Renaissance Test

Where did the Renaissance

• Spain

• Italy

• Greece

• Turkey

What was humanism?

• Cultural movement based on the study of classical works

• a movement to write literature

• The idea that religion is not the center of life and to study human behavior

One reason why Italy became the birthplace of the Renaissance is that ______

• there are more universities in Italy than other countries

• feudalism was not as strongly developed there as in the rest of Europe

• there was no feudal system

Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation when he

• replaced Latin with German in church services

• nailed his list of changes (95 theses) to the church door

• moved to Germany

Many Enlightenment thinkers had strong beliefs about

• the role of government

• industrial growth

• scientific method

Italy led medieval Europe in commercial growth because

• the government bought goods from other countries

• their position on the Mediterranean Sea

• they had the most wealthy nobles

• Mr. Beast

The cultural influences from the_______ helped start the Renaissance in Italy.

• Muslim Empire

• Greek and Romans

• Vikings

The two powerful ruling groups in Renaissance Italy were the _________ and _________________________.

• plebeians and patricians

• wealthy merchant class and plebeians

• nobles & knights

• ruling families and wealthy merchant class

Why did explorers want to find a route to Asia?

• acquire land

• wealth

• trade

• all of the above

During the Renaissance, many artists and writers became interested in the ideas of_________

• religion

• travel

• trade

• humanism