Renaissance & Scientific Revolution Review

The Renaissance refers to the _______ of Classical (Greek & Roman) knowledge and interest in the natural sciences.

• rebirth

• invention

• decline

• beginning

The Renaissance gradually spread north from ___________ into Northern Europe (England, Northern Germany).

• Greece

• Spain

• Italian City States

• Russia

Which Renaissance artist is most closely associated with the painting pictured to the left?

• Raphael

• Donatello

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo

Which Renaissance artist is most closely associated with sculptures like the Marble David and La Pieta (pictured to the left)?

• Raphael

• Donatello

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo

William Shakespeare is best known for his

• sculptures and paintings.

• scientific theories and inventions.

• stage plays and sonnets.

• books on politics and history.

Many work of many Renaissance-era artists, writers, and scholars were most heavily influenced by

• humanism.

• democracy.

• Buddhism.

• science.

The Renaissance began in the Italian city state of

• London.

• Venice.

• Florence.

• Milan.

Wealthy Italian banking families like the Medici's were often

• patrons of the arts and sciences in their home cities.

• completely focused on maritime trade.

• interested in preserving the influence of the Orthodox Church.

• ignorant of Classical Greek and Roman literature.

Which of the following late Renaissance humanist writers is best associated with criticisms of corruption in the Church?

• Petrarch

• Machiavelli

• Shakespeare

• Erasmus

Which European intellectual movement began in the 16th century and stressed the importance of systematic measurement and reasoned observation to arrive at knowledge about the natural world?

• Renaissance

• Scientific Revolution

• Humanism

• Enlightenment