Renaissance

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed

• Rebuilt

• Remade

• Rebirth

On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?

• Spain

• England

• Italy

• Germany

Humanism...

• emphasized the Bible

• leads to happier lives

• encourages people to learn Latin and Greek

• focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 

Which of the following is associated with Humanism?

• the ideas of the middle ages

• the ideas of Greece & Rome

• the ideas of ancient China

• the ideas of ancient India

Which of the following cities was an important center during the early Renaissance?

• Florence

• London

• Ghent

• Paris

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.

What types of works of literature and philosophy were rediscovered and used during the Renaissance?

• Religious texts

• Writings from Greek and Latin (Roman) authors

• Christian learning

• Chinese philosophers

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

Who invented the printing press?

• Francesco Petrarch

• Dante Alighieri

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Leonardo da Vinci