L33-3 Renaissance and Italian City-States Quiz

Why did the Renaissance begin in northern and central Italy?

• The presence of powerful monarchs who insisted on more Medieval paintings of Jesus

• The trade, wealth, and sponsoring of learning by the Italian city-states

• The influence of feudal lords

• The dominance of the Catholic Church

How were Italian city-states different from most of Western Europe during the Late Middle Ages?

• They were ruled by nobles and monarchs

• They had no system of government: just pure chaos

• They were ruled by wealthy merchant families

• They were controlled by foreign powers

Which powerful family gained long-term control of Florence?

• The Medici family

• The Borgia family

• The Sforza family

• The Pazzi family

What made Italian city-states particularly wealthy?

• Agriculture and farming

• Military conquests

• Religious donations

• Trade and commercial banking

How did wealthy families contribute to the Renaissance in Italian city-states?

• By building armies

• By funding art and learning

• By expanding territories

• By developing agriculture

Florence, Milan, Rome were all Italian ____________ during the Renaissance

• Frescos

• Humanisms

• City States

• Architects

Which of these is NOT an Italian city of the Renaissance?

• Genoa

• Venice

• Paris

• Milan

Italian city-states were

• wealthy due to trade and location

• democracies

• part of the Holy Roman Empire

• all of these

What is a major reason why the Renaissance began in northern and central Italy?

• 1. Nobles there led the Crusades.

• 1. Peasants there never learned to read and stayed on their manor all the days of their life

• 1. Italian City States

  2. became wealthy and sponsored a re-birth of classical learning

• 1. Kings there fought one another.

Wealthy bankers would sponsor an artist's painting to be made hoping that they could sell it for more. These bankers can be thought of like Ryan Reynolds today who just sponsored a soccer team or a modern-day investor who sponsors a movie hoping it will be successful and make him money.

• True

• False