The Renaissance - Unit Test Common Review

Renaissance means ___________ in French.

• Rebirth

• Restart

• Reform

• Relation

Which country did the Renaissance start in?

• England

• France

• Italy

• Germany

What event killed 30 million people, or a third of Europe's population, during the late Middle Ages?

• The Black Death

• Hundred Years War

• The Crusades

• The Renaissance

What was the role of wealthy, merchant families in the Renaissance?

• They gave money to someone in order to start a new business

• They gave money to someone in order to create art

• They gave money to someone in order start a holy war

• They gave weapons to someone in order to win war

What caused the increase in the middle class and the growth of cities during the Renaissance?

• increase in trade

• increase in population

• power of the Church

• more artists were painting

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• Italians were connected to their Muslim neighbors

• Italy had better means of transportation

• Italy sat in the middle of the Silk Road

• Trade between Europe and the Middle East flowed mainly through Italy; making Italian families very wealthy

What was the old, Roman language that only the wealthy and priests could understand, but most books were written in before the Renaissance?

• English

• Hebrew

• Latin

• Spanish

What Renaissance invention helped spread information in Europe after it was borrowed from China?

• Printing Press

• The magnetic compass

• Gunpowder

• Typewriter

What is vernacular?

• the local, spoken language

• a rich, wealthy landowner who controlled peasants

• a wealthy, merchant family who sponsored artists and sculptors

• the official language of the Roman Catholic Church

Which of these was NOT a result of the invention of the printing press?

• ideas spread faster

• more people became literate

• the quality of life got worse and more people moved to the coutnryside

• education became more available to the poor and middle class