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Why was the Renaissance able to start in Florence?

Who invented the printing press?

The Renaissance

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1
Who invented the printing press?
Leonardo DaVinci
Martin Luther
Johannes Gutenberg
Lorenzo Medici
2
Why was the Renaissance able to start in Florence?
It was located next to a marble quarry
It had enough wealth to support the arts
It wasn't actually the starting place of the Renaissance
It had many waterways to connect people
3
All of the following are things the dark age is remember for EXCEPT
Famine
War
Invention
Ignorance
4
What form of Christianity is Martin Luther credited with creating?
Catholicism
Protestantism
Baptists
Lutheranism
5
Why was the Medici family important?
They had super cool portraits of themselves
They actually only played a minor role in the Renaissance
They were financial backers of many famous artists/thinkers
The fought against much of the art of the Renaissance
6
Which city (according to the reading) started the Renaissance?
Milan
Florence
Rome
Venice
7
How did DaVinci's study of anatomy change his art?
It allowed him to be much more abstract with his paintings
It allowed him to meet Mona Lisa
It showed how unimportant the sciences actually were
It allowed him to make realistic paintings
8
the idea that man was the center of his own universe and should celebrate world achievements is known as what?
Humanitarianism
Humanities
Human Rights
Humanism