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Definition: a time of rebirth of interest in art and learning
a) Humanism
b) Renaissance
c) Secularism
d) Middle Ages

being more interested in this world than in afterlife
a) Renaissance
b) Humanism
c) Secularism
d) Middle Ages

Florence grew wealthy through
a) banking
b) farming
c) books
d) tourism

Italian city-states became wealthy through
a) war
b) farming
c) wine
d) trade

Who ruled the city of Florence?
a) Marco Polo
b) artisans
c) the Medici family
d) the pope

During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth of interest in
a) art and learning.
b) science and medicine.
c) military strategies.
d) getting to heaven.

Which of the following cities was most famous during the Renaissance?
a) Florence
b) Rome
c) Genoa
d) Milan

The new upper class that developed in Renaissance Italy was made up of nobles and merchants.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The governments of most Italian city-states were_________ .
a) run by the Medici family
b) republics
c) theocracies
d) autucracies

Italian city-states were primed for growth and wealth because
a) most had a coastline to foster trade
b) most had banks that charged interest
c) most were located on superior farmland
d) most were ruled by qualified nobles

English playwright who authored many plays and poems
a) William Shakespeare
b) Machiavelli
c) Thomas More
d) Leonardo

What Renaissance invention aided the spread of ideas?
a) glider
b) helicopter
c) printing press
d) the canon

Renaissance humanists studied ____ to increase their knowledge of different topics.
a) the Romans and Greeks
b) the Chinese and Indians
c) the Mayans and Incas
d) the Japanese and English

Renaissance painters used ____ to make their work look three-dimensional.
a) paint
b) perspective
c) realism
d) fresco

A major change in literature during the Renaissance was _______ .
a) the use of vernacular language
b) writing of texts in Latin
c) the popularity of comedic writing
d) the outlawing of certain books by the Vatican

All of the following are true of humanism during the Renaissance except
a) it was a new way of looking at the world
b) it caused ancient Roman and Greek texts to become popular
c) it focused on religion
d) it dealt with emotion

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