Renaissance Quiz!

Question 1

Which of the following are characteristics of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

a renewed interest in and study of classic Greek and Roman culture, A belief in an individual's ability to make a difference in the world, Increased interest in the secular, or human, world

Question 2

How did the ruling class change in Italy during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Nobles began to connect with wealthy merchants and gain wealth from trade, Nobles and merchants began to marry -> business-based ruling class, Noble families moved from their country estates to the cities

Question 3

What effect did Marco Polo's writings have on Europeans?

Accepted Answer

spurred interest in trade with China

Question 4

In which of these ways was Italy different from many other parts of Europe at the start of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Italy had many large and growing cities

Question 5

Which factors helped Italy become very wealthy through trade?

Accepted Answer

being centrally located in the Mediterranean, Being a peninsula with many ports, contact with Muslim merchants during the Crusades

Question 6

Why did many Renaissance authors write in vernacular instead of Latin?

Accepted Answer

More people could read vernacular languages than Latin

Question 7

How did nobles in Italy become wealthy during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

through trade

Question 8

How did Renaissance painters make their paintings more realistic?

Accepted Answer

by using oil paints, by creating frescoes, by using perspective

Question 9

How did the printing press help change Europe?

Accepted Answer

Ideas and information spread faster and wider than ever

Question 10

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 11

What is a Fresco?

Accepted Answer

A watercolor painted on fresh, wet plaster

Question 12

How do both The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales suggest medieval roots but also express humanist ideas?

Accepted Answer

Both works are related to religion and are like medieval works in that way, Both are about individuals’ experiences, Both are written in the vernacular.

Question 13

What was a major characteristic of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

a renewed interest in Greek and Roman culture

Question 14

Who painted The School of Athens?

Accepted Answer

Raphael

Question 15

What was the structure of Italy's government in the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

independent states ruled by powerful individuals

Question 16

How was humanism different from earlier ways of thinking in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Emphasis on the importance of individuals and human society, Breaking from a focus on religious faith to learn through reason instead

Question 17

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 18

Which of the following factors helped make Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

wealth gained through trade, a large urban population, familiarity with Roman ruins

Question 19

Which of the following were developments in the arts during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

the use of perspective in paintings and drawings, plays about human emotions and relationships

Question 20

Which city was the first major center of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Florence

Question 21

How did the Crusades act as a vehicle for the transfer of knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Greek and Roman writings was passed from Muslim scholars to Europe

Question 22

What is Leonardo da Vinci known for in addition to his paintings?

Accepted Answer

his inventions

Question 23

What effect did using perspective have on Renaissance paintings?

Accepted Answer

It made them more realistic

Question 24

What was unique about the land on which Venice was built?

Accepted Answer

It was built on a group of many small islands, not on the mainland

Question 25

How did Italian scholars rediscover Greek and Roman works?

Accepted Answer

through contact with Muslims in the Middle East and Spain

Question 26

What term do historians use to describe the cultural change in countries north of Italy?

Accepted Answer

the Northern Renaissance

Question 27

Who were the Medici?

Accepted Answer

Owners of the largest bank in Europe during the 1400s, The wealthiest family in Florence during the Renaissance

Question 28

How did the printing press help spread humanist ideas in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Books could be printed much faster, Books became much more affordable, More copies of humanist works became available.

Question 29

What advice did Niccolò Machiavelli give rulers in his book The Prince?

Accepted Answer

Do or say whatever is necessary to keep your power

Question 30

What were the leading sources of Florence's wealth?

Accepted Answer

The woolen-cloth trade, Banking

Question 31

The Renaissance began in the city-based, or ______________, society of Italy

Accepted Answer

Urban

Question 32

What is Chiaroscuro?

Accepted Answer

The use of light and shadows instead of stiff outlines to separate objects

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