Vocabulary Quiz: Renaissance

What is the definition of humanism?

• A system of thought that humans are more important that animals.

• An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.

• The focus of human representation in art and literature.

• The ideology that one day humans will conquer the galaxy.

What does the term cultural diffusion mean?

• The splitting up different cultures based on geography.

• The spread of the beliefs and social activities of one culture to different ethnicities, religions, nationalities, etc.

• Taking on the aspects of a new culture based on one's interests.

• Allowing another culture to be forgotten completely.

What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?

• realism
• perspective
• idealism
• distancism

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Rome, Italy

• Florence, Italy

• Mainz, Germany

a financial supporter of the arts

• patron

• royal

• noble

The term used to describe someone who is good at a wide range of things

• Renaissance Man

• Renaissance Guru

• Renaissance Creator

During the Renaissance, there was a revival of interst in Greek and Roman civilizations. The following of ancient Greek/Roman principles and style is called what?

• perspective

• humanism

• Classicism

• individual achievement

__________ celebrates the individual

• Individualism

• Dogism

• sonnets

• Protestant

What is a region that is independently ruled by a major city?

• Towns

• Cities

• States

• City-states

The art, literature, culture, and enduring ideas that emerged from the Mediterranean in the centuries before the common era.

• Classicism

• Western Civilization

• Romanism

• Catholicism