Renaissance

Event that increased the demand for trade goods, developed banking principles and led to the Renaissance.

• Black Death

• Pax Romana

• Crusades

• Hundred Years' War

"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." Which Renaissance author was responsible for this quote?

• da Vinci

• Luther

• Gutenberg

• Machiavelli

Who among the figures of the Renaissance is considered to exemplify the true "Renaissance Man" ?

• Machiavelli

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Gutenberg

What helped increase the production of vernacular literature during the Renaissance?

• Humanism

• Printing press

• Realism

• Publication of Greek and Roman classics.

What ancient classical civilization was an important influence on the Renaissance humanists?

• river valley civilizations

• Mesoamerican and North American civilizations

• Greek and Roman civilizations

• Feudalism

How did the Medici family become wealthy?

• banking

• patrons

• Weavers

• trade

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Germany

• France

• Russia

• Italy

What art technique shows art in three dimensions?

• Secular

• Realism

• Perspective

• Humanism

How did humanism during the Renaissance differ from earlier traditional medieval ideas?

• They had an interest in the spiritual life of the people.

• They were disinterested in the ideas of ancient Greece and Rome.

• They rejected traditional Christian teachings

• They emphasized the importance of individual potential and growth.

Development in Renaissance art that states distant objects appear smaller than closer objects.

• Contrast

• Perspective

• Calligraphy

• Mosaic