Renaissance Test Review

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Rome

• Greece

• Italy

• Britain

Which of the following was NOT an item that Italian merchants bought from EUROPE?

• Wool

• Wine

• Glass

• Spices

What was significant about the Medici family?

• They were Florence's wealthiest family.

• They were Venice's wealthiest family.

• They were Florence's poorest family.

• They were Venice's poorest family.

Who was the official ruler of the city in Venice?

• President

• Duke

• King

• Noble

What is a diplomacy?

• A government in which power comes from it's citizens

• One ruler that has control over the entire country.

• The art of making agreements with other countries.

• Isolating a country from the rest of the world.

What is humanism?

• A new way of thinking that focused on gaining knowledge through religion instead of reason.

• A new way of thinking that focused on gaining knowledge through reason instead of religion.

• A new way of thinking that focused on gaining knowledge through conversing with other countries.

• A new way of thinking that focused on gaining knowledge through only believing what rulers told them.

What language did educated Europeans write in?

• Classical Greek

• Classical Chinese

• Classical Latin

• Classical English

Who was responsible for creating the printing press that utilized movable metal type?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• Jan van Eyck

• Johannes Gutenberg

What was Albrecht Durer best known for?

• His oil paintings

• His engravings

• His marble statues

• His watercolor paintings

Which of the following was NOT a famous artist in the golden age of Italian Renaissance Painting?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michaelangelo Buonarroti

• Francesco del Giocondo

• Raphael Sanzio