Renaissance Quiz

Rome became the centre of trade and business.

• True

• False

Most people became better educated because they could afford to buy books

• True

• False

Many Renaissance artists didn't care about the shape and proportions of humans in the paintings

• True

• False

Many students of the Renaissance period read Italian authors instead of Roman and Greek ones

• True

• False

Martin Luther split away from the Roman Catholic church.

• True

• False

What did humanism mean during the Renaissance?

• To learn about humans

• An intellectual movement typified by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focussed not on religion but on what it is to be human.

• To be a Human

• To be a religious person

How long did the Renaissance last?

• 14th-15th century

• from the 14th century to the 17th century

• For 150 years

• 60 years

Which geographic factor contributed to the rise of the Renaissance in Italian city-states?

• ease of travel on the Northern Europe Plain

• location near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea

• mountainous terrains of the Alps

• navigable waters of the Danube

Indulgences

• To break the rules of one's church or Faith

• to make a change for the better

• to be removed from a Church community

• To make a donation to the Church in order to be forgiven for sins

Gutenburg Press

• led to indulgences

• led to increased literacy

• led to excommunication

• led to the heresy