Renaissance Readings with Questions

The Renaissance drew inspiration from...

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Mesopotamia

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Persia

The word "renaissance" means...

Renaissance "gave birth" to the...

The Renaissance was an explosion of ideas in...

• ideas

• education

• entertainment

• literacy

• government

When did the Roman empire collapse?

A.D. ___

The Renaissance was...

According to the chart, what did the Renaissance cause advances in?

• art

• government

• architecture

• food

• literature

The Renaissance started in ​ (a)   and spread to other parts of ​ (b)  

• Italy
• Germany
• France
• Britain
• Europe.
• the Middle East.
• the Americas.
• Asia.

A lot of what was discovered and created during the Greek and Roman periods were lost, which is one reason the Middle Ages were called the

Because the Middle Ages were considered the "Dark Ages," the Renaissance was said to be a "__________________________"