Renaissance Review

Which of the following BEST explains why the Renaissance started in what is today known as Italy?

• This region was in the middle of the Constantinople-China trade routes.

• The city-states here were wealthy, on the trade routes and had access to important waters such as the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean.

• Italy was a powerful country, ruled by the powerful King Cosimo Medici, who brought the finest artists from around the world to Rome.

• The Renaissance thinkers wanted to be like Rome and Greece after the Catholic Church took over, and they believed that Paris was the best place to start.

The Medici family brought the industry of banking to their city-state, which made them very powerful. What specifically helped make them so wealthy?

• They introduced the use of a common currency, called the gold Florin coin, and collect interest on loans.

• They were known for helping everyone in the village, even their enemies, because they thought if everyone did well, then they would make more money, and enemies would become friends.

• They controlled the glass industry in their home city-state of Venice.

• They put a bank on every street corner, much like Starbucks does today.

How did Michelangelo get involved with the art work in Florence?

• His good friend Leonardo DaVinci asked him to come to the city and help him paint a cathedral.

• The Pope sent him there to finish painting the Il Duomo Cathedral now that Brunelleschi put the dome on it.

• He was hired by the Medici family to create pieces of art to make Florence look more beautiful as part of the system of patronage

• He owned an art gallery there which displayed the Mona Lisa.

The city states of Rome, Venice, Florence and Milan would all be found in this modern-day European country, where the Renaissance and Humanism began?

• Italy

• Turkey

• Spain

• France

Which of the following is a core belief of Humanism?

• That human beings are sinful and should repent for their sins every day

• That the human body and achievements should be celebrated, and logic and reason should be used to question beliefs.

• That Catholics should never question the Church values, but it is ok to draw the human figure as long as it has clothes

• That anyone who defies the Church shall be burned alive

What was the main goal of Thomas Aquinas’ studies?

• He tried to find a loophole to allow Lorenzo de Medici to divorce his wife.

• He was responsible for encouraging the Medici family enemies to go into hiding.

• He tried to combine the teachings of the Catholic Faith with Humanism ideals, saying faith and reason are gifts from God

• He found the part of the Bible that explained about inappropriate art.

Which two ancient cultures were the basis of the Humanist movement?

• Israel and China

• Greece and India

• Rome and Africa

• Rome and Greece

I was responsible for making Florence look beautiful, I painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and I carved masterpieces such as the David. Who am I?

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Donatello

• Rafael

• Michelangelo

In addition to writing plans (backwards!) for inventions such as a flying machine, I was a great painter. Examples of my work are the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. My name is

• Michelangelo

• Donatello

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Rafael

What contributions did Shakespeare make to the Renaissance?

• He wrote many great songs that were sung in concert halls, some of which have been recorded today as love ballads

• His plays were secular and based on humanism, and were performed in the Globe Theater and beyond for hundreds of years

• He transcribed the ancient manuscripts into modern English, Spanish and French.

• He wrote the Bible into modern English and was burned alive