Renaissance Practice Questions

What does the word RENAISSANCE mean?

• Tradition

• Rebirth

• Revival

• Art

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

• Michelangelo

• Boticceli

• Da Vinci

• Donatello

"The ends justifies the means," was a key belief of this man, who wrote THE PRINCE.

• Castiglione

• Shakespeare

• Machiavelli

• Petrarch

The father of humanism is:

• Francesco Petrarch

• Michelangelo Buonarotti

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Johannes Gutenberg

This powerful, wealthy merchant family took over Florence and became patrons of Renaissance artists

• The Da Vinci Family

• The Brandes Family

• The Medici Family

• The Knowles Family

While the printing press was developed in Europe, this country was the first to develop movable type.

• Japan

• Korea

• England

• China

Humanism....

• ....emphasized the Bible

• ...focused on the human potential to achieve

• ...leads to happier lives

• ....encourages people to learn Latin and Greek

Who invented the printing press?

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• William Shakespeare

The first book printed using the printing press was

• The Works of Plato

• Harry Potter

• Romeo and Juliet

• the Bible

What was the greatest impact of the Gutenberg printing press?

• Renaissance ideas spread quickly

• It saved paper

• It allowed for better pictures

• It improved the quality of handwriting and type