Why did craftspeople become more important during the Renaissance?

Merchants traded their goods all over Europe.

How did trade on the Silk Road help to cause the Renaissance?

Italian cities on the trade routes to the East became wealthy

What is a major reason why the Renaissance began in northern and central Italy?

City-states there became wealthy.

What economic change during the Renaissance made bankers more important?

People began to buy goods with money instead of bartering.

How did the Crusades contribute to the Renaissance in Europe?

Crusaders brought back learning from the East.

If you could look at several paintings made in Italy before 1600. Which was most likely painted during the Renaissance?

one in which nature is important

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1
Why did craftspeople become more important during the Renaissance?
Universities hired them.
They made stained glass for churches
Merchants traded their goods all over Europe.
They worked for feudal lords.
2
How did trade on the Silk Road help to cause the Renaissance?
Armies from Europe were able to defeat the Mongols.
Italian cities on the trade routes to the East became wealthy
Ideas of Chinese philosophers became popular in the West.
Merchants paid painters to paint them in fine new silk clothes.
3
Who would have been most likely to speak these words?
a scholar
a patron
a craftsperson
a priest
4
Which of these methods did humanist scholars teach as a way to learn about the world?
Observe and experiment.
Listen to the pope.
Read the newspaper.
Sit quietly and meditate.
5
What is a major reason why the Renaissance began in northern and central Italy?
Nobles there led the Crusades.
Peasants there learned to read.
City-states there became wealthy.
Kings there fought one another.
6
What economic change during the Renaissance made bankers more important?
Jobs became more specialized.
Craftspeople set out signs to advertise their services.
Food for people in the cities began to be grown in the countryside.
People began to buy goods with money instead of bartering.
7
Which geographic factor contributed most to Italy’s economic success?
its forests
its climate
its mountains
its location
8
Which of these would be valued most by a Renaissance thinker who emphasized individualism?
an army's success in battle
a person's achievements
a nation's strength
a family's ancestors
9
How did the Crusades contribute to the Renaissance in Europe?
Crusaders rebelled against the Roman Catholic Church.
Crusaders destroyed the libraries of Muslim scholars.
Crusaders brought back learning from the East.
Crusaders developed an interest in painting and sculpture.
10
If you could look at several paintings made in Italy before 1600. Which was most likely painted during the Renaissance?
one in which people appear stiff
one with a solid blue background
one in which nature is important
one that looks two-dimensional
11
Which subject of study belongs to the humanities?
navigation
literature
mathematics
anatomy
12
How did wealthy Italian families encourage learning?
They rejected old ideas.
They established universities.
They donated books to poor families.
They trained girls to teach school.
13
Based on the meaning of the French word "renaissance," the period called the Renaissance refers to the
remembrance of better times.
restoration of basic human values.
rebirth of classical culture.
remainder of learning not yet lost.
14
Independent republics in Italy were governed by elected councils. Who often held the most power in those republics?
factory workers
rich merchants
guilds of painters
groups of priests
15
Which art had the greatest influence on Renaissance artists?
ancient Greek and Roman art
early medieval art
medieval Islamic art
ancient Chinese art
16
The Renaissance philosophy of humanism included a belief in the
authority of government.
need for foreign trade.
worth of the individual.
importance of tradition.

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