Early Modern Europe to Scientific Revolution

The Italian city of ______________________ was the birthplace of the Renaissance.

• Florence

• Milan

• Naples

• Genoa

Sponsors, or __________________, used their wealth to help artists produce great works of art.

• humanists

• patrons

• protestants

• scientists

_____________________ means rebirth and is the time period that came after the Middle Ages.

• Reformation

• Colonization

• Reconstruction

• Renaissance

What geographical term best describes Italy?

• subcontinent

• island

• peninsula

• mountain range

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

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.

Which wealthy family in Florence helped support these large art projects?

• Urban Family

• Da Vinci Family

• Medici Family

• Adams Family

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

Humanists believed you were born into your role and couldn't change your social position.

• True
• False