Peasants and nobles moved from manors to towns...

to find more opportunities to gain wealth

A poem of 14 lines with a fixed rhyming pattern

One reason why Italy became the birthplace of the Renaissance is that...

feudalism was not as strongly developed in Italy

Why did the growth of trade and industry weaken feudalism?

Peasants left manors for towns where they could find work.

cultural movement based on the study of classical works

What does the term "Renaissance" mean?

a person who is brilliant in many areas

a person who gives money to support artists

What does "secularism" mean?

view that religion need NOT be the center of human affairs

What does "censor" mean?

To prevent books from being published

What was Johann Gutenberg's main achievement?

invented printing that used movable type

What does "picaresque" mean?

comic episodes usually involving a mischievous character

What does "proportion" mean?

way of balancing the parts to make a pleasing whole

Dante Allighieri's work, "The Divine Comedy," was significant because it...

was written in Italian, not Latin

What 3 ideas made up the new learning in the Renaissance?

Humanism, Secularism, and Individualism

Why did church officials begin to censor certain published works during the Renaissance?

To put a stop to the growing criticism of the Church

What is the "Mona Lisa"?

a painting by Leonardo da Vinci

How did the use of the printing press increase the spread of literacy?

Books could be printed inexpensively & in greater quantities

What did linear perspective help most artists accomplish?

show three dimensions on flat surfaces

What was the main subject of Niccolo Machiavelli's books "The Prince"?

how to get and keep political power

What was the Renaissance?

revival of interest in classical art, learning, & literature

Engraving is a type of art form which the artist..

etches a design on a metal plate with a needle and acid

What does "vernacular" mean?

everyday spoken language of the people

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1
Peasants and nobles moved from manors to towns...
because they were forced out by invading countries
to find more opportunities to gain wealth
so that they could attend the universities there
because their manor houses were old and in poor condition
2
What is a "sonnet"?
A comedy written from the female perspective
A 14 line comedic story
A script for a play
A poem of 14 lines with a fixed rhyming pattern
3
One reason why Italy became the birthplace of the Renaissance is that...
trade was not common in Italy
there were more universities in Italy
there was no feudal system in Italy
feudalism was not as strongly developed in Italy
4
Why did the growth of trade and industry weaken feudalism?
Nobles fought each other to gain control of the Holy Land.
Agriculture stopped being profitable.
Wealthy merchants bought castles from poor nobles.
Peasants left manors for towns where they could find work.
5
What was humanism?
movement in art that emphasized individual portraits
cultural movement based on the study of classical works
writing literature in the native languages of a region
view that religion need not be the center of life
6
What does the term "Renaissance" mean?
a person who is brilliant in many areas
a person who had dance fever
a person who rules an Italian city-state
a person who is a patron of the arts
7
What is the cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of classical works?
Humanism
Individualism
Catholicism
Vernacular
8
What is a patron?
a peasant who moves to a city for work
a person who works in commerce and trade
a person who gives money to support artists
a noble who lives in a city instead of on a manor
9
What does "secularism" mean?
view that religion need NOT be the center of human affairs
view that trade should be the center of human affairs
view that religion is the center of human affairs
view that nobles should be center of human affairs
10
Most Medieval art dealt with...
secular themes
religious themes
historical figures
social issues
11
What does "censor" mean?
Write books that criticize the church
To prevent books from being published
To study the Bible
To decide what books are taught in school
12
What was Johann Gutenberg's main achievement?
helping the Catholic Church censor books
translate "In Praise of Folly" into English
invented printing that used movable type
wrote a book satirizing the church
13
Which of the following best describes a Renaissance painting?
flat and one-dimensional
realistic-looking figures
proportions that are not realistic
unemotional faces
14
Someone who gives money to support an artist is a...
Medici
Patron
Serf
Merchant
15
How did the Catholic Church respond to forms of criticism that appeared in books?
Excommunicated the authors
Published books in response
Supported self-expression
Censored literature
16
What does "picaresque" mean?
a Renaissance party
imaginary, ideal place
a picture of a sunset over a lake
comic episodes usually involving a mischievous character
17
What does "proportion" mean?
using lines to create a 3-D image
way of balancing the parts to make a pleasing whole
etching a design on a metal plate
painting with mud
18
Dante Allighieri's work, "The Divine Comedy," was significant because it...
was written in Italian, not Latin
was censored by the Church and never published
was performed as a play before Shakespeare's works
involved a series of comic episodes
19
What is the kind of writing uses ridicule or sarcasm to criticize?
Satire
Comedy
Poetry
Drama
20
What 3 ideas made up the new learning in the Renaissance?
Humanism, Secularism, and Individualism
Catholicism, Individualism, and Realism
Secularism, Catholicism, Vernacular
Secularism, Realism, Individualism
21
Which of the following was the first major work of Spanish literature?
"The Last Judgment"
"Don Quixote"
"Hamlet"
"The Divine Comedy"
22
What does the term "Utopia" mean?
a gigantic person
movable type made of metal
a made-up, ideal place
to stop works from being published
23
Why did church officials begin to censor certain published works during the Renaissance?
The Renaissance thinkers needed guidance from the Church
To show support for self-expression
So that more people would learn to read the Bible
To put a stop to the growing criticism of the Church
24
What is the "Mona Lisa"?
a painting by Michelango
a statute by Michelango
a statute by Leonardo da Vinci
a painting by Leonardo da Vinci
25
What does the word "mercantile" mean?
secular education
the government of city-states
commerce or trade
life on feudal manors
26
What new philosophy was important to the Renaissance and thinking of the time?
Socialism
Darwinism
Humanism
Communism
27
How did the use of the printing press increase the spread of literacy?
Books were traded with China
Books were given as gifts
Books could be used in schools for noble boys
Books could be printed inexpensively & in greater quantities
28
What does "mercantile" mean?
a made-up, ideal place
Merchants from Italy
commerce or trade
a painting by Donatello
29
A mathematical system for representing 3-D space on a flat surface is...
Proportion
Realism
Linear Perspective
Engraving
30
The cultural revival that swept through Europe from the 1300s-1500s was called the...
Middle Ages
Revolution
Renaissance
Industrial Era
31
Another term for an imaginary, ideal place is...
Italy
heaven
utopia
dystopia
32
Which of the following was a Renaissance reformer who used satire to criticize the Church?
Sir Thomas Moore
Francois Rabelais
Desiderius Erasmus
Peter Paul Rubens
33
Feudalism grew weaker when...
peasants began to outnumber nobles
the power of the church increased
trade and industry grew
larger manor houses were built
34
What did linear perspective help most artists accomplish?
show three dimensions on flat surfaces
portray human anatomy more accurately
make buildings more graceful and beautiful
place domes on top of cathedrals
35
What was the main subject of Niccolo Machiavelli's books "The Prince"?
how to get and keep political power
the biography of the founder of Florence
pope's role as head of the church
how to persuade a ruler to become a patron
36
What was the Renaissance?
practice of using wealth to build expensive city homes
new economic structure that replaced the manor system
increase in the pope's power over feudal lords and vassals
revival of interest in classical art, learning, & literature
37
The belief that the individual is more important than the larger community is called
Mercantile
Catholicism
Humanism
Individualism
38
Engraving is a type of art form which the artist..
paints pictures on grave stones
etches a design on a metal plate with a needle and acid
uses hidden messages to avoid censor
uses lines to show 3-D designs on a flat surface
39
The city in Sir Thomas More's "Utopia" was a place...
where education was reserved for the wealthy
that was governed by reason
where people owned their own land
that promoted a strong class system
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What does "vernacular" mean?
language spoken by the people of Venice
everyday spoken language of the people
language spoken during the Renaissance
language used by Leonardo da Vinci in his journals

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