CKLA U5 Renaissance Chapter 1 & 2 Review

The word Renaissance comes from both the French and Latin languages and means...

• "return"

• "rejoice"

• "reject"

• "rebirth"

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The Greeks and Romans left us...

• no ideas for government, small structures, and boring books

• the idea of democracy, great structures, and powerful literature

• advanced technology, such electricity and the radio

• nothing

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Who helped preserve the knowledge of the Greeks and Romans?

• the educated elite, who were often people in the Christian Church

• serfs, who often sang songs about the Greeks and Romans

• warriors, who always fought with Roman swords

• children, who loved to hear Greek bedtime tales

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What kind of books did the Italian poet Petrarch keep in his library in the 1300s?

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What did humanists in the Renaissance believe?

• They believed men could be talented individuals.

• They believed men should only read the Bible.

• They believed the heavens and the stars should not be studied

• They believed men were evil and caused the Earth great harm.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What did the rise of the middle class allow people to do?

• give everyone a chance to become a king or a queen

• renounce war and never cause violence again

• completely forget about the Church and its teachings

• become rich and powerful without being born a nobleman

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Who were patrons?

• powerful warriors who defended the Church in foreign lands

• wealthy people who paid for art to be produced

• monks and nuns who lived quiet lives in poverty

• farmers who never learned to read or write

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Why were patrons admired?

What city was the center of Byzantine civilization in the Middle Ages and was an important link between Europe and Asia?

• Constantinople

• Salamanca

• Paris

• Oxford

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Where did Muslims leave behind important writings about science and philosophy that would contribute to the Renaissance?

• the Americas

• Scotland

• Australia

• Spain

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5