Duplicate of Renaissance Review

Question 1

In what continent did the Renaissance begin?

Accepted Answer

Europe

Question 2

What city in Italy is known as the birthplace of banking?

Accepted Answer

Florence

Question 3

What was the only religion in Europe in the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Roman Catholic

Question 4

What does the word Renaissance mean?

Accepted Answer

Rebirth

Question 5

The head of the Roman Catholic Church is called the ____________.

Accepted Answer

Pope

Question 6

The printing press was made during this era. What was the first book printed on it?

Accepted Answer

the Bible

Question 7

The most powerful family during the Italian Renaissance was the ______________ family.

Accepted Answer

Medici

Question 8

This author has been called "the greatest English writer of the Renaissance."

Accepted Answer

Shakespeare

Question 9

What was different about the art during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

It showed perspective and shading techniques.

Question 10

Michelangelo created a sculpture of this Biblical figure.

Accepted Answer

David

Question 11

Who is responsible for the art below?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 12

Patrons were wealthy individuals who supported and hired _________________ to work for them.

Accepted Answer

Artists

Question 13

The Renaissance was a time of renewed interest in classical Greece and Rome.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Which one of the following was Leonardo da Vinci NOT? (One correct answer.)

Accepted Answer

mathematician

Question 15

How did Guttenberg's printing press change the world?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 16

Which one of these subjects was NOT taught during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

speech

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