Renaissance and Reformation Practice Quiz

The word "renaissance" means:

• rebirth

• revival

• resurrection

• resurgence

The Renaissance in western Europe was a period noted for:

• armed conflict over control of the Holy Land

• the rise of feudalism in the Mediterranean region

• the mass movement of people from urban to rural areas

• a shift from a spiritual focus to a more humanistic one

The Renaissance began in which European country?

• England

• Italy

• Germany

• France

During the Renaissance, scholars and artists rediscovered knowledge from which civilizations?

• Viking and Mongols

• Ancient China and India

• Mesopotamia and Persia

• Ancient Greece and Rome

The concept of humanism focuses on:

• humankind's submission to God

• human-environment interaction

• human potential and achievements

• the wickedness of human beings

The financial support of the arts by a wealthy person or family:

• patronage

• personage

• humanism

• secularization

Which of the following city-states was the center of the Early Renaissance?

• London

• Florence

• Amsterdam

• Paris

The Italian scholar and father of the philosophy called humanism:

• Boccaccio

• da Vinci

• Shakespeare

• Petrarch

Which Renaissance figure designed the famous dome on the Florence Cathedral?

• Michaelangelo

• Albrecht Dürer

• Donatello

• Brunelleschi

Each of the following was a cause of the Renaissance EXCEPT:

• the revival of Ancient Greek and Roman texts

• trade between Europe and other regions of the world

• the emergence of humanism as a new philosophy

• the fall of the Western Roman Empire