Renaissance History Quiz

What was the Renaissance?

During the Middle Ages, people generally believed that life on earth should be pleasant.

• True

• False

What Italian city-states were particularly prosperous during the Renaissance?

Who preserved and built upon ancient Greco-Roman knowledge during the European Middle Ages?

What famous Venetian merchant traveled as far as China in the late 13th century?

Renaissance Italy inherited the culture of ancient _____.

Wealthy people who funded the arts were known as what?

The Renaissance never spread beyond architecture and art.

• True

• False

Who invented the printing press with moveable type?

Who was the first person in England to print a dated book?

• Aldus

• Johann Gutenberg

• Thomas More

• William Caxton