2024 Renaissance Review

The invention of the printing press was significant because it meant that .....

• people no longer needed to learn handwriting in school.
• ideas and literary works could be shared easily and less expensively, and the middle class could afford books of their own.
• only the social elite would be able to afford books.

European explorers sailed around the world, learning of lands and new cultures and bringing European ideas outside of Europe during a time known as ....

• The Age of Exploration
• The Travelers' Timeperiod
• The Journey Jamboree

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• England
• France
• Italy

This invention increased the number of books produced and helped to spread Renaissance ideas.

• Ball point pen
• Paper cutter
• Printing press

Which of these countries is NOT known for adopting the culture of Renaissance Italy?

• England
• Spain
• France
• All of these countries adopted the culture of Renaissance Italy.
• None of these countries adopted the culture of Renaissance italy.

This family was on of the most famous patrons in Italy, known for controlling the largest bank in Europe and supporting artists such as Michelangelo and Raphael.

• Medici
• Donatello
• Da Vinci

The term literally means "rebirth" and is a time of great advancements in art, music, literature and science which began in Italy in the mid-1300s.

• Renaissance
• Renegade
• Rotunda

Ideas from nations in the Middle East and Asia spread to Italy through these which were established by Italian city-states.

• Telegram wires
• Chatrooms
• Trade routes

A person who provides materials, products, or services to a buyer, usually in exchange for money.

• Merchant
• Circumnavigator
• Humanist

An independent kingdom or state made up of a city and the surrounding lands it controls

• city-state
• empire
• manor