The Renaissance

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed
• Rebuilt
• Remade
• Rebirth

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What is one way that Medieval and Renaissance artists differ?

• Renaissance art focuses more on religion
• Medieval artists were more realistic
• Renaissance artist turned to Roman and Greek works for inspiration
• They are the same

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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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Which of these would be valued most by a Renaissance thinker who emphasized individualism?

• a nation's strength 
• a family's ancestors
• a person's achievements
• an army's success in battle

Which of the following is associated with Humanism?

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

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What was the Renaissance a "rebirth" of?

• Religion
• Classical culture
• Life (after the black death)
• Middle Ages

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The study of classical texts caused humanists to focus on what subject?

• human potential and achievements

• an understanding of early Christianity

• an understanding of ancient Muslim values

• Roman law and government

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Which of the following is true about the development of language during the Renaissance?

• Printing helped stabilize the language

• There was The Great Vowel Shift

• New Greek and Latin roots emergedd

• All of the above

• None of the above

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Which of the following is true of Queen Elizabeth?

• She was practical and disciplined

• She was never married

• She was frugal and was intent on balancing the budget

• All of the above

• None of the above

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Elizabeth was the unwanted daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

• True

• False

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