13. Renaissance

What is the time period between 1350 and 1550 called?

• The Dark Ages

• Pax Romana

• Renaissance

• Reformation

What was one reason Europeans were able to study ancient Greek and Roman works during the Renaissance?

• They were brought back from the crusades.

• The Byzantine Empire lent them copies of these works.

• They finally upgraded their network to 5g.

• Scholars were sent to China to retrieve lost works.

During the Renaissance, there was an interest in exploring human potential.

• True

• False

What is humanism?

• An idea that there should be an upper class that controls most of the wealth.

• A way of setting up a society based on oaths and land.

• The belief that one religion should be practiced by all people.

• An attitude that is concerned with people, their values, and their capabilities.

Humanists believed that a person should focus on only one skill and become the best at that one thing.

• True

• False

During the Renaissance, people turned completely away from religion.

• True

• False

What did Italy’s wealth have to do with the start of the Renaissance?

• The money in Italy was used to pay for large armies which they used to conquer a territory equal to the size of the Roman Empire.

• Italy used its wealth to pay for new technologies that gave it an advantage over other countries.

• Merchants use money to bribe other countries to give them their secrets.

• The rich could pay artists to make beautiful paintings, sculptures, and buildings.

What family became one of the most famous patrons of the arts during the Renaissance?

• Pascucci

• Medici

• Gasol

• Rockefeller

What was the significance of Italy being at the center of the Roman Empire?

• The Roman ruins were an inspiration for creating new art.

• It was an advantageous military location.

• There was a secret stockpile of ancient works that was discovered during the Renaissance.

• When the Muslim armies attacked Rome, they brought ancient Greek and Roman works with them.

Italy was divided into many smaller city states as opposed to being one large country.

• True

• False