Renaissance 2025

Question 1

Who invented the printing press?

Accepted Answer

Gutenberg

Question 2

What is Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting?

Accepted Answer

Mona Lisa

Question 3

What is the everyday language of the people?

Accepted Answer

Vernacular

Question 4

Who is famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 5

During the Renaissance...

Accepted Answer

There was a rebirth in art and learning

Question 6

Who kept Italy divided into city states?

Accepted Answer

Roman Catholic Church

Question 7

How did Italian city states make money?

Accepted Answer

TRADE

Question 8

T/F: Renaissance paintings never show people's emotions

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

The Italian Renaissance was from

Accepted Answer

1350-1550

Question 10

Which of the following did Niccolo Machiavelli believe?

Accepted Answer

Rulers must do what ever is necessary to keep power.

Question 11

Which humanist helped locate Latin manuscripts in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Francesco Petrarch

Question 12

Which artists were known for using oil paintings?

Accepted Answer

Northern Renaissance

Question 13

How did Florence gain its wealth?

Accepted Answer

Banking

Question 14

Who was the greatest writer of the English Renaissance? (author of Romeo and Juliet)

Accepted Answer

Shakespeare

Question 15

People who were secular were less interested in ____________ and more interested in the world.

Accepted Answer

religion

Question 16

________________ is the art of negotiating or making deals with other countries.

Accepted Answer

Diplomacy

Question 17

How did Venice gain its wealth?

Accepted Answer

Shipbuilding

Question 18

What is a characteristic of humanism?

Accepted Answer

the belief that the individual is important

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