Renaissance & Reformation Study Guide

The Sistine Chapel was painted by which Renaissance artist?

• Donatello

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed

• Rebuilt

• Rebirth

Which idea is associated with Humanism?

• the ideas of Ancient China

• the ideas of Greece & Rome

• the ideas of ancient India

The first moveable type of printing press that allowed mass production of materials was invented by

• Leonardo da Vinci.
• Johann Gutenberg.
• William Shakespeare.
• Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni.

Which of the following italian city-states is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Genoa

• Venice

• Florence

• Milan

How did Gutenberg's printing press impact Europe?

• it decreased literacy throughout the continent

• it allowed literature to be mass produced and information spread quickly

• it allowed more people to train and join the priesthood

• it decreased the production of navigational maps

What governing family was known as the largest patrons of the arts produced in Florence, Italy?

• The Medicine family

• The Michelangelo family

• The Medici family

What helped to increase the amount of vernacular literature during the Renaissance?

• humanist belief

• invention of the printing press

• realism in art

• publication of Greek and Roman mythology

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Who painted the Mona Lisa?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Botticelli

• Machiavelli

Who invented the printing press?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Martin Luther

• Niccolo Machiavelli