9th Unit 7 #1: The Renaissance

"Renaissance" means

• isolation

• expansion

• rebirth

• aggression

The city-state of Venice initially became wealthy because it made a strong trade connection with which empire?

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Roman Empire

• The Byzantine Empire

• The West African Kingdoms

_____________ became the new wealthy class during the Renaissance because the plague killed so many nobles.

• Farmers

• Merchants

• Artisans

• Slaves

__________ funded [paid for] much of the new art and architecture created during the Renaissance.

• The Catholic Church

• Kings & Queens

• Merchants

• Wealthy landowners

The Renaissance rediscovered a lot of learning that was lost in the chaos after the fall of the

• Byzantine Empire

• Roman Empire

• Empire of Alexander the Great

Knowledge flowed to Western Europe, sparking the Renaissance because Islamic Empires

• sent scholars to Western European nations

• created books that were sold along the Silk Road routes

During the Renaissance, humanists believed that people should learn by studying

• ancient history, Greek and Roman philosophies, etc.

• only what the Catholic Church taught

A “Renaissance Man” was someone who was knowledgeable in

• Church teachings and history

• Many different areas of study

During the Renaissance, artwork became more focused on ___________ topics.

• secular [non-religious]

• religious

Which invention spread ideas of the Renaissance?

• gunpowder

• cannons

• printing press

• trebuchet [catapult]