The Renaissance

What does "Renaissance" mean?

• Reconvert

• Rebirth

• Re-examine

• Review

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

• Michelangelo

• Donatello

• Jan Van Eyck

• Leonardo da Vinci

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• England

• Norway

• Italy

• Spain

What event killed 30 million people, or a third of Europe's population, during the late Middle Ages?

• The Black Death

• Hundred Years War

• A Tsunami

• The Renaissance

Who wrote "The Prince?"

• Erasmus

• Albrect Durher

• Shakespeare

• Machiavelli

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

The rich Medici family was from the Italy city of

• Florence

• Rome

• Naples

• Bologna

A financial supporter of the arts is called a

• Florence

• patron

• comprehend

• perspective

The Renaissance, which lasted from the 1300s to the 1500s, was a period of

• regional conflicts that ended in wars.

• empire building in Europe.

• creativity and change in Europe.

• traditionalism in Europe.

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• Renaissance thinkers were interested in the learning and art of ancient Rome.

• Renaissance thinkers had strong connections to the Church in Rome.

• A wealthy and powerful merchant class opposed any cultural rebirth.

• Italy's cities had not survived the Middle Ages, and thinkers wanted to restore them.