Renaissance: ch 11 sec 2

Question 1

How was Renaissance art different than the art of the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

It was more realistic and revealed emotions

Question 2

Based on ancient Greek and Roman ideas, this gives importance to knowledge through reason

Accepted Answer

Humanism

Question 3

Why was Gutenberg's printing press more successful than the Chinese printing press?

Accepted Answer

So many characters in the Chinese that it was hard to use.

Question 4

True or False: only wealthy people in England could afford to go to plays.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

One of the most important things in spreading humanistic ideas was __________.

Accepted Answer

The Printing Press

Question 6

What percentage of books printed in the first 50 years of the printing press were religious?

Accepted Answer

50%

Question 7

What does it mean to write in the vernacular?

Accepted Answer

to write in the language spoken in a region

Question 8

Which of the following describes a way of showing things as they appear at different distances?

Accepted Answer

Perspective

Question 9

Which of the following people was involved in painting, inventing, engineering, and medicine?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 10

True or False: William Shakespeare's plays were almost all comedies.

Accepted Answer

False

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