This fueled the Renaissance, helped start the Reformation, and resulted in increased literacy, education, knowledge, and science throughout Europe and beyond.

Leonardo da Vinci's book of inventions

focuses on the potential of humans to reason, achieve, and think for oneself.

encourages people to learn Latin and Greek

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

Writings from Greek and Latin (Roman) authors

Were patrons of the arts in Florence

Were the first mafia family to live in Italy

Were the most famous painters in Florence

How did the Medici family become wealthy?

establishing a bank & offering credit/loans

taxing goods brought to Europe by returning Crusaders

enslaving Muslims from Northern Africa

stealing from the Catholic Church's treasury

Thomas Aquinas argued that

people could only arrive at truth through a balanced approach using both faith and reason.

people should not reason but submit to the absolute authority of the Catholic Church

people should abandon faith and the Catholic Church and trust entirely on their ability to reason

cantaloupe is the lowest of the fruits

William Shakespeare is famous for...

his incredible ability to write plays

his incredible ability to paint

How did Muslims contribute to the Renaissance? (Choose Two)

European Crusaders saw how advanced they were and brought back their ideas to Europe

Moors collected and preserved Greek and Roman works which were influential to Renaissance thinkers

Muslims conquered key European strongholds and forced Renaissance ideas on them.

Muslims sent teachers, scientists, and doctors to Europe to teach Europeans all they had learned.

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Considered to be the place where the Renaissance began.

Florence

Venice

Milan

Istanbul

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Leonardo da Vinci lived near...

Florence

Venice

Constantinople

New York City

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A patron of the Renaissance arts, especially in Florence

Leonardo da Vinci

Medici Family

Pope Innocent III

Mehmed II

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who Painted this?

Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael

Picasso

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who painted this?

Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael

Picasso

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is this?

St. Peter's Bascilica

The Pope's Palace

Sistine Chapel

William the Conqueror's bed chamber

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30 sec • 1 pt

Who painted this?

Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael

William Shakespeare

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Renaissance Unit WC

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Considered to be the place where the Renaissance began.

Leonardo da Vinci lived near...

A patron of the Renaissance arts, especially in Florence

Who Painted this?

Who painted this?

What is this?

Who painted this?

a writer of plays like Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. Also credited with inventing hundreds of english words that we use today...

This fueled the Renaissance, helped start the Reformation, and resulted in increased literacy, education, knowledge, and science throughout Europe and beyond.

Which of the following is an example of Shakespeare's work?

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