Humanism

Question 1

What was one of the core values of Humanism?

Accepted Answer

Individuality

Question 2

Humanist scholars:

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Promoted a well-rounded education not just from religious teachings, Found inspiration from the Greek & Roman classical texts

Question 3

What did the Renaissance lead to?

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Many societal changes in European city-states that centered around humanism, A major shift in European thought and worldview

Question 4

What was the name of the Humanist scholar who wrote a series of famous poems?

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Petrarch

Question 5

The city that is often called the "birthplace of Humanism and the Renaissance" was...

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Florence, Italy

Question 6

The Renaissance...

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Happened in Europe, Was a time when learning, discovery, and creativity in the arts boomed, Greatly incorporated (featured, used) humanism

Question 7

The Humanist/Renaissance movement lasted from the 1200's to the 1600's.

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False

Question 8

Humanists believed that

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People could shape their own lives and achieve great things along the way

Question 9

Humanism was one of the ideas that drove the Renaissance

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True

Question 10

With the rise of humanism, people felt

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Empowered and creative, like they could do anything - full of possibility

Question 11

Finish this sentence: Humanists Rennaissance artists...

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Pioneered new art forms, skills, and techniques, Encouraged creativity and the active nature of the human being (humanism)

Question 12

How did humanists view social hierarchy/social classes?

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They didn't want to be confined by them

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