- Renaissance and Reformation

What was the Renaissance?

• a decline in art, architecture, learning, and culture

• a rebirth in art, architecture, learning, and culture

• a war between Catholics and Protestants

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• England

• Germany

• Italy

When did the Renaissance take place?

• 1300-1600

• 500-1500

• 1095-1300

Who was the Medici family?

• powerful banking family who dominated politics during Renaissance

• the dynasty who ruled the Holy Roman Empire during Reformation

• powerful family who began the Protestant Reformation

Which is the best definition for the term patron?

• a military general from Spain

• someone who financially supported Renaissance art

• another term for emperor

An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements is known as?

• humanism

• philosophy

• inquisition

What studies are known as the humanities?

• history, literature, and philosophy

• science, politics, and math

• engineering, math, geography

Machiavelli wrote The Prince, what was this about?

• how a ruler can gain power and keep it

• the success of the Protestant Reformation

• how to treat the plague

During the Renaissance, writers began writing in their native languages, or __________________.

• sonnet

• secular

• vernacular

What year did the Protestant Reformation begin?

• 1600

• 1492

• 1517