Thursday - Day 1 Background

Dans quel pays allons-nous la semaine prochaine (en anglais)?

A que pais vamos la proxima semana (en ingles)?

What do we call the period of creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D. in Europe?

• the Middle Ages

• the Renaissance

• the Age of Enlightenment

• the Age of Absolutism

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• flatulence

• a Latin term for art

• swimming again

• rebirth

What was the Renaissance a "rebirth" of?

• life (after the Black Death)

• religion

• western classical ideas and learning

• the Middle Ages

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Who was the ruler of the country of Italy during the Renaissance?

• Pope Alexander VI

• There was no ruler.

• Benito Mussolini

• Cosimo de Medici

Answer explanation

The country of Italy didn't exist until the 1800's. During the Renaissance, Italian cities were like little countries ruled by powerful families.

Pope Alexander was head of the Catholic Church in 1500. He was part of the Borgia family, one of the most important and infamous families of the time.

Mussolini was dictator during WWII.

The Medici family was a powerful family from Florence.

What city is usually considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Vinci, Italy

• Rome, Italy

• Paris, France

• Florence, Italy

Answer explanation

From Italy, the Renaissance spread throughout Europe.

Which of the following was not an important Italian city during the Renaissance?

• Trieste

• Florence

• Milan

• Venice

The Renaissance was the "rebirth", or rediscovery, of Greek and Roman ideas. But how were these ideas preserved during the Middle Ages?

• Arabic scholars translated and studied them

• They were written in books from China and traded along the Silk Road

• Socrates hid them under his bed

• Monks created illustrated manuscripts describing them

When and where was Leonardo da Vinci born?

• 1662 in Rome, Italy

• 1547 in Venice, Italy

• 1452 in Vinci, Italy

• 1066 in Hastings, England

Answer explanation

That's why he's da Vinci.