The Renaissance

A philosophy popularized during the Renaissance, that celebrates human accomplishments and culture.

• Secular

• Humanism

• Patron

• Perspective

Things that are not religious - this increased during the Renaissance.

• Secular

• Huamist

• Perspective

• Vernacular

Someone who supports the arts by paying artists and purchasing their work.

• Vernacular

• Secular

• The Prince

• Patron

The everyday language of a group of people, like Italian or German or French as opposed to Latin.

• The Prince

• Perspective

• Vernacular

• Patron

_____________ was the birthplace of the Renaissance.

• Rome, Italy

• Florence, Italy

• Athens, Greece

• London, England

During the Renaissance, Europe connected back to the golden ages of....

• Africa and Egypt

• Greece and Rome

• Byzantines and Ottomans

• Alexandria and Athens

Who is considered the father of humanism?

• Petrarch

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Gutenberg

According to a 'Renaissance Man' (a humanist), what is the key to an individual's creative powers?

• Imagination

• Education

• Rebellion

• Inspiration

The two most read books of the medieval period:

• The Bible

• Anglicus' Encyclopedia

• Homer's Odyssey

• Dante's Inferno

The percentage of people who died during the Plague in Europe was somewhere between 50 - 70%

• True

• False - 40 - 60%

• False - 30 - 50%