Renaissance/Reformation

What was the Renaissance

• A revival of classical learning and art.

• A political movement in France
• A scientific revolution in the 18th century
• A religious reform in the 16th century

What was Johannes Guttenberg's main achievement

• Creation of the first typewriter
• Invention of the printing press.

• Development of the first book
• Invention of the printing calculator

What did banking do for Florence

• Banking enabled economic growth and cultural development in Florence.
• Banking led to a decline in trade in Florence.
• Banking was primarily focused on agriculture in Florence.
• Banking had no impact on the culture of Florence.

The following effects came from what invention:

1. Printers could make books more quickly. Ideas and information could now spread more quickly, and more people learned how to read.

• The internet
• The printing press
• The typewriter
• The telephone

Who wrote Don Quixote?

• Leo Tolstoy
• J.K. Rowling
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Miguel de Cervantes

What was created to show three dimensions on flat surfaces?

• Linear Perspective drawing

• Isometric drawing
• Flat drawing
• 3D modeling

Which famous Renaissance writer wrote of an idea of a "utopia", or imaginary ideal place, and got him beheaded?

• Michelangelo
• William Shakespeare
• Sir Thomas More
• Leonardo da Vinci

Which group of people protested against the Catholic Church and broke into their own sect of Christianity?

• Protestants
• Anglicans
• Orthodox
• Catholics

Who wrote the "Divine Comedy" in vernacular instead of Latin and helped establish Italian as a written language?

• Dante Alighieri
• Petrarch
• Boccaccio
• Tasso

What is an indulgence?

• A financial donation to the church for building projects.
• An indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishment due for sins, granted by the Catholic Church.
• A special ceremony for the forgiveness of sins.
• A type of prayer used in the Catholic Church.