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Mrs. Spray's Ch. 1 Sec. 1 and 2 The Renaissance
Mrs. Spray's Ch. 1 Sec. 1 and 2 The Renaissance
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Italian who wrote a book about how to be the perfect "Renaissance Man" or woman
Thomas More
Christine de Pizan
William Shakespeare
Baldassare Castiliogne
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The Renaissance spread to Northern Europe by ALL of the following EXCEPT:
trade with each other
cultural diffusion by the Mongols
Northern artists visited Italy
artists fled domestic wars in Italy
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Humanistic studies, or studies in the "humanities," included subjects such as
art, philosophy, history, literature
science, math, logic, language
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Famous figures in the Renaissance were primarily in the areas of
sports and politics
lawyers and doctors
science and math
arts and literature
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The era before the Renaissance was called
the Middle Ages
the Medieval Age
the Classical Age
the Age of Exploration
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German artist who was famous for introducing oil painting techniques
Durer
Mona Lisa
Raphael
Brughel
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Flemish artist who painted realistic everyday scenes with peasant farmers
Donatello
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Pieter Brughel
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Italian merchants gained control of society by organizing banks. One famous banking family was
the da Vincis
the Medicis
the Michelangelos
the Durers
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English artist who wrote about human emotions and real people in his many sonnets and plays
D. Erasmus
Christine Pizan
William Shakespeare
Thomas More
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What are the ideals or spirit of the Renaissance?
focus on tying Greek myths to prominent citizens
focus on individual achievement and worldly matters
warring states, religious ideas, Crusades
explaining Biblical events using scientific discoveries
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Why was the printing press important to the Renaissance?
It was invented by Gutenberg.
It printed lots of Bibles.
It helped spread ideas.
It wrote in the vernacular.
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One cause of the Renaissance was ....
Merchants became rich from trade.
Kings became rich and ruled with absolute power.
People moved to the countryside to recover from the plague.
The Hundred Years war ended and Italy was the winner.
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What role did the Crusades play in encouraging the Renaissance?
Europeans discover new ideas & luxury items in the Mid East.
The Pope got rich from the Crusades.
Scholars fled Byzantium when it fell to the Muslims.
Many men died defending Christianity so more $ for others.
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Where is Belgium?
To the right of Italy
Above France
Directly above Italy
Below France
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In the Middle Ages, scholars focused on religion. In the Renaissance they focused on...
mythical characters
still on religion
Greek gods and goddesses
the here and now = secular ideas
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One characteristic that both the Italian and the Northern Renaissance paintings had in common:
oil-based paints
religious figures
realism
mythical gods
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Italian Renaissance painters introduced the method of "perspective" painting. This means
2 dimensional figures
1 dimensional figures
various viewpoints
no shading
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Late Italian Renaissance paintings often featured
prominent people of the time period
religious people of the past
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"Renaissance" means
"reasonable"
"restructure"
"renegotiate"
"rebirth"
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The Renaissance then spread to
Africa
the Ottoman Empire
northern Europe
England
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Thomas More and Erasmus (Northern Renaissance writers) often
made fun of women
questioned religion
wrote about secular beliefs
wrote many plays about human emotions
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This philosopher wrote about the ideal society, or "utopia". He was beheaded by King Henry 8th.
Thomas More
Erasmus
William Shakespeare
Christine de Pizan
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Italian sculptor who painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the famous "David"
Donatello
Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
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The Renaissance saw an increased focus on the individual, or...
"vernacularism"
"individualism"
"humanism"
"secularism"
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During the Renaissance, there was new interest in
religious ideas
arts and learning
technologies for war
Middle Eastern luxury items
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The Renaissance first started in
Italy
France
England
Germany
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Scholars fled from the Ottoman Empire and brought with them knowledge of art and writing from
the Persian Empire
all over Europe
ancient Greek and Rome
ancient England and Scotland
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What was one place in Italy where the Renaissance began?
Rome
Venice
Sicily
Sardinia
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Italian who was the perfect "Renaissance Man" in that he was an artist, science and engineering
William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
Thomas More
Michelangelo
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A French author who wrote about female equality
Willamena Shakespeare
Sophia Medici
Christine de Pizan
Queen Elizabeth