Cervantes
• Petrarch
• Dante

What invention had the greatest influence on the spread of ideas in the Northern Renaissance?

• gunpowder
• moveable type
• compass
• rudder

One Characteristic of the Northern Renaissance was

• it dealt only with religious subjects
• it began fore the Italian renaissance
• the printing press increased the production and sale of books
• it was controlled by the government

What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?

• wealthy patrons
• church officials
• government grants
• kings competing for prestige

Renaissance art was notable for:

• showing religious themes for the first time
• focusing on humans and their emotions
• including many miliatary scenes
• having flat backgrounds with figures up front

Which of these Renaissance artists is correctly paried with his famous work?

• Michelangelo-Last Supper
• Rafael-Sculpture of David
• Leonardo da Vinci-Mona Lisa
• Rafael-Sistine Chapel

After the end of feudalism, what event stimulated trade?

• Hundred Years War
• Crusades
• Black Death
• discovery of new gold mines