Renaissance Background

The term renaissance is a French word meaning -

• Reward
• Rebirth
• Freshen
• Fast Forward

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"Renaissance" refers particularly to a renewed interest- 

• Shakespeare
• Italian Literature
• Puritan Literature
• the writings of ancient Greece and Rome

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A series of dynastic civil wars between supporters of the rival houses of Lancaster and York, is known as...

• The War of the Roses 
• The Civil War
• The French Revolution
• Desert Storm

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Who founded the House of Tudor?

• Queen Elizabeth
• George Washington
• The Earl of Richmond, Henry
• Mary Queen of Scots

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 Humanists looked not only to the ______________ but also to the Latin and Greek classics for wisdom and knowledge.

• Bible
• Canterbury Tales
• Bhagavahgida
• Epic of Beowulf

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An invention that transformed this historical time period is the -

• printing press
• steam engine
• telegraph
• typewriter

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By 1476 ________________________ had his own printing press up and running in Westminster, England.

• Johannas Gutenberg
• Alexander Bell
• William Caxton
• Mark Zuckerberg

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Who commissioned the artist Michelangelo to paint gigantic scenes from the Bible on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. 

• Pope John Paul
• Pope Francis
• Pope Benedict XVI
• Pope Julius II

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What were Henry VIII's two motives for wanting to get rid of his wife, Catherine?

• She was barren and he was in love with a man.
• She wanted to go back home to Spain, and wanted to become a priest.
• She was married to another man, and Henry did not want to have a wife any longer,
• She was too old to give him a male heir, and  wants to marry Anne.

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Henry VIII established-

• the Royal Navy
• the Army
• the Marines
• the Air Force

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