Ren. & Sci. Rev.

The city states of Rome, Venice, Florence and Milan would all be found in this modern-day European country, where the Renaissance and Humanism began?

• Italy

• France

• Greece

• Germany

How did the location of the Italian Peninsula affect its prosperity?

• The Italian Pensinsula is central to Europe and the Mediterranean, which made it a central location for trade and growth.

• The Italian Peninsula is central to Europe and the Mediterranean, which prevented it from succeeding as a center of trade and economic growth.

• The Italian Peninsula is in Southern Europe, which made it a great place to grow crops and farm for a sustainable economy.

• The Italian Peninsula was overshadowed by the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople to the East, because Constantinople was thriving economically being so close to the Levant.

Italy during the Renaissance was not one unified country, it was divided into separate city-states. What is a city-state?

• A city-state is a state that has one capital city and many other smaller cities in the surrounding areas.

• A city-state is a small nation that consists of a city, and sometimes the surrounding land around the city.

• A city-state is a city that is conquered by an invading state and pays tribute to them regularly.

• A city-state is a part of an alliance between multiple states in which all the states decide to build a centralized city between them as a capital.

What was the main goal of Thomas Aquinas’ studies?

• He tried to find a loophole to allow Lorenzo de Medici to divorce his wife.

• He was responsible for encouraging the Medici family enemies to go into hiding.

• He tried to combine the teachings of the Catholic Church with Humanism ideals, saying faith and reason are gifts from God

• He found the part of the Bible that explained about inappropriate art.

Which two ancient cultures were the basis of the Humanist movement?

• Israel and China

• Greece and India

• Rome and Africa

• Rome and Greece

What is the Medici family most well-known for?

• Wool trading

• Banking

• Republican-style government

• Their strong conviction that money is evil

What is humanism?

• Humanism is the philosophy that animals contain human spirits and should be treated equally by humans.

• Humanism is a religion begun by Petrarch in which ancestors are worshipped and venerated, and their spirits are believed to indwell the world.

• Humanism is the philosophy that emphasizes human intellect and achievement, as opposed to faith and religion.

• Humanism is the belief that all people should act ethically and be at peace with one another in order to attain a state of Nirvana (harmony) with the universe.

I was responsible for making Florence look beautiful, I painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and I carved masterpieces such as the David.  Who am I?

• Michelangelo

• Da Vinci

• Donatello

• Raphael

I was an inventor, scientist, architect, and artist. I painted the Mona Lisa and Last Supper. Who am I?

• Michelangelo

• Da Vinci

• Shakespeare

• Donatello

What contributions did Shakespeare make to the Renaissance?

• He painted the Mona Lisa and Last Supper

• His plays were secular and based on humanism, and were performed in the Globe Theater and beyond for hundreds of years

• He carved the marble statue of David

• He was a wool trader that began one of the most successful banking industries in Florence, Italy