Renaissance Test Review

Renaissance Test Review

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9th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What work of literature was written during the Renaissance and explained how a ruler should be feared not loved and do what is politically correct not what is morally or ethically correct?

The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen

Purple Rain by Prince

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

Neither One Of Us by Gladys Knight and the Pips

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What impact did the printing press have on the Renaissance and after?

The printing press made it easier to print euros and increase NAFTA trade

The printing press launched industrialization by creating the textile industry

The printing press was used to create Calvin and Hobbes during the Renaissance, which increased literacy and critical thinking

The printing press made it easier to spread ideas faster locally and eventually spread globally.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Describe how the differences in human perspectives changed between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Middle Ages people: interested in art & education, life in the present, and Ancient Rome

Renaissance people: interested in life after death.

Middle Ages people: interested in Columbus finding the New World

Renaissance people: interested in feudalism, Crusades, Black Death

Middle Ages people: interested in life after death.

Renaissance people: interested in art & education, life in the present, and Ancient Rome

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The Renaissance shaped history by looking back to ancient Greece and Rome and emphasizing individualism. Which of the following explain how new ideas can influence politics, economics, and culture, changing the shape of history:

The focus on humanism and individualism allowed for people of the Renaissance to develop new ideas and share them through their works

Governments focused on human sacrifice, subjugation of neighboring tribes, and creating pyramids using slave labor

Artists like Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci embraced realism and individualism in styles that moved away from the religious focus of medieval art.

Humanist scholars like Francesco Petrarch combined ideas from Christianity with the philosophy of the Greeks and Romans.

Humanists studied philosophy, rhetoric, and literature in the belief that human achievements were as important as religious theory.

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The Renaissance shaped history by looking back to ancient Greece and Rome and emphasizing individualism. Which of the following explain how new ideas can influence politics, economics, and culture, changing the shape of history:

Greece and Rome were viewed as outdated civilizations whose antiquated ideas were not worthy of modern thought

Architects imitated the style of Roman and Greek ruins to create new architectural marvels in wealthy Italian city-states.

The artists and writers of the Italian Renaissance believed they were creating something totally new by reviving the teachings of the ancient world.

the Renaissance was as much about trade as it was about art.

With their new wealth, these merchants, bankers, and rulers funded the arts and architecture of the Renaissance, patronizing artists like Donatello, Botticelli, and Titian.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Italy the birth place for the Renaissance Era?

It had been the center of ancient Rome, covered in ruins from classical times.

Italy became wealthy from trade due to its location in the Mediterranean Sea.

Italian city-states were always competing with one another, creating great achievements.

All of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Renaissance is called a _________ because it is the time period right after the ______________.

new era; Age of Exploration

rebirth; Middle Ages

revolution; Reformation

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