The Renaissance

What stimulated trade by introducing Europeans to various products?

• Hundred Years War
• Crusades
• War of the Roses
• French & Indian War

People felt _______________ by the church when the clergy abandoned them for fear of catching the plague

• loved
• abused
• betrayed
• confused

People became more _____________________ and wanted to enjoy life so they abandoned the idea that one    must suffer to gain eternal salvation

• depressed
• loving
• outgoing
• self indulgent

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• trade led to rise of city states
• the bubonic plague had ended
• republics
• that is where the art was

The Italian city-states were separate _______________ which collected their own taxes and raised their  own armies

• democracies
• regions
• republics
• democratic republics

Most citizens in the Italian city states were heavily involved in

• government
• religion
• trade
• art

The most powerful citizens in the Italian city states during the Italian Renaissance were:

• monarchs
• nobles
• merchants
• peasants

Scholars studied ancient Latin manuscripts (from Rome) which had been preserved in

• Gothic Cathedrals
• Byzantine Libraries
• Convents
• Monasteries

Scholars studied ancient Greek values and encouraged the study of _____________ like history, literature,  and philosophy

• classics
• humanities
• vernacular
• core knowledge

Who was the painter who was also a scientist and inventor?

• Michelangelo
• Da Vinci
• Raphael
• Erasmus