Renaissance in the North

What had a profound effect on northern Europe just prior to the Renaissance?

• The Reformation

• The Black Plague

• The Scientific Revolution

• The French Revolution

Who invented the movable type printing press?

• Johannes Kepler

• Edward Cullen

• Francesco Petrarch

• Johann Gutenberg

What was the first book printed on the movable type printing press?

• Utopia

• The Bible

• Romeo and Juliet

• The Book of the Courtier

What were the immediate results of the invention of the printing press?

• Millions of printed books

• People learned to read

• People learned new ideas

• Book reports became mandatory

What is the vernacular?

• The language in an area

• Latin language

• A wooded area

• Fern covered trees

What language did Erasmus translate the Bible into?

• Dutch

• Latin

• Greek

• German

What book did Sir Thomas More write?

• Distopia

• Utopia

• Autotropia

• Phobitropia

What has Utopia come to mean?

• Beautiful

• Unforeseen

• Ideal but unrealistic

• surreal

How many plays did Shakespeare write in the 23 years between 1590 and 1613?

• 17

• 27

• 37

• 47

About how many words did Shakespeare create for the English language so his plays could be more vivid?

• 130

• 700

• 1300

• 1700