Origins of the Renaissance

Which of the following were reasons for the Crusades?

• to free the Holy Land from Muslim control

• to unite the Eastern and Western churches

• to stop the spread of Islam

• all of these

The Crusades divided the _________________ riches, but brought many of them to _____________________________.

• Venice Italy, Constantinople

• Byzantine Empire, France

• Constantinople, Venice Italy

• Byzantine Empire, Roman Empire

The Crusades ended by what year?

• 1397

• 1350

• 1453

• 1303

The Renaissance began in the city-state of_________________.

• Venice, Italy

• Florence, Italy

• Rome, Italy

• Paris, France

What wealthy family paid artists and architects to create new art and architecture?

• the Charlemagne Family

• the Medici Family

• the Shakespeare Family

• the Michelangelo Famil

One of the rivers where business and trade increased in Europe was the ___________________.

• Rhine

• Euphrates

• Tiber

• Nile

What new class of people emerged during the Renaissance?

• wealthy class

• poor class

• middle class

• noble class

Before the Renaissance, only nobility and those undertaking religious life could _________________.

• own land

• vote

• be in the government

• read

What did Johannes Guttenberg invent in 1452?

• the Bible

• movable type

• the flying machine

• the ink pen

Which of the following important people was responsible for advances during the Renaissance?

• Newton

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• all of these