WHI.13 (a & b) Renaissance

The crusades were wars between Christians and 

• Hindus
• Buddhists
• Muslims
• Catholics

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed
• Rebuilt
• Remade
• Rebirth

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following is associated with classical learning?

• the ideas of the middle ages
• the ideas of Greece & Rome
• the ideas of ancient China
• the ideas of ancient India

"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince" 

• Machiavelli
• Castiglione
• Shakespeare 
• Petrarch

What was Niccolò Machiavelli's main argument in his work The Prince?

• A ruler should do whatever is necessary to maintain power.

• A ruler should follow all of the teachings of the Catholic Church.

• A ruler should make his subjects as happy as possible.

• A ruler should strive to maintain equality and fairness.

Which of the following statements describes the type of government which existed in Florence during the Renaissance?

• It was a small Italian town ruled by the king of Italy in Rome.

• It was completely under the control of the Catholic Church.

• It was a city-state ruled by the wealthy Medici family.

• It was the capital of Italy and had a large bureaucracy.

This means a rebirth of the classics of Greece and Rome

• Humanism

• Patron

• Secular

• Renaissance

In The Prince Machiavelli stated what as his thesis?

• It is better to be loved than feared
• It is better to be feared than loved
• It is better to fear love
• It is better to love fear

The "rebirth" of interest in learning and art after the Middle Ages, particularly in the ideas of ancient Greece and Rome was

• humanism
• the Renaissance
• the Enlightenment
• secularism

The Renaissance begin in ____

• Italy
• China
• England
• France