Renaissance Quiz!

Question 1

How did nobles in Italy become wealthy during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

through trade

Question 2

How did Renaissance painters make their paintings more realistic?

Accepted Answer

by using oil paints, by creating frescoes, by using perspective

Question 3

How did the ruling class change in Italy during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Nobles and merchants began to marry -> business-based ruling class, Noble families moved from their country estates to the cities, Nobles began to connect with wealthy merchants and gain wealth from trade

Question 4

Which of the following are characteristics of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Increased interest in the secular, or human, world, A belief in an individual's ability to make a difference in the world, a renewed interest in and study of classic Greek and Roman culture

Question 5

How did the printing press help change Europe?

Accepted Answer

Ideas and information spread faster and wider than ever

Question 6

What were the leading sources of Florence's wealth?

Accepted Answer

Banking, The woolen-cloth trade

Question 7

How did the printing press help spread humanist ideas in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Books became much more affordable, Books could be printed much faster, More copies of humanist works became available.

Question 8

What was a major characteristic of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

a renewed interest in Greek and Roman culture

Question 9

What effect did using perspective have on Renaissance paintings?

Accepted Answer

It made them more realistic

Question 10

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 11

How was humanism different from earlier ways of thinking in Europe?

Accepted Answer

Emphasis on the importance of individuals and human society, Breaking from a focus on religious faith to learn through reason instead

Question 12

How do both The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales suggest medieval roots but also express humanist ideas?

Accepted Answer

Both are written in the vernacular., Both are about individuals’ experiences, Both works are related to religion and are like medieval works in that way

Question 13

What was unique about the land on which Venice was built?

Accepted Answer

It was built on a group of many small islands, not on the mainland

Question 14

What term do historians use to describe the cultural change in countries north of Italy?

Accepted Answer

the Northern Renaissance

Question 15

Which of the following were developments in the arts during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

plays about human emotions and relationships, the use of perspective in paintings and drawings

Question 16

The Renaissance began in the city-based, or ______________, society of Italy

Accepted Answer

Urban

Question 17

What is Leonardo da Vinci known for in addition to his paintings?

Accepted Answer

his inventions

Question 18

How did Italian scholars rediscover Greek and Roman works?

Accepted Answer

through contact with Muslims in the Middle East and Spain

Question 19

What advice did Niccolò Machiavelli give rulers in his book The Prince?

Accepted Answer

Do or say whatever is necessary to keep your power

Question 20

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 21

Who were the Medici?

Accepted Answer

The wealthiest family in Florence during the Renaissance, Owners of the largest bank in Europe during the 1400s

Question 22

What is Chiaroscuro?

Accepted Answer

The use of light and shadows instead of stiff outlines to separate objects

Question 23

What was the structure of Italy's government in the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

independent states ruled by powerful individuals

Question 24

In which of these ways was Italy different from many other parts of Europe at the start of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Italy had many large and growing cities

Question 25

What is a Fresco?

Accepted Answer

A watercolor painted on fresh, wet plaster

Question 26

Which city was the first major center of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Florence

Question 27

Why did many Renaissance authors write in vernacular instead of Latin?

Accepted Answer

More people could read vernacular languages than Latin

Question 28

What effect did Marco Polo's writings have on Europeans?

Accepted Answer

spurred interest in trade with China

Question 29

Which factors helped Italy become very wealthy through trade?

Accepted Answer

contact with Muslim merchants during the Crusades, Being a peninsula with many ports, being centrally located in the Mediterranean

Question 30

Who painted The School of Athens?

Accepted Answer

Raphael

Question 31

How did the Crusades act as a vehicle for the transfer of knowledge?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Greek and Roman writings was passed from Muslim scholars to Europe

Question 32

Which of the following factors helped make Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

familiarity with Roman ruins, wealth gained through trade, a large urban population

Renaissance Quiz!

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