Renaissance and Reformation

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

• classical knowledge

• Christian devotion

• chivalry and tournaments

• good health after the plague

Machiavelli believed that moral principles

• should guide decision-making.

• should not influence political activity.

• would lead to a life of virtue.

• should be part of early training.

Of the European population, peasants and townspeople

• made up the largest group.

• made up the smallest group.

• worked the hardest of all groups.

• fought in the army against Italy.

The economic power of the Italian states led to

• their increased political power.

• the alliance between France and Spain.

• less demand for Middle Eastern goods.

• the Crusades.

Humanists would encourage someone to _____.

• learn, read, and enjoy life

• become a Christian monk

• live a simple life

• commit crimes

In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?

• He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.

• He was only a painter.

• He lived in Italy during the 1500s.

• commit crimes

The best synonym for secular is

• new.

• worldly.

• humane.

• religious.

A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who

• relies on realism.

• uses only natural light.

• uses a verse form of writing.

• writes in a local, rather than a classical, language.

What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance man"?

• someone who enjoyed worldly pleasures

• someone who excelled in many areas of study

• someone who specialized in a particular field of study

• someone who supported and appreciated the arts without creating art

For what is the Medici family famous?

• for being artists

• for being writers

• for being rulers and supporters of the arts

• for being religious reformers