Chapter 11: The Renaissance

Question 1

Who was Dante Alighieri and what did he do?

Accepted Answer

Major work was "The Divine Comedy", A politician and poet who wrote in Italian

Question 2

What did the Italian Renaissance focus on?

Accepted Answer

Humanism, Literature, history, public speaking, art

Question 3

What did Miguel de Cervantes write about?

Accepted Answer

Poked fun at romantic comedies of the Middle Ages

Question 4

What was the first printed book and in what language?

Accepted Answer

Latin Bible

Question 5

What were the 4 northern Italian cities that were trading centers in the 1300s?

Accepted Answer

Milan, Florence, Venice, Genoa

Question 6

Who invented the printing press in the mid-1400s?

Accepted Answer

Johann Gutenburg

Question 7

What positive results came from the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

Workers who survived could charge more money for their labor, Disease didn't damage farmland, buildings,ships, and machine

Question 8

Why did Albrecht Durer publish the book "The Praise of Folly"?

Accepted Answer

Criticized corrupt members of the clergy

Question 9

Why did the use of the Silk Road decrease until the 1200s?

Accepted Answer

Roman and Han soldiers no longer protected the roads

Question 10

Who were the Medici family?

Accepted Answer

The greatest bankers in Florence and was the richest, Cosimo de' Medici ruled the city in 1434

Question 11

Who was Leonardo da Vinci and what did he do?

Accepted Answer

Expert artist, sculptor, architect, inventor, and engineer, Painted Mona Lisa

Question 12

"Renaissance" means?

Accepted Answer

Rebirth

Question 13

What method help show a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface?

Accepted Answer

Perspective

Question 14

Who was Niccolo Machiavelli and what did he do?

Accepted Answer

Only interested in what really happens in both war and peace, Author of "The Prince" which advised leaders how to rule

Question 15

How was the Italian Renaissance different from the ideas of the Northern Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Focused on humanism; Focused on Christian humanism

Question 16

Who was Marco Polo?

Accepted Answer

Traveler who traveled and lived in Asia, Remarkable man who was a messenger for the emperor of China

Question 17

Who was Michelangelo and what did he do?

Accepted Answer

A sculptor, designed buildings, wrote poetry, and painted, Famous work is a painting that covers the Sistine Chapel

Question 18

Who is considered the greatest writer in the English language?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

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