Italian Renaissance Quiz

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the growth of Northern Italian city-states in the 1350's?

• 40%-60% of the population was killed off during the Bubonic Plague.

• Basic education was provided in most towns.

• A decrease in wages led to people having more money to purchase goods.

• There was a growing middle class of merchants, bankers, and artisans whom benefited from the Silk Road and the Crusades.

Define the underlined word: "The city-states of Italy were bustling centers of trade and commerce, which allowed people to gain wealth through trades such as manufacturing, banking and clothes-making.

These trades were government-protected jobs called guilds."*

*What Was the Social Structure of Florence During the Renaissance? by Staff Writer. Published in Reference.com

• An association of knights and soldiers during the Renaissance.

• The spoken language of an area. Oftentimes with a dialect or an accent.

• An association of craftsman or artisans which united to protect their profession and keep wages high. Originated during the Middle Ages.

Choose the word for the following definition: Latin which was spoken by regular people and which eventually turned into the Romance languages of French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish.

• Guild

• Vernacular

• Humanism

Which of the following was a family of Bankers, which ruled Florence during the Renaissance?

• Borgia

• Sforza

• Medici

• Este

• Orsini

Which of the following philosophies was a result of people losing faith in institutions such as the Church and Medieval monarchs?

• Humanism

• Pessimism

• Cubism

• None of the above

'The Prince' is an example of this type of writing, which focused on subjects and throught WITHOUT the intervention of God.

• Securalism

• Vernacular

• Guilds

• Moralism

Although they did not have many rights as the men in their families, wealthy women like Bona Sforza and Lucrezia Borgia were patrons of painters, architects, adn other artists.

• True

• False

Which of the following works were NOT written in Vernacular language during the European Renaissance?

• Jeffrey Chaucer's "The Cantebury Tales'

• Dante Alighieri's 'The Divine Comedy'

• Niccolo Machiavelli's 'The Prince.'

• The original copy of the Bible.

Which of the following figures did not live during the Renaissance?

• Lorenzo de Medici

• Genghis Khan

• Niccollo Machiavelli

• Lucrezia Sfroza

Which of the following was not an Italian city-state which was ruled by a family, not by a monarch, and which flourished during the 14th- century?

• Florence

• Milan

• Venice

• The Kingdom of Naples and Sicily.