WorksheetsRenaissance Ideas
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the focus of Christian Humanists?
Maintain peace
Restore trade
Reform society
Follow tradition
In England and France who governed?
Monarchs
Dictators
Merchants
Scholars
Which is a dominant feature of Renaissance art?
Humanism
Sfumato
Utopian
Realism
Da Vinci was considered a Renaissance Man because he excelled at what?
Politics, writing, religion sculpting
painting, science, inventing, sculpting
painting, poetry, politics, sculpting
painting, architecture, politics, banking
How did Italy's location help it become the centor of the Renaissance
The Black Death never reached Italy
Exposed to Roman ruins and scholars from Greece and Constantinople
Italy was protected by the Alps
Ideas spread by the Italian fleet
Which is a cause of the Renaissance?
Ancient English texts were brought by people fleeing wars
The Black Death did not reac h Italy
Trade created the Middle Class who used their wealth to beautify their cities
literacy rates decreased among the wealthy
Which is a similarity between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?
Religion was a focal point
Use of oil based paints for realistic detail
People lacked emotion
Humanism influenced creation and look
Which is the guiding principle of The Prince?
Rulers should take advice from religious leaders
Rulers should allow the given needs of a situation to dsecide their decisions
Rulers should base their actions on similar situations from the past
Rulers should be honest with their citizens
Why was Johann Gutenberg's printing press so important to the Renaissance?
Helped Monarchs correspond withother rulers
Helped spread ideas by making books faster and cheaper
Made printing profitable enough that writers could make a living
Helped wealthy merchants sponsor copyists by making books luxury items
The word Utopia means?
Highest
Everywhere
No place
Ideal Place
What characteristic of Shakespeare's writing follows the Renaissance style?
Using classical Greek and Roman works for inspiration.
Writing poems using the vernacular.
Providing Christian lessons in each play.
Developing stories thatuse Humanism
How did Renaissance painters show three dimensional views on a flat canvas?
Realism
Shading
Balancing
Perspective
How was Humanism different from the intellectual movements of the Middle Ages?
Emphasized piety and modesty
Stressed obedience to ones rulers
Stressed a secular world vieew instead of a strictly religious view
Emphasized submitting to religious leaders
According to the Courtier, which is not a characteristic of the Renaissance Man?
Be wealthy
Create Art
Educated
Skilled fighter
Humanism rose from the study of which of the following?
Ideas from Classical Chineese works
Original Christian Scholarship
Medieval Scholarship
Classical Greek and Roman Culture
