Renaissance quiz Kjer

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed
• Rebuilt
• Remade
• Rebirth

Humanism...

• emphasized the Bible
• leads to happier lives
• encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
• focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 

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How did the city-states of Italy gain wealth?

• Through industry
•  Through banking and trade
• Through the sale of Renaissance art
• Through the large farming estates

A major reason that the Renaissance began in Italy was that...

• Italian city-states had grown wealthy from trade between Europe and Asia
• merchants supported the Green Revolution
• Farmers produced great agricultural surpluses on vast plains
• many European scholars had migrated to this area

Which group supported those who conducted the early work of the Renaissance?

• Italian patrons
• Catholic priests
• Spanish traders
• Muslim thinkers

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• France
• England
• Italy
• Spain

During the Renaissance who ruled the city-state of Florence?

• Niccolo Machiavelli
• The Medici Family
• Michelangelo
• King Henry VIII

He said it was better to be feared than loved

• Henry VIII
• Machiavelli
• Johann Gutenberg
• Michelangelo

Humanism believed that man was in control of their own destiny.

• True
• False

The term Renaissance means...

• Fresh start

• Nothing

• Rebirth

• re-do