Renaissance Review

During the Renaissance, there was a revival of interst in

• perspective

• humanism

• Greek and Roman Civilizations

• individual achievement

What is one way European society changed thanks to the printing press?

• People quit the feudal system to find work else where

• People began reading books in their vernacular

• Literacy declined during the Renaissance

• People began writing scripts for movies

Why was the Printing press so important during the Renaissance?

• It helped spread his ideas of Humanists

• People began printing newspapers in America

• People began writing mean articles about Kings

• The bible was only printed in Latin

An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements

• Secular
• Patrons
• Merit
• humanism

The Printing Press 

• Allowed ideas to be spread faster because books were easier to get
• Was created by Leonardo Da Vinci
• Was invented by the Ottoman Turks
• Helped Mansa Musa spread Islam

What does the word renaissance mean?

• recreate

• reemerge

• rebirth

• reinvent

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Milan

• Italy

• Britain

• Florence

Why were the Medicis important to the Renaissance?

• The commissioned many expeditions.

• They started a university in Florence.

• They believed in the teachings of Luther.

• They were patrons of the arts.

Who was Johann Gutenberg?

• the inventor of the telescope

• the inventor of the printing press

• the founder of the laws of planetary motion

• a religious reformer

Why were Copernicus’ proposals about the solar system so unique?

• People believed that Earth was the center of the universe.

• People believed that the Moon was the center of the universe.

• People believed that the Sun was the center of the universe.

• People believed that Earth was flat.