Renaissance Brainpop

Italian city-states, like Florence, Venice and Genoa became rich from trade - true or false

• true

• false

What did the Renaissance art and literature focus on?

• music and dancing

• church and salvation

• individuals, worldly matters & Christianity

• animals

Celebrate the individual

• Humanism

• Dogism

• sonnets

• Protestant

Who was 1 of the most important Renaissance scientists & artists?

• Francesco Petrarch

• Dante Alighieri

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Leonardo da Vinci

How were humanist ideas spread

• war, trade, travel and the printing press

• the Internet

• phone calls

• peace, no trading and books

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Rebirth

• Stagnation

• Traditional

• A Latin term for art

What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?

• wealthy patrons

• church officials

• government grants

• kings competing for prestige

Which of the following is associated with Humanism?

• the ideas of the middle ages

• the ideas of Greece & Rome

• the ideas of ancient China

• the ideas of ancient India

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Italy

• France

• England

• Germany

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

• Wealthy Italian patrons supported the arts

• Cultural diffusion encouraged curiosity and spread Arab and African ideas

• The Black Plague did not hit Italy as a result of the Alps 

• Renewed interest in the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome