Renaissance Review

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What does the term Renaissance mean?

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Rebirth

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Which of the following was a reason the Renaissance started in Italy?
Italy was a center of trade.
Italy was a center of Europe.
Italy was a center of the Plague.
Italy was a center of military power.

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Italy was a center of trade.

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Which of the following did NOT occur during the Renaissance?
Dante Alighieri wrote The Divine Comedy.
Scientists discovered a cure for the plague.
Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press.
William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.

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Scientists discovered a cure for the plague.

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Italian artist who also excelled in astronomy, geometry, and anatomy

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

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Michelangelo

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Artist who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Author of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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William Shakespeare

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Italian poet who was an early Humanist and helped reintroduce the works of classical writers

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Petrarch

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Renaissance artist who sculpted the statue Moses

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Michelangelo

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Person who encourages artists and supports them financially

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Patron