Renaissance

1. Which of these is not a Renaissance artist?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Raphael

• Lorenzo de Medici

• Michelangelo

• Donatello

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In The Prince, the author stated that it is safer for the leader to

• stay sharp and focused on skills such as hunting to stay ready for war

• always be generous to his/her people regardless of the costs or benefits

• never be willing to accept honors from allies as a means of respect

• be feared than loved

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Machiavelli

3. Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Constantinople

• England

• Florence, Italy

• Kiev, Russia

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4. Merchants needed a way to borrow and store the money they were making, so they used an idea from Muslim traders to set up ________.

• a gambling system

• income taxes

• a banking system

• insurance

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5. He invented the printing press (greatest invention ever).

• Martin Luther

• Johannes Gutenburg

• Thomas Edison

• Henry VIII

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6. What civilizations inspired writers and artists of the Renaissance?

• the Egyptians and Mesopotamians

• The Indus and Chinese

• The Aztecs and Olmecs

• The Greeks and Romans

• The Vikings and Mongols

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7. Humanism focuses mostly on what?

• A good diet

• Health and Well-being

• The current life

• The afterlife

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8. Which book became the most widely printed following the invention of the printing press?

• The Bible

• The Torah

• Novella

• Marco Polo's Travels

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9. He sculpted "David" and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

• da Vinci

• Dante

• Michelangelo

• Di Medici

• Raphael

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10. The Medici of Florence were the most powerful family of the Renaissance. They gained power and wealth through:

• successful marriages to nobility

• banking

• birthright

• revolution

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Medici Family