Renaissance Origins

Which country did the Renaissance begin in?

• Germany

• England

• France

• Italy

​ (a)   was a type of government used in smaller city-states where one wealthy family ruled

• Signoria
• Republicanism
• Democracy
• The Mafia

__________ was used in larger cities where there were many wealthy families

• Republicanism

• Democracy

• Signoria

• The Vulturi

________ supported artists and other thinkers

• Patrons

• Mobsters

• Artists

• Priests

Italian traders got ideas from​ (a)   and the​ (b)   and spread them to Italy.

• Muslims
• Chinese
• Germans
• Brazilians
• Wizards
• Wolves

What did Humanism focus on?

• Solving problems instead of how to get to the afterlife

• How to better improve the human brain

• How to better improve physical fitness

• How to bring world peace

Which ancient civilizations did Humanists get inspiration from?

• Greek and Roman

• Roman and Samurai

• Greek and Mayan

• Aztec and Mayan

What was invented by Johannes Gutenberg that helped spread ideas in the Renaissance?

• The printing press

• The internet

• The type writer

• books

What did Christian Humanists focus on?

• Fixing errors in the Religious texts

• Converting everyone to Christianity

• Converting everyone to Islam

• Changing the Pope

What helped spread Renaissance ideas from Italy to other parts of Europe

• Soldiers invaded Italy

• People read about Italy in the Bible

• Italy made the decision to tell everyone

• Italian Kings took over England