Renaissance and Reformation Review (Part 1)

What was the Medici family of Italy best known for during the Renaissance?

• Being artists

• Being writers

• Wealthy rulers that supported the arts

• Religion leaders

Artists, architects, writers, and sculptors were drawn to Florence, Italy because of its

• Wealth and location

• High castle walls

• Warm climate

• Religious tolerance

Italian cities such as Venice became wealthy during the Renaissance through

• War

• Trade

• Farming

• Art

Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Last Supper

• True

• False

Michelangelo is responsible for the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel

• True

• False

Johannes Gutenberg invented the Printing Press which helped to produce books and information at a faster rate than ever before

• True

• False

William Shakespeare is a famous inventor from the Reformation

• True

• False

Which of these people regularly dissected human bodies, had multiple inventions, created famous artwork, and is known as a "Renaissance Man"?

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Leonardo Da Vinci

Which of these led to an increase in followers of Christianity during the Renaissance?

• Translation of the bible into vernacular

• Joan of arc being crowned Pope

• Henry VIII naming himself King

• The Muslims freeing the Christian leaders they had captured

Protestant ruler at the height of the Renaissance

• Henry VIII

• Elizabeth I

• Mary I