Renaissance Test Review

How did the Medici family contribute to the Renaissance?

• They were patrons of the arts

• They killed off anyone who challenged their power

• They went on a crime spree

• They formed the first government that collected taxes

What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?

• realism
• perspective
• idealism
• distancism

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Renaissance began in Italy?

• Wealthy Italian patrons supported the arts
• Cultural diffusion encouraged curiosity and spread Arab and African ideas
• The Black Plague did not hit Italy as a result of the Alps 
• Renewed interest in the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome

What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?

• wealthy patrons
• church officials
• government grants
• kings competing for prestige

invented the telescope and discovered Saturn’s rings

• Henry VIII
• Galileo
• Martin Luther
• Giovanni Medici

During the Renaissance, why was Florence significant?

• Birthplace and symbol of the Renaissance
• Birthplace of Michelangelo
• The last place the Black Plague hit
• Home of all of the significant artists and sculptors 

"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince" 

• Machiavelli
• Castiglione
• Shakespeare 
• Petrarch

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Rebirth
• Stagnation
• Traditional
• A Latin term for art

What was the Renaissance a "rebirth" of?

• Religion
• Classical culture
• Life (after the black death)
• Middle Ages

humanism

• Revival of the study of classical texts and emphasis on the individual
• the study of language
• that the influence of the church should be confined to the church