7th Grade Renaissance

Trade and industry weakened feudalism because peasants left manors for

Why was Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Many great writers were Italian

• Feudalism had been strong in Italy

• Italian city-states were centers for trade and commerce

• Italian scholars saved the Classics

What style of writing did Francois Rabelais use to raise awareness of medieval problems?

• He satirized political and social problems

• He explained how rulers should gain and keep power

• He used poetry

• He wrote plays

Define secularism

• emphasis on Church doctrine

• emphasis on Classical learning

• emphasis on non religious topics and values

• emphasis on the works of Aquinus

Humanists studied classical works in order to create a better

• earthly life

• chance of salvation

• style of leadership

• genre of literature

Name two Renaissance figures who were both active in many different fields

• Shakespeare and Rabelais

• Michelangelo and da Vinci

• More and Henry VIII

• Michelangelo and Erasmus

Renaissance writers began to focus on

• religious subjects

• secular subjects

Renaissance architecture is marked by harmony and

• design

• perfection

• proportion

• castles

What was the topic of Miguel de Cervantes's novel?

• medieval kings

• Renaissance explorers

• medieval chivalry

• Renaissance monarchs

Identify the term used to describe the strategy that allowed artists to paint three dimensional images on a flat surface.

• linear perspective

• excellent perspective

• shading