The belief that humans are capable of great things

How would the early printing presses of the Renaissance work?

Lead blocks stamped letters onto paper

What does the word Renaissance stand for?

Period of creativity, new ideas and inspirations

How do you think the Crusades helped start the Renaissance?

Fighters saw great cities, art, architecture & achievements

What is one reason why trade helped the people educationally?

It made people curious about the world

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1
Where and when did the Renaissance start?
1245, Middle East
1950, Nigeria
1450, Argentina
1350, Italy
2
Using a telescope, this person determine that the earth revolved around the sun.
Lorenzo Medici
Christopher Columbus
Isaac Newton
Galileo
3
What kind of books did the scholars bring to Italy?
Middle Eastern books
Germanic texts
French and English books
Ancient Greek and Roman books
4
What is humanism?
The belief that humans are capable of great things
people who made sculptures
people who made plays
the term for someone who is immortal
5
How would the early printing presses of the Renaissance work?
Lead blocks stamped letters onto paper
People of the Renaissance did not have printing presses
People used typewriters to print text
Pieces of wood were stamped in dye then pressed onto paper
6
What does the word Renaissance stand for?
Period of technology
Period of creativity, new ideas and inspirations
Period of new leaders
Period of wealth and riches
7
How do you think the Crusades helped start the Renaissance?
It spread the religion to other continents
Other cities were unclean and dirty
Fighters saw great cities, art, architecture & achievements
They wanted a change from the Dark Ages
8
Who made sketches of a helicopter and the human body?
Michelangelo
Galileo
Leonardo da Vinci
Lorenzo Medici
9
Who is considered the greatest of all Renaissance writers?
Hans Holdbein
Lorenzo Medici
Leonardo da Vinci
William Shakespeare
10
What is one reason why trade helped the people educationally?
It made people curious about the world
It helped people get rich
Trade made people happy
It made kings more powerful
11
Renaissance is French for
rebirth
fine art
good manors
accomplishments
12
What were 2 of the most successful trading cities?
Florence and Venice
Valencia and Granda
Pisa and Genoa
Naples and Rome
13
What do we have today that is based on ideas that started in the Renaissance?
astronomy and science
art
all of the above
literature
14
Which artist sculpted the realistic statue of David?
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Donatello
Michelangelo
15
Who invented the Printing Press?
Napolean
Johann Gutenberg
Leonardo da Vinci
Galileo

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