Renaissance, Age of Exploration and Colonization Process

The Renaissance period is:

• 14th to 19th century

• 13th to 17th century

• 14th to 17th century

Why did the Renaissance begin?

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Humanism is:

• a movement that promoted that man should be interested only in religion

• a movement that suggested that women should be painted by great artists

• a movement that promoted that human should be at the center of all things.

The Medici Family was very important for the Renaissance to develop, because:

• They invested money on art

• They invested money on people, like artists

• They promoted the development of sculpture, painting, literature.

• All are correct

Italian painter, architect, inventor, and “Renaissance man” responsible for painting “The Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.

• Sandro Botticelli

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Dante Alghieri

• Nicholas Copernic

Scholar from Holland who defined the humanist movement in Northern Europe. Translator of the New Testament into Greek.

• Nicholas Copernic

• Galileo Galilei

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Johannes Gutenberg

French philosopher and mathematician regarded as the father of modern philosophy. Famous for stating, “I think; therefore I am.”

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Dante Alghieri

• Rene Descartes

• Aristotle

Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer whose pioneering work with telescopes enabled him to describes the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn. Placed under house arrest for his views of a heliocentric universe.

• Nicholas Copernic

• Galileo Galilei

• William Shakespeare

• Machiavelli

Mathematician and astronomer who made first modern scientific argument for the concept of a heliocentric solar system.

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicholas Copernic

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Socrates

Italian philosopher, poet, writer and political thinker who authored “The Divine Comedy.”

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Dante Alghieri

• Sandro Botticelli

• Donatello