Renaissance and Reformation Review

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• Italy was first to trade with the New World, thanks to Christopher Columbus
• Italian famland was rigch enough to provide surpluses for trade and wealth.
• Italy was the most unified area of Europe both culturally and politically.
• Italy was a center of trade routes that connected Europe and the East.

Why do we call the time in European history from the 1300s to the 1600s a "Renaissance"?

• People started to question the Church and brought a rebirth of faith.
• People started to explore the limits of human achievement for the first time.
• People rediscovered and renewed things like the arts, literature, and architecture.
• People started to rediscover the true meaning of what it was to be alive.

What was the Medici family most famous for?

• Ruling Venice with an iron fist and dominating trade in that city-state.
• Using marriage alliances to build political power thoughout Italy and Spain.
• Having power in politics, religion, and through being art patrons.
• Being great artists, scholars, and writers.

What is a key reason the Renaissance began later in the North of Europe?

• The Hundred Years War led to great economic and social devastation.
• People in Northern Europe had less exposure to music and the arts.
• Northern Europeans suffered greatly in the Little Ice Age of the 1300s.
• Italian artists refused to work outside of their beloved homelands.

Which Renaissance artist created the wooden statue of John the Baptist (pictured)?

• Raphael
• Donatello
• Michelangelo
• Leonardo

Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (pictured)?

• Donatello
• Raphael
• Michelangelo
• Leonardo

Which Renaissance writer is famous for his dramatic and plays, sonnets, and close relationship with Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England?

• Sir Thomas More
• Sir Francis Bacon
• Henry James
• William Shakespeare

When Elizabeth I said, "I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a king, and a king of England, too, and I think foul scorn [for] any prince of Europe [who] should dare invade the borders of my realm," what was she trying to do?

• Inspire her troops in their upcoming battle against the Spanish Armada. 
• Apologize for failing to lead her ships to battle against the Spanish Armada.
• Persuade her sexist admirals to follow her orders and attack Spain.
• Send a stern message to Philip of Spain after the sinking of her flagship, the HMS Mary Rose.

What did it mean to be a "Renaissance" (Universal) Man?

• To be reborn into the Protestant faith and renew his commitment to Christ.
• To be good at many forms of art, including sculpture, painting, and music
• To be a follower of Copernicus' Heliocentric view, as opposed to Aristotle's Geocentric view. 
• To be good at many academic disciplines, such as art, science, and mathematics.

Which Renaissance artist inserted a self-portrait when he created this Italian painting?

• Raphael
• Donatelo
• Michelangelo
• Leonardo