Renaissance test review

Johann Gutenberg contributed to the spread of information by improving the

• telegraph

• microwave

• printing press/moveable type

• construction of railroads

Which statement BEST explains why the Renaissance began in Italy

• Italy won the 100 years war

• Italian cities were trade centers in the late 1400's

• Northern Europe artists arrived bringing their artistic styles that the artists copied

• the successful creation of a unified Italian monarchy

In Europe, the Crusades resulted in:

• the strengthening of society

• increased demand for Middle Eastern goods

• the weakening of the Protestant Church

• the death of millions of Europeans because of American diseases

Humanism means:

• obedience to God is not as important as obedience to state

• the power of state is more important than individual liberty

• the teachings of ancient Greeks were not relevant

• that the individual has importance and achievements should be celebrated

Unlike medieval artists, Renaissance artists

• worked exclusively with granite

• focused on religious pieces

• used "chiaroscuro," or light, shadow, and perspective to carefully recreate the human form

• lived and worked in obedience to God

During the Renaissance, cities like Florence, Genoa, and Venice were important because

• they were places were artists thrived

• centers of trade and commerce

• home to the best universities of Europe

• under direct control of the King of Italy

The period of European history that began at the close of the Middle Ages and was characterized by a cultural revival is known as the

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• Baroque

• Classical

While both Italian and Northern Renaissance artists held humanist views, Northern Renaissance artists such as Albrecht Durer focused more on

• nature

• reality

• politics

• science

Developments in algebra, medicine, and astronomy that became the roots of the Scientific Revolution came from which group of people?

• Chinese scholars

• Desiderus Erasmus

• Muslim Scientists

• Buddhist Philosophers

Which Renaissance author felt it was better to be feared than loved?

• Shakespeare

• Erasmus

• Machiavelli

• Franklin