Italian Renaissance

Which factor contributed to the beginning of the Renaissance in Italian cities?

• occupation by foreign powers

• surplus of porcelain from Japan

• location near important trade routes

• interaction with Latin America

Which invention helped spread the ideas and increase literacy across Europe during the 15th -18th centuries?

• Lateen Sail

• Printing Press

• Astrolabe

• Pony Express

A direct impact that the printing press had on 16th-century Europe was that it encouraged the

• spread of ideas

• establishment of democracy

• beginnings of communism

• development of industrialization

Which book became most widely printed shortly after the arrival of the movable type printing press to Europe?

• The Da Vinci Code

• The Torah

• The Quran

• The Bible

Who invented the printing press?

• Francis Bacon

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Isaac Newton

• Martin Luther

Artist who painted the Mona Lisa &The Last Supper

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Raphael

• Donotello

Which disease was responsible for the deaths of more than 1/3 of the population of Europe in the 14th century?

• Small pox

• Malaria

• Cholera

• Bubonic Plague

The Renaissance was a rebirth of

• classical knowledge

• the Roman Empire

• the Catholic Church

• agriculture

Italy was decentralized during most of the Italian Renaissance. What does that mean?

• It was unified under one ruler.

• The pope made all governmental decisions.

• It was broken into individual city-states.

• Italy was not centrally located.

Italian city-states developed unique cultures due to the blending of different cultures in the region. What is this process called?

• Acculturation

• culture blending

• Decentralization

• Connecting