Renaissance Review

Question 1

The most famous Christian humanist was Desiderius _____.

Accepted Answer

Erasmus

Question 2

The Dominican Friar who spoke out agains the Medici family in firey sermons: ________.

Accepted Answer

Savonarola

Question 3

Johann Guttenberg perfected the printing press and produced a complete edition of the _____.

Accepted Answer

Bible

Question 4

The upper class was primarily made up of ______.

Accepted Answer

merchants and bankers

Question 5

Who wrote short stories about the youth distracting themselves from the horrors of the plague?

Accepted Answer

Boccacio

Question 6

Few women were allowed to train in the arts, those that were often became ________.

Accepted Answer

portrait painters

Question 7

Schools replaced ___ with humanists to tutor their children

Accepted Answer

Clergy

Question 8

Although the doge was "in charge" the Council of _____ actually ran the city.

Accepted Answer

ten

Question 9

Towns and cities got rid of the Medeival Social System of _________.

Accepted Answer

Feudalism

Question 10

Rabelais wanted people to focus on enjoying life instead of ________.

Accepted Answer

afterlife

Question 11

What is the term for a painting done on wet plaster?

Accepted Answer

frescoe

Question 12

The intellectual movement that focused on worldly themes rather than religion was known as...

Accepted Answer

Humanism

Question 13

Humanists believed that they could best improve themselves through...

Accepted Answer

Education

Question 14

A French Ren.castle that combined Gothic and Classical style architecture was called a ____.

Accepted Answer

chateaux

Question 15

The prominent family that ruled Florence: _____________.

Accepted Answer

The Medicis

Question 16

Sculptors wanted to portray statues in a ______ way as much as possible.

Accepted Answer

realistic

Question 17

David, La Pieta, and the Sistine Chapel were works by ______________.

Accepted Answer

Michaelangelo

Question 18

Ren. ideas spread north through war, trade, and the ________.

Accepted Answer

printing press

Question 19

Shakespeare and ______ started to create their works during the Ren.

Accepted Answer

Marlowe

Question 20

In Venice, the city leader was called the ______, although he had no real power.

Accepted Answer

doge

Question 21

Who became the English King after the War of the Roses?

Accepted Answer

Henry VII

Question 22

The Borgias family of Rome, particularly Pope _________, was very corrupt.

Accepted Answer

Alexander VI

Question 23

The lowest social classes was _____.

Accepted Answer

peasants

Question 24

Also known as "The Magnificent", _________ de Medici was a great supporter of the humanities.

Accepted Answer

Lorenzo

Question 25

Many city-states hired soldiers known as _____.

Accepted Answer

condottieri

Question 26

Giotto was the first artist to really portray human ______.

Accepted Answer

emotion

Question 27

In a city-state, _____ ruled instead of Kings and Queens.

Accepted Answer

wealthy families

Question 28

The most popular author in France during the Ren. was _____.

Accepted Answer

Rabelais

Question 29

The new style of government saw towns become independent ___, with a walled city-center.

Accepted Answer

city-states

Question 30

Northern European artists started to paint on _______ with oils, allowing them to fix mistakes.

Accepted Answer

canvas

Question 31

Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands were known as the ____.

Accepted Answer

low countries

Question 32

The most famous Ren. Architect was ____, best known for the dome at the Cathedral of Florence.

Accepted Answer

Brunelleschi

Question 33

Some city-states had a single leader called a ____.

Accepted Answer

signori

Question 34

The library at the _______, the home of the Pope, was a destination for many humanist scholars.

Accepted Answer

Vatican

Question 35

The Mona LIsa and the Last Supper are two famous works by _______.

Accepted Answer

da Vinci

Question 36

Erasmus thought that people should learn Greek and ______ to read earlier works of the Bible.

Accepted Answer

Hebrew

Question 37

Thomas Moore wrote ____.

Accepted Answer

Utopia

Question 38

____ created works of art for the Pope's apartment that detailed the life of Francis of Assisi.

Accepted Answer

Raphael

Question 39

The 3 city-states that led the Italian Renaissance were ______________.

Accepted Answer

Rome, Florence, Venice

Question 40

What is the name of the famous political book written by Machiavelli?

Accepted Answer

The Prince

Question 41

The main idea of The Prince is that leaders should do _____ to stay in power.

Accepted Answer

anything and everything

Question 42

The Italian Renessaince writer who became famous for his sonnets was...

Accepted Answer

Petrarch

Question 43

Ren. art focused on making things as _____ as possible.

Accepted Answer

realistic

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