Module 6: Early Modern Europe

Which two classical civilizations did the Renaissance view as worthy of study? (Select two)

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Greece

• Sumaria

• Rome

Where was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Greece

• Itlay

Which family created the largest bank & helped to make Florence one of the most powerful and wealthy cities of the Italian Renaissance?

• The Brunelleschi Family

• The Medici Family

• The Machiavelli Family

• The Lorenzo Family

How id the ideas of the Renaissance spread to the rest of Europe?

• Church leaders spread Renaissance ideas

• Monarchs made laws enforcing Renaissance ideas

• Merchants spread Renaissance ideas as they traveled

• Military spread Renaissance ideas through civil wars

Which of the following were characteristics of humanism? Select two.

• Gave importance to finding knowledge only through the Catholic Church

• Focused on gaining knowledge through reason and not just religious faith

• Gave importance to the individual and to human society.

• Focused on the art of making agreements between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church

• Gave importance to a government in which the power comes form the group and not the individual

Who is considered to by the most famous playwright of the Northern Renaissance?

• Dante Alighieri

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• Francesco Petrarch

• Johannes Gutenberg

• William Shakespeare

How did Renaissance ideas primarily make their way into Europe?

• Through missionaries and monks

• Through merchants and trade

• Through books and schools

• Through ancient ruins and ideas

Which Renaissance Humanist believed that to gain knowledge there needed to be a balance between reason and faith?

• Petrarch

• Thomas Aquinas

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

Which of the following are achievements of William Shakespeare?

• Painter, sculptor, architect

• Poet, playwright, made new English words

• Inventor, mathematician, studied anatomy

• Humanist, monk, made religious changes

A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.

• Renaissance
• Humanism
• arts
• patron