WH Module 14 Assessment

How did Italy's location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Ideas could be spread easily by means of Italy's fleet.
• Italy was protected from the rest of Europe by the Alps
• Italy had access to Roman ruins and ancient manuscripts from Constantinople.
• The bubonic plague had not reached the southern tip of Europe.

In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?

• He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.
• He painted the Mona Lisa while holding scientific discussions.
• He lived in Italy during the 1500s.
• He used perspective in all of his drawings and paintings.

What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?

• Gutenberg used his wealth from the invention to support artists
• It led to the development of public libraries.
• It led to a renewed study of Latin and Greek
• It increased literacy and the use of the vernacular.

From approximately 1300 to 1600, Europe experienced an explosion of creativity in art, architecture, writing, and thought.

• Renaissance
• vernacular
• humanism
• secular

native language

• Renaissance
• vernacular
• humanism
• secular

an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements.

• Renaissance
• vernacular
• humanism
• secular

worldly rather than spiritual

• Renaissance
• vernacular
• humanism
• secular

financially supporting artists

• patron
• perspective
• William Shakespeare
• Johann Gutenberg

a way of showing three dimensions on a flat surface.

• patron
• perspective
• William Shakespeare
• Johann Gutenberg

most famous writer of the Elizabethan Age

• patron
• perspective
• William Shakespeare
• Johann Gutenberg