How did trade on the Silk Road help to cause the Renaissance?

Italian cities on the trade routes to the East became wealthy

How did the Crusades contribute to the Renaissance in Europe?

Crusaders brought back learning from the East.

Why did craftspeople become more important during the Renaissance?

Merchants traded their goods all over Europe.

What is a major reason why the Renaissance began in northern and central Italy?

City-states there became wealthy.

What economic change during the Renaissance made bankers more important?

People began to buy goods with money instead of bartering.

If you could look at several paintings made in Italy before 1600. Which was most likely painted during the Renaissance?

one in which nature is important

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1
Which subject of study belongs to the humanities?
literature
navigation
anatomy
mathematics
2
Which art had the greatest influence on Renaissance artists?
ancient Greek and Roman art
ancient Chinese art
medieval Islamic art
early medieval art
3
How did trade on the Silk Road help to cause the Renaissance?
Merchants paid painters to paint them in fine new silk clothes.
Italian cities on the trade routes to the East became wealthy
Armies from Europe were able to defeat the Mongols.
Ideas of Chinese philosophers became popular in the West.
4
How did the Crusades contribute to the Renaissance in Europe?
Crusaders rebelled against the Roman Catholic Church.
Crusaders brought back learning from the East.
Crusaders destroyed the libraries of Muslim scholars.
Crusaders developed an interest in painting and sculpture.
5
Which of these methods did humanist scholars teach as a way to learn about the world?
Observe and experiment.
Read the newspaper.
Listen to the pope.
Sit quietly and meditate.
6
Who would have been most likely to speak these words?
a patron
a craftsperson
a scholar
a priest
7
How did wealthy Italian families encourage learning?
They rejected old ideas.
They donated books to poor families.
They trained girls to teach school.
They established universities.
8
The Renaissance philosophy of humanism included a belief in the
authority of government.
importance of tradition.
worth of the individual.
need for foreign trade.
9
Why did craftspeople become more important during the Renaissance?
Universities hired them.
They made stained glass for churches
Merchants traded their goods all over Europe.
They worked for feudal lords.
10
What is a major reason why the Renaissance began in northern and central Italy?
Peasants there learned to read.
Kings there fought one another.
City-states there became wealthy.
Nobles there led the Crusades.
11
What economic change during the Renaissance made bankers more important?
Jobs became more specialized.
Food for people in the cities began to be grown in the countryside.
Craftspeople set out signs to advertise their services.
People began to buy goods with money instead of bartering.
12
Which geographic factor contributed most to Italy’s economic success?
its mountains
its location
its forests
its climate
13
Independent republics in Italy were governed by elected councils. Who often held the most power in those republics?
rich merchants
factory workers
guilds of painters
groups of priests
14
If you could look at several paintings made in Italy before 1600. Which was most likely painted during the Renaissance?
one with a solid blue background
one in which people appear stiff
one that looks two-dimensional
one in which nature is important
15
Which of these would be valued most by a Renaissance thinker who emphasized individualism?
a person's achievements
a nation's strength
a family's ancestors
an army's success in battle
16
Based on the meaning of the French word "renaissance," the period called the Renaissance refers to the
remainder of learning not yet lost.
restoration of basic human values.
remembrance of better times.
rebirth of classical culture.

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