Renaissance & Reformation Practice

What was the Renaissance?

• A religious movement to reform the Catholic Church
• The split between the Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church
• A period of cultural and intellectual rebirth in Europe
• A time of military upheaval and increase of feudalism

The Renaissance was driven by a renewed interest in which two ancient cultures?

• Egypt and Rome
• Greece and Rome
• Rome and China
• Greece and India

Where did the Renaissance start?

• England
• Germany
• France
• Italy

Which of the following is NOT a reason the Renaissance started in Italy?

• It was a center of trade
• The Black Death had very little impact there
• It held the legacy of ancient Rome and Greece
• It had wealthy merchants and bankers who became patrons

What is a "Renaissance Man"?

• Someone who lived during the Renaissance
• A person who specializes in one area of expertise
• An artist who can both paint and sculpt
• A person with interests and talents in many areas

Identify the "poster child" Renaissance Man and explain why he is considered the model of what a Renaissance Man is.

Answer explanation

What can these guys help you remember that will help you on the DCA?

• Renaissance artists
• Reformation thinkers
• Renaissance scholars
• Pop culture icons

What is the main idea of the passage below? Pico della Mirandola, "Oration on the Dignity of Man" (1486) [God] therefore took man as a creature of indeterminate nature, and assigning him a place in the middle of the world, addressed him thus: …”We have made you neither of heaven nor of earth, neither mortal nor immortal, so that with freedom of choice and honor, as though the maker and molder of yourself, you may fashion yourself into whatever shape you prefer.”... Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit…. If rational, he will grow into a heavenly being. If intellectual, he will be an angel and the son of God.

Which of the following Renaissance ideas is most associated with the following passage? Pico della Mirandola, "Oration on the Dignity of Man" (1486) [God] therefore took man as a creature of indeterminate nature, and assigning him a place in the middle of the world, addressed him thus: …”We have made you neither of heaven nor of earth, neither mortal nor immortal, so that with freedom of choice and honor, as though the maker and molder of yourself, you may fashion yourself into whatever shape you prefer.”... Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit…. If rational, he will grow into a heavenly being. If intellectual, he will be an angel and the son of God.

• Feudalism
• Scholasticism
• Humanism
• Monasticism

"The Prince" by Machiavelli was about

• lions as the king of predators.
• being a morally good leader.
• the history of monarchy in Europe.
• getting and keeping power.