Renaissance 1

Where did the Renaissance originate?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Italy

The intellectual movement of the Renaissance was called what?

• Secularism

• Humanism

• Realism

• Nihilism

Humanism was inspired by what types of writings?

• Classical (Greek/Roman)

• Egyptian

• Babylonian

• Chinese

He was the first Renaissance scholar.

• Shakespeare

• Petrarch

• Cervantes

• Da Vinci

This family from Florence supported the arts.

• Da Vinci

• Medici

• Sforza

• Corleone

We was a "Renaissance Man" who painted the Mona Lisa

• Da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Donatello

• Raphael

This Renaissance writer wrote such plays as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet

• Da Vinci

• Petrarch

• Shakespeare

• Machiavelli

He came up with the "heliocentric" model of the solar system, where the earth orbits the sun

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Brahe

• Kepler

He was the first to use a telescope to study the sky (and was jailed because of his views)

• Copernicus

• Brahe

• Kepler

• Galileo

This was the most important invention of the Renaissance (according to Mr. Williams)

• Printing Press

• Eye Glasses

• Matches

• Clock