Introduction to the Renaissance

Why did the growth of trade and industry weaken feudalism?

• Peasants left manors for towns where they could find work

• Nobles fought each other to gain control on industrial regions

• Wealthy merchants bought castles from poor nobles

The word mercantile means related to _____________.

• life on feudal manors

• the government of city-states

• commerce or trade

What was the Renaissance?

• a new economic structure that replaced the manor system

• the practice of using wealth to build expensive city homes

• an increase in the pope's power over feudal lords and vassals

• a revival of interest in classical art, learning, and literature

Which of the following is a reason why Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Italy had never been under Feudalism

• Italy was the crossroads between Europe and Asia where new ideas were spread

• Italy was an economic center and focus of trade

• all of the above

What was humanism?

• a cultural movement based on the study of classical works and individuals having a better earthly life

• a movement to write literature in the native languages of a region

• a view that religion didn't need to be the center of one's life

• a movement in art that emphasized individual portraits

Secularism, worldly views, of the Renaissance was a change from the _______________.

• manor system of feudalism

• older emphasis on individual achievement

• religious emphasis of the Middle Ages

• study of classical art and learning

Where did the Medici Family gain all of their wealth?

• Engineering

• Banking

• Art

• Trading

How did Gutenberg's innovation of the Printing Press change literacy?

• it created more jobs in mercantile

• the literacy rate went down and disabled the public access to books

• more Europeans were able to speak and write the English language

• more books were available causing more people to be able to read and write

Why was the Renaissance an important period in European history?

• New ways of thinking led to improvements in society

• European armies were able to conquer much of the world

• The spread of diseases came to an end

• Religion was no longer important to society

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Germany

• Italy

• Spain

• France