Renaissance Pop Quiz

This series of conflicts pitted Europe against the Islamic world, and one of the positive results of this exchange was the flow of knowledge and learning back into Europe. What was this conflict?

• the Crusades

• American Revolution

• Glorious Revolution

• Franco-British Invasion

The Italian Renaissance was a huge turning point in European history. However, it wouldn’t have been possible without the classical heritage of ancient Greece and Rome, thriving Italian cities, and….

• big money trade deals with America

• a wealthy class of merchants (businessmen)

• positive spillover from the fall of the Roman Empire

• the discovery of turning lead into gold (alchemy)

How did artists make a living during the Renaissance?

• Only the Church hired them for sculpture work.

• Wealthy merchants and the Church hired them for projects.

• The military commissioned sculptures of generals.

• Only wealthy merchants hired them for paintings of their families.

This was a rebirth of creativity in Europe; an explosion of the arts, culture, and knowledge back into Europe. What is being described here?

• Reformation

• the Crusades

• Renaissance

• Scientific Revolution

A Renaissance Man was someone who mastered different fields, such as poetry, music, writing, and science.

• True

• False