9.2 Renaissance Cultural Contributions

Which statement best explains the relationship between the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration?

• The Renaissance built on the geographic and navigational discoveries made during the Age of Exploration.

• The Renaissance contributed to the successes of the Age of Exploration by enlarging the middle class and increasing social mobility.

• The Renaissance helped bring on the Age of Exploration because of its technological innovations and renewed spirit of investigation.

• The Renaissance brought the Age of Exploration to a close by providing Europeans with more certainty about the nature of the world around them.

Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince addressed the question of how societies should best

• begin revolutions

• govern effectively

• represent the human body

• study the secrets of nature

The works produced by Raphael were most strongly influenced by

• Aristotle and Plato

• Machiavelli and di Medici

• Leonardo and Michelangelo

• Van Eyck and Shakespeare

Which statement best explains how widespread use of the printing press changed European society?

• It reduced conflict between political and religious leaders.

• It raised artists and scientists from the middle class into the upper class.

• It gave a large number of people access to scientific and literary knowledge.

• It led to revolutionary movements among poor peasants and industrial workers.

Which Renaissance idea was best exemplified by Leonardo da Vinci?

• Moral principles are less important than practical success.

• Language can be used to either reveal or conceal the truth

• The secrets of nature can be uncovered through rational investigation

• Humans are fully capable of developing knowledge and skills in all areas.

William Shakespeare has most strongly influenced which of the following?

• philosophical thought

• religious teaching

• modern moviemaking

• painting and sculpture

Andreas Vesalius contributed

• efforts to reform religion

• knowledge about human anatomy

• an understanding of political management

• the development of efficient printing techniques

The printing press was invented by

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• William Shakespeare

• Johannes Gutenberg

Leonardo da Vinci was a (select all that apply)

• painter

• inventor

• engineer

• sculptor

Humanism was a philosophy that individuals had the ability to influence the world around them and not just accept the world as they found it.

• True

• False