How did growing secularism influence European writers during the Renaissance?

They wrote more books about non-religious subjects.

How did trade help to spread Renaissance ideas across Europe?

Traders from many places visited Italy and took new ideas home.

Look at the picture by Albrecht Dürer. Which statement describes the importance of a work such as this?

It is an engraving & shows the influence of Italy on Northern European Art

Look at the map: Mediterranean Region in the 1400s. How does the map help explain why the Renaissance began in Italy?

Major trade routes went through Italy.

In what ways did Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings reflect the new concerns and techniques of Renaissance art?

realistic depiction of human figures and use of linear perspective.

Which Renaissance invention greatly increased the communication of ideas across Europe?

printing press with moveable type

What was the effect of Glutenberg creating moveable type?

Literacy increases among ordinary people.

Which of the following best describes a typical Renaissance painting?

People and backgrounds are painted in a way that mimics real life.

One reason why Italy became the birthplace of the Renaissance was that

feudalism was not as firmly established in Italy as in other countries.

What great work by Michelangelo might a visitor to Rome see today?

the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

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Think of what it means today to call someone a “Renaissance person.” How does that label fit Leonardo da Vinci?
He cared greatly about animals.
He was skilled in many fields.
He lived in Italy in the 1400s.
He took ideas from ancient Rome.
2
How did growing secularism influence European writers during the Renaissance?
They wrote more books about non-religious subjects.
They began to translate the Bible into the vernacular.
They translated Greek and Arabic writings into Latin.
They based their scientific ideas on the teachings of the Church.
3
How did trade help to spread Renaissance ideas across Europe?
Traders from many places visited Italy and took new ideas home.
Traders in Italy became rich enough to hire artists.
Traders followed the Silk Road to find out about China.
Traders from Asia sent goods by ship.
4
Look at the picture by Albrecht Dürer. Which statement describes the importance of a work such as this?
It was created to please a wealthy patron of the arts and hung in a church.
It shows the proportion and the depth of humanistic learning.
It is an engraving & shows the influence of Italy on Northern European Art
It focuses on classical themes, ancient mythology & linear perspective.
5
William Shakespeare, a great writer of Renaissance England, is best known for his...
plays
journals
histories
novels
6
Feudalism grew weaker when...
national monarchies lost power.
the Protestant Reformation began.
the power of the Church increased.
trade and industry grew.
7
Look at the map: Mediterranean Region in the 1400s. How does the map help explain why the Renaissance began in Italy?
Italy attracted scholars and religious pilgrims from Northern Europe.
Political unity made Italy a center of scholarship.
Italy was not divided into separate feudal states.
Major trade routes went through Italy.
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In what ways did Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings reflect the new concerns and techniques of Renaissance art?
realistic depiction of human figures and use of linear perspective.
focus on religious themes and perspective.
use of bright colors
use of circular perspective
9
Which Renaissance invention greatly increased the communication of ideas across Europe?
portable mechanical clock
submarine for underwater travel
eyeglasses with curved lenses
printing press with moveable type
10
What was the effect of Glutenberg creating moveable type?
The first European universities are founded.
The Church encourages new learnings.
The use of Latin in literature increases.
Literacy increases among ordinary people.
11
Which of the following best describes a typical Renaissance painting?
Human faces are presented in an idealized, spiritual manner.
Proportions are exaggerated for symbolic effect.
People and backgrounds are painted in a way that mimics real life.
Human figures are emphasized by being placed against a flat background.
12
One reason why Italy became the birthplace of the Renaissance was that
Roman artistic traditions had never died out in Italy.
Italy was united under a single powerful monarch.
feudalism was not as firmly established in Italy as in other countries.
there were more universities in Italy than in any other country.
13
Which feeling would a Renaissance reader of Don Quixote, by Miguel Cervantes, MOST likely have felt?
fear
jealousy
amusement
anger
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What great work by Michelangelo might a visitor to Rome see today?
a Renaissance law book
the Mona Lisa
a performance of Romeo and Juliet
the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

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