Renaissance

Question 1

To improve his accuracy painting humans, Michelangelo did what?

Accepted Answer

dissected the bodies of criminals

Question 2

Where did the Black Plague begin?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 3

How did people view education BEFORE the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

There was not much of an emphasis on it

Question 4

What does the word Renaissance mean?

Accepted Answer

Rebirth

Question 5

Where did a lot of the newly free serfs move to?

Accepted Answer

Towns and cities

Question 6

Literacy exploded as people took on new jobs because these jobs required people to________

Accepted Answer

learn to read and write

Question 7

What percentage of people were serfs?

Accepted Answer

85%-90%

Question 8

How did improved farming techniques improve life for peasants and serfs?

Accepted Answer

They became more self sufficient and serfs often gained their freedom

Question 9

What are some examples of new jobs that newly freed serfs were able to get?

Accepted Answer

Tradesmen, merchants and bankers

Question 10

Which phrase best describes the shift toward Humanism?

Accepted Answer

Focus on humans and their abilities

Question 11

The focus of art and literature changed to _______________

Accepted Answer

focusing on the natural world and on people

Question 12

Which of these artists painted the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 13

What were some common medical practices to try to cure the plague and other diseases?

Accepted Answer

Blood letting and leeches

Questions 13