G5 HG U4 Ch1

Who was the leading printer that Erasmus stayed with in Venice?

• Aldus Manutius

• William Shakespeare

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

What did the scholars at the printer's dinner table discuss?

• Scientific discoveries

• Current events

• Ancient civilizations

• Modern literature

What term describes the scholars who studied ancient Greek and Roman writings?

• Philosophers

• Merchants

• Humanists

• Artists

What invention helped spread knowledge during the Renaissance?

• The telephone

• The telescope

• The compass

• The printing press

What did humanists hope to achieve by studying ancient manuscripts?

• Become politicians

• Gain wealth

• Travel the world

• Become great writers

What was the Renaissance a period of?

• War and famine

• Isolation and ignorance

• Decline of education

• Rediscovery of classical learning

Which city was NOT mentioned as a major center of the Renaissance?

• Berlin

• Florence

• Rome

• Venice

What did the humanists study in addition to manuscripts?

• Modern technology

• Current politics

• Ancient art and architecture

• Natural sciences

What did Erasmus and other scholars think about their own time?

• It was a time of ignorance

• It was a time of great progress

• It was a cultured age

• It was a dark age

What was one reason Italy led the way in the Renaissance?

• It had a strong central government

• It was the center of the ancient Roman Empire

• It was isolated from trade

• It had no wealthy merchants