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Italian Renaissance

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word Renaissance mean?

a)

Resurrection

b)

Rebirth

c)

Rejuvenation

d)

Reformation

2.

In what country did the Renaissance start?

a)

Italy

b)

Greece

c)

France

d)

Germany

3.

Which is NOT a reason the Renaissance began in Italy?

a)

Rich trading ports

b)

They never had the Black Plague

c)

Wealthy city states could support arts

d)

It was the heart of the old Roman Empire

4.

Which of these was the PRIMARY intellectual movement of the Renaissance?

a)

Secularism

b)

Humanism

c)

McCarthyism

d)

Classicism

5.

Intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education, arts and classics

a)

Humanism

b)

Stoicism

c)

Theism

d)

Realism

6.
Why was Italy able to afford the expenses that came along with the renaissance?
a)
Farming
b)
Banking
c)
Trading
d)
Industry
7.
a person who provides financial support for the arts
a)
Vernacular
b)
Banker
c)
Petrarch
d)
Patron
8.
The everyday language of ordinary people
a)
Slang
b)
Vernacular
c)
Shakespearian
d)
Nick Names
9.

Which Italian city is the BIRTHPLACE of the Renaissance

a)

Rome

b)

Florence

c)

Milan

d)

Naples

10.

Who was the founder of a powerful banking family

a)

Niccolo Machiavelli

b)

Lorenzo di Medici

c)

Galileo

d)

Queen Elizabeth

11.

What do we call a man (or woman) who excels in many aspects of life (academic, cultural, artistic, religious)?

a)

Renaissance Man

b)

Classical Man

c)

Jack of all Trades

d)

The Enlightened Man

12.

Which family, known primarily for banking, ruled Florence during the Renaissance?

a)

the Medici

b)

the Capulet

c)

the Scala

d)

the Montague