The Renaissance 1300-1600

What does the word Renaissance mean?

• rebirth

• decline

• extinction

• end

The Renaissance was a time of artistic creativity, political, social, economic, and cultural change, and reawakened interest in (a)   learning especially about Ancient Greece and Rome.

• modern

• classical

• medieval

The Renaissance began in ______ during the 14th century and then spread throughout Europe.

• Italy

• France

• Germany

• Spain

The Italian Renaissance was from about ______ to 1600.

• 1300

• 1200

• 1400

• 1500

The city-states like Florence, Milan, Venice, and Rome had a lot of ______.

• wealth

• poverty

• conflict

• corruption

The powerful Medici family ruled ______ during much of the Italian Renaissance and they were great patrons of the arts.

• Florence

• Milan

• Venice

• Rome

An intellectual movement called Humanism was at the ______ of the Renaissance movement.

Humanism was a system of education and thought that differed greatly from what had occurred during the ______.

(a)  

• Middle Ages
• Renaissance

• Modern Era

• Ancient Greece

It was the study of ______ subjects such as grammar, history, poetry, and rhetoric rather than religious subjects.

• humanistic

• scientific

• theological

• artistic

Alberti was an accomplished ______, painter, poet, scientist, mathematician, as well as a great horseman.