The Renaissance Honors World History Test Study Guide

What is the period from the fourteenth through the sixteenth century in which Europe experienced a widespread revival of learning and a flowering of the arts?

• Reformation

• Revival

• Renaissance

• Renewal

• Rapture

The word renaissance is French for what English word?

• Rebirth

• Revival

• Renewal

• Refreshment

• Rapture

The need for well-educated laymen with professional skills increased for all the following reasons except . . .

• the expansion of trade

• the growth of national governments

• the emphasis on manorial duties

• the growth of town governments

What new course of study, also known as the liberal arts, became popular in Europe during the Renaissance?

• Scholasticism

• Classicism

• Lyricism

• Humanities

What period of history did the Renaissance humanists admire?

• Egyptian

• Medieval

• Greco-Roman

• Byzantine

Which of the following is not a reason that Italy led the Renaissance?

• The Italians though of themselves as Romans and as linked to the ancient Roman Empire

• The Italians broke from the influence of the church first

• The Italian cities controlled the Mediterranean trade routes

• The Italian cities used their wealth to commission artists

The most famous Renaissance patrons were members of which family?

• da Vinci Family

• Medici Family

• Machiavelli Family

• Savonarola Family

• Donatello Family

In the fourteenth century, Florentine writers' study of the classics stirred a rebirth of . . .

• learning in Europe

• religion in Europe

• politics in Europe

• painting in Europe

The birthplace of the Renaissance was . . .

• Florence

• Milan

• Rome

• Venice

Who wrote a book of manners?

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• Erasmus

• Jan van Eyck

• Johanas Gutenburg

• Baldassarre Castiglione