The Renaissance

The word "Renaissance" means _________

• rebuild

• rebirth

• renewed

• remade

All of the following had advancements during the Renaissance 

EXCEPT:

• religion

• philosophy

• art

• literature

In The Prince, Machiavelli implies which of the following?

• Kindness is the most important attribute a ruler can have

• The end justifies the means

• Absolute power is not necessary

• Goodness comes from peace

Who was known as the Father of Humanism?

• Erasmus

• Petrarch

• Cervantes

• Dante

 Who was a Dutch philosopher and Christian Humanist?

• Dante

• Machiavelli

• Erasmus

• Petrarch

Who wrote The Divine Comedy?

• Dante

• Erasmus

• Machiavelli

• Petrarch

Who was one of the most popular playwrights who helped shape the 

Northern Renaissance?

• Cervantes

•  Dante

• Shakespeare

• Moliere

Wealthy people who sponsored artists and commissioned them to do work 

were called __________

• individualists

• humanists

• patrons

• secularists

Which of the following cities was an important banking center during the

 early Renaissance?

• Moscow

• Paris

• London

• Florence

When the Crusades ended, trade between Italy and the ________ increased.

• Middle East

• British

• French

• Chinese