Renaissance Review

What does the word renaissance mean?

• recreate

• reemerge

• rebirth

• reinvent

During the Renaissance, people became interested in

• mathematics.

• the ancient Greeks and Romans.

• Petrarch.

• gold.

What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?

• the printing press

• the caravel

• the telescope

• eyeglasses

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

How did Renaissance art differ from Medieval art?

• It was more godly

• It was more realistic, and had three dimensions

• it portrayed religious subjects

• it was more biblical

What economic change occurred during the Renaissance that allowed for the flourishing of the art?

• Introduction of paper money

• People began to Barter again

• The Governments of Europe paid to educate Artists

• Growth of a wealthy Merchant Class that became patrons the Arts

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

On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?

• Spain
• England
• Italy
• Germany

Humanism...

• emphasized the Bible
• leads to happier lives
• encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
• focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 

Which country did the Renaissance start in?

• England

• France

• Italy

• Germany