Renaissance Quiz

How did Marco Polo's travels help bring about the Renaissance?

• Italian scholars started to study in China and Persia and brought back new ideas.

• Artistic styles from Asia increased interest in realism, allowing humanism to evolve.

• Wealth created for Italian cities from the increased trade with Asia paid for new art and schools.

• Papermaking technology brought from China allowed Italian cities to print more books and spread new ideas.

What was the impact of the Medici family on Florence?

• It established new schools for music, religion, and printing.

• It made it a center of art, literature, and culture.

• It established universities and brought humanists to teach.

• It made it a center for military training.

2 answers While humanist scholars studied the classical works of ________ thinkers, mathematicians, and cartographers were influenced by ________ scholars.

• Roman
• Muslim

• Greek

• English

• Spanish

Which of the following was an effect of Johann Gutenberg’s printing press?

• The Bible was printed in different languages.

• Papermaking became more common in Europe.

• The Catholic Church stopped printing the Bible in Latin.

• Universities were established to teach humanist studies.

How was the Northern Renaissance different from the Italian Renaissance?

• Northern artists used gods as models for human subjects instead of showing flaws.

• Italian writers used comedy to criticize society instead of to understand history.

• Northern scholars studied more about questions of ethics than of reaching salvation.

• Christian humanists focused more on the history of Christianity than on the classics.

What do we associate with Milan

• banking and wool cloth

• weapons and silk

• glass production

What do we associate with Florence

• banking and wool cloth

• weapons and silk

• glass production

What do we associate with Venice

• banking and wool cloth

• weapons and silk

• glass production

Which statement describes Dante Alighieri

• poet who described historical figures in The Divine Comedy, written in Italian

• politician who wrote about how rulers should govern in The Prince

• composer who wrote music for the Catholic mass using melodies

• poet and scholar who wrote about human behavior and the importance of history

Which statement describes Niccolo Machiavelli

• poet who described historical figures in The Divine Comedy, written in Italian

• politician who wrote about how rulers should govern in The Prince

• composer who wrote music for the Catholic mass using melodies

• poet and scholar who wrote about human behavior and the importance of history