Social 8 Midterm

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Resistance

• Revolution

• Recharged

• Rebirth

What part of Europe did the Renaissance begin?

• Spain
• England
• Italy
• Germany

What best defines humanism ?

• emphasizing the teachings of the Bible

• living a happier life

• encouraging people to learn Latin and Greek

• a focus on the potential of humans to achieve 

Which of the following is influenced Humanism?

• the ideas of the middle ages
• the ideas of Greece & Rome
• the ideas of ancient China
• the ideas of ancient India

The first moveable type of printing press that allowed mass production of materials was invented by

• Leonardo da Vinci.
• Johann Gutenberg.
• William Shakespeare.
• Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni.

What types of works of literature and philosophy were rediscovered and used during the Renaissance?

• Religious texts
• Writings from Greek and Latin (Roman) authors
• Christian learning
• Chinese philosophers

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

• Michelangelo

• Donatello

• Jan Van Eyck

• Leonardo da Vinci

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• England

• Norway

• Italy

• Spain

Which major global event occurred right before the Renaissance?

• The Black Death

• Hundred Years War

• A Tsunami

• The Enlightenment

Leonardo da Vinci was the...

• Sculptor of the Pieta and David & Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

• Painter of Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

• Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence

• Writer of Don Quixote