Renaissance

All were characteristics of the Renaissance except

• Humanism

• Individualism

• Questioning reality

• Questioning authority

Renaissance art differed from art during the Middle Ages because

• Renaissance art was flat and dull

• Artists used perspective during the Renaissance

• Artists during the Renaissance only painted religious figues

• Renaissance art started using stained glass

There were great advances in literature in Italy during the Renaissance Period. Many writers changed to writing in dialects (forms of a language) that most people could understand. Before, during the Medieval Period, most writers had written in which language?

• Italian

• German

• Latin

• Spanish

Niccolo Machiavelli was both a statesman and historian in Florence. He wrote a famous book about politics, leaders of government, and the way they led. What is the name of this book?

• The Power of the Pope

• The Prince

• The Decameron

• The Monarch

Intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievement was called

Renaissance ideas were spread through trade (people doing business), travel (people going to new places), and education (people teaching new ideas and skills to each other). Which invention of the Renaissance Period helped most to spread ideas and discoveries?

• long lasting oil paints

• wooden ships

• new architecture

• the printing press

The first book printed off of the printing press was the

During the Renaissance people wanted to return to the ideals of

• Ancient Sparta and Athens

• Ancient Rome and Milan

• Ancient Greece and Rome

• Ancient Greece and Turkey

The word "Renaissance" means

Painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

• DaVinci

• Raphael

• Donatello

• Michelangelo