Renaissance Quiz #1

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Hydrate

• Rebirth

• Enlightened

• Obfuscate

During the Renaissance, learning was based on...

• Reading poetry

• Non-religious subjects

• A person's wealth

• The church

Italy was divided into...

• Sections

• Counties

• City-States

• Districts

Italy is next to what sea?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Baltic Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• North Sea

"A cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of classical works that states people should create a better earthly life, rather than only preparing for an eternal afterlife (heaven)."

• Feudalism

• Individualism

• Secularism

• Humanism

"The view that religion does not need to be the center of human affairs."

• Feudalism

• Individualism

• Secularism

• Humanism

"The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community."

• Feudalism

• Individualism

• Secularism

• Humanism

In which city did the Italian Renaissance start?

• Rome

• Florence

• Venice

• Milan

On which cathedral did Filippo Brunelleschi build his magnificent dome?

• Florence Cathedral

• St. Peter's Basilica

• Notre Dame de Paris

• Hagia Sophia

Who sculpted Michelangelo's 'David?'

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Raphael

• Michelangelo

• Donatello