Renaissance and Reformation

Based on the meaning of the French word renaissance, the period called the Renaissance refers to the

• rebirth of classical culture.
• restoration of basic human values.
• remainder of learning not yet lost.
• remembrance of better times.

What is a major reason why the Renaissance began in northern and central Italy?

• Nobles there led the Crusades.
• Peasants there learned to read.
• City-states there became wealthy.
• Kings there fought one another.

Humanists believed all people could maximize their potential, control their own lives, and achieve:

• Independence
• Weath
• Power
• Greatness

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed
• Rebuilt
• Remade
• Rebirth

To stop the reformation, the Catholic Church tried to put religious pressure on believers and government leaders and later declared war. Nothing worked so the church began a movement to try to reform itself.  What was this movement called?

• Spanish Inquistion
• Protestant Reformation
• Counter Reformation
• Feudalism

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Paris, France
• Florence, Italy
• Athens, Greece
• Berlin, Germany

Which astronomer came up with the idea of a heliocentric system? 

• Kepler
• Ptolemy 
• Copernicus
• Brahe 

How did the Medici family make Florence the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• They built a Roman Catholic Church there
• They made the peasants work over time without extra pay
• They made Florence the capital of Europe
• They hired artists and architects (patrons).

What was the theme of Machiavelli's The Prince?

• it focused on the church and state
• it focused on North America and South America
• it focused on gods and pharoahs
• it focused on rulers and the people they ruled

Identify the inventor or artist.

• Johannes Gutenburg
• Michelangelo
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Raphael