Renaissance

The Renaissance was a time of...

• political and cultural change

• artistic creativity

• Reawakened interest in classical learning

• All of the above

What was the impact of the invention of the printing press?

• It did not have an impact

• It helped spread Renaissance ideas

• It made books more expensive

What does the word renaissance mean?

• recreate

• reemerge

• rebirth

• reinvent

During the Renaissance, people became interested in

• mathematics.

• the ancient Greeks and Romans.

• Petrarch.

• gold.

Who is considered the father of humanism?

• Petrarch

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Gutenberg

Why were the Medicis important to the Renaissance?

• The commissioned many expeditions.

• They started a university in Florence.

• They believed in the teachings of Luther.

• They were patrons of the arts.

What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?

• the printing press

• the caravel

• the telescope

• eyeglasses

Who was Johann Gutenberg?

• the inventor of the telescope

• the inventor of the printing press

• the founder of the laws of planetary motion

• a religious reformer

Why did Luther disapprove of indulgences?

• He felt the church was not charging enough.

• He felt that faith alone was the only path to salvation.

• He believed the Pope was corrupt.

• all of the these

Which of these statements describes a change brought about by the Renaissance?

• Society was dominated by the church.

• Society began to value individualism.

• Society was focused on warfare.

• Society was dominated by lords.