Renaissance History

What does "Renaissance" mean?

• to die

• rebirth

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Mesopotamia

• Japan

• northern Italy

• Mongolia

What did the Renaissance of Italy refer to?

• rebirth of dancing and music

• rebirth of art and learning

What is one way the Renaissance helped the economy?

• decrease demand for Middle Eastern products

• increase demand for Middle Eastern products

What is one way the Renaissance benefited the economy?

• encouraged the use of credit and banking

• discourage the use of credit and banking

Italian city-states, like Florence, Venice and Genoa became rich from trade - true or false

• true

• false

Who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?

• Petrarch

• Michelangelo

• Machiavelli

• Leonardo da Vinci

What did Medieval art and literature focus on?

• music and dancing

• church and salvation

• individual, worldly matters & Christianity

• animals

What did the Renaissance art and literature focus on?

• music and dancing

• church and salvation

• individuals, worldly matters & Christianity

• animals

Artists from which time period used great detail and perspective in their artwork?

• Renaissance

• Medieval