Renaissance-Reformation

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed
• Rebuilt
• Remade
• Rebirth

On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?

• Spain
• England
• Italy
• Germany

Humanism...

• emphasized the Bible
• leads to happier lives
• encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
• focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 

The first moveable type of printing press that allowed mass production of materials was invented by

• Leonardo da Vinci.
• Johann Gutenberg.
• William Shakespeare.
• Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni.

What types of works of literature and philosophy were rediscovered and used during the Renaissance?

• Religious texts
• Writings from Greek and Latin (Roman) authors
• Christian learning
• Chinese philosophers

Which of these famous structures did Michelangelo paint?

• the Louvre

• the Coliseum

• the Sistine Chapel

• the Eiffel Tower

• Venetian explorer who visited the court of Kublai Khan

• One of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China

• Travels increased the interest of Europeans in the lands of the East

Who is described above?

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

Which of these men of the Renaissance was known equally for his art as well as inventions?

• Rueben

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Aristotle

Which of these events influenced the changing role of religion during the Renaissance?

• the humanist movement

• the removal of the pope

• the burning of bibles

• the invention of movable type

Philosophers and painters of the Renaissance and wanted to return to the times of ...

• Perspective

• Greece and Rome

• The Middle Ages

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