What is the Renaissance?

artistic & intellectual ideas that marked the start of the modern world.

In the description, "a rebirth of classical knowledge", what is the classical knowledge referred to?

Art, literature and history of Greece & Rome

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WHII SoL 2B The Renaissance

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1
In "Praise of Folly" was written by
Erasmus
Drake
William Shakespeare
Miguel Cervantes
2
The "Mona Lisa" was painted by
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
William Shakespeare
Miguel Cervantew
3
The new technique in art that gave the perception of objects and people being off in the distance.
perspective
shadowing
prospecting
oil paints
4
What invention during the later Renaissance changed the world?
The cotton gin
The telescope
The helicopter
The Printing Press
5
A focus on human potential and everyday life is the philosophy of
humanism
Legalism
Socrates
Christianity
6
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italian republics
Arabia
Netherlands
1300
7
This man wrote 37 plays during the Renaissance that are still performed today
William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
Cervantes
Michelangelo
8
Where did the Renaissance spread to?
Along the Silk Road
To Harlem, New York
To eastern Europe
To northern Europe
9
The Pieta was created by
Miguel Cervantes
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
William Shakespeare
10
What is the Renaissance?
a time of little intellectual pursuits
A 16th century protest against the power of the Church
a time of world exploration and discovery of new lands and peoples
artistic & intellectual ideas that marked the start of the modern world.
11
The "Last Supper" was painted by
William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
Miguel Cervantes
Michelangelo
12
The first modern novel was written in 1605 by
Miguel Cervantes
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
William Shakespeare
13
In the description, "a rebirth of classical knowledge", what is the classical knowledge referred to?
Ancient Indian teachings
the study of music from the Baroque Era
the teachings of the Church
Art, literature and history of Greece & Rome
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One of the great humanist intellectuals was
Michelangelo
Erasmus
Pope Urban II
King John

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