Italian Renaissance Test Review

When did the Renaissance start?

• 1000s

• 1400s

• 1900s

• 2000s

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• redo

• start again

• rebirth

• skills again

What does the word "secular" mean?

• looks like real life

• rebirth

• not religious

• religious

True or false: "humanism" means to focus on religion, not people

• True

• False

Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?

• It is a beautiful country

• It had the most people

• It was the center of trade routes

• Italian was the language spoken the most

What did people focus on during the MIDDLE AGES?

• art

• medicine

• inventions

• death and afterlife

What did NOT improve during the Renaissance?

• art

• churches

• literature

• architecture

How did the printing press help people?

• Books were only in Italy now

• Books were cheaper and easier to make, so more people could buy them

• Books were harder to make, which made them worth more money

• The Medici family gave one to every town in Italy

Before 1450, how did people copy books?

• hand copy

• machine

• printing press

Which city-state did the Medici Family control?

• Florence

• Naples

• Rome

• Venice