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Natural backgrounds with depth, active figures with emotion, and shading describe ______ art.
Medieval
Renaissance
Classical
2
The Renaissance was "birthed" in Florence because of its
closeness to the Pope
isolation
immaturity
location
3
The way of thinking that balanced faith with an emphasis on individual dignity and nature was
humanism
Latin
Popism
Renaissancism
4
The main cause for the Renaissance was the growth of
the Catholic Church
feudalism
trade
Germanic kingdoms
5
The most powerful family in Florence were the
Romans
Palazzis
Medicis
Machiavellis
6
Galileo and other Renaissance scientists emphasized ________ and _________.
laws, war
observation, experimentation
Latin, Greek
tradition, acceptance
7
The founder of humanism was
Medici
Dante
Petrarch
da Vinci
8
Cervantes's
Don Quixote
was a __________ story.
serious
funny
political
sad
9
Vesalius's study of ____________ changed the field of medicine.
diseases
human anatomy
mental illness
astronomy
10
What is Shakespeare known for?
his sketch books
his political novels
his scientific discoveries
his plays
11
Artists traveled to Italy to
learn new techniques
teach Italian students
practice their sailing
get money from patrons
12
All of the following are causes of the Renaissance
EXCEPT
traders and travelers brought back classical learning
goods and ideas brought back by Crusaders
classical works copied by Muslim scholars
church power grew when the pope relocated
13
Patrons are people who
support and commission art
sell luxuries
organize trade markets
serve the Pope
14
Donatello and Michelangelo's sculptures of David were all of the following
EXCEPT
freestanding
Biblical
realistic
emotionless
15
Humanism's emphasis on individualism especially challenged medieval views on
community
trade
baptism
social classes
16
Palazzi is a
government building
cathedral in the town square
palace with a courtyard
bank
17
What did Queen Isabella and Queen Elizabeth have in common?
The wrote novels.
They married wealthy princes
They promoted exploration
They were scientists.
18
Brunelleschi is known as the architect of Santa Maria del Fiore's great
stonework
buttresses
arches
dome
19
Solid backgrounds, religious themes, and stiff figures without emotions describe ________ art.
Renaissance
Classical
Medieval
20
Florence was the ideal city to birth a Renaissance because of its
metalworking
religion
military
wealth
21
The most powerful people of a city-state were the
craftspeople
church leaders
rich merchants and boards
soldiers
22
Wealthy merchants and bankers supported education in their city-states by
teaching Latin
creating new banks
establishing universities
commissioning art
23
City-states were empowered by all of the following
EXCEPT
making own laws
collecting own taxes
conducting own trade
creating own religion
24
Copernicus advanced astronomy with his daring theory of
algebra
geometry
a heliocentric universe
gravity
25
Renaissance artists like Raphael discovered that shading and a vanishing point gave paintings
a flat perspective
three-dimensional depth
realistic emotion
action and motion
26
Idealized figures in the nude performing heroic tasks describe _______ art.
Medieval
Renaissance
Classical
27
Where did the Renaissance begin?
France
Greece
Italy
Germany
28
Craftspeople became more important because they
loaned money to merchants
bought luxuries
made goods merchants sold
exchanged currencies
29
Galileo used a telescope to discover
the moons of Jupiter
saturn's rings
moon spots
the sun
30
The thinkers of the Renaissance imitated and __________ Classical ideas of art and learning.
improved
discouraged
took credit for
made fun of
31
Renaissance is a French word meaning
art
rebirth
trade
death
32
Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks include drawings of all of the following
EXCEPT
maps from an aerial view
weapons
flying machines
automobiles
33
Which geographical factor helped Florence become a wealthy city?
Swiss Alps
Northern European Plain
Appenine Mountains
Arno River
34
The Renaissance was a rediscovery of the art and learning of ancient
Greece and Rome
China
Mesopotamia
India
35
Dante's
Divine Comedy
, his imaginary journey through the afterlife, was
unemotional
only written in Latin
full of real characters
36
Machiavelli's book
The Prince
presented the authors observations and beliefs about
education
government
art
religion
37
Humanities are subjects that focus on human life and culture such as poetry and
mathematics
history
astronomy
anatomy
38
Humanism challenged the Catholic Church by encouraging people to
ask questions
take the sacraments
obey
participate in the Crusades
39
Mercato Vecchio and Mercato Nuovo became important centers of
politics
art
trade
education
40
What invention increased communication, learning, and literacy?
submarine
printing press
mechanical clock
paper
41
The Renaissance spread throughout northern Europe because city-states
began trading
grew wealthy
were run by the army
were religious
42
Florence was known for its wool and
armor
banking
ivory
gold
43
A new economy of bankers developed because traders began
giving away belongings
using coins
writing checks
bartering