Quiz on Renaissance overview

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Renaissance art

Focused much more on realism as artists learned how to use perspective His death marked the start of the renaissance. He was called the father of humanism. New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power. Machiavelli wrote about how an effective ruler should behave: they should maintain order and stability, be feared but not hated.

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

His death marked the start of the renaissance. He was called the father of humanism.

Renaissance art Spanish monarchy in the renaissance Leonardo Bruni Petrarch

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Secularism

Separation of church and state. Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism Isabella and Ferdinand conquered the Muslim state of Grenada, expelled Spanish Jews and tortured non-Catholics A focus on the human body and human achievements.

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power.

French monarchy in the renaissance Leonardo Bruni Secularism Renaissance monarchies

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Renaissance art

His death marked the start of the renaissance. He was called the father of humanism.

Secularism

New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power.

He wrote the famous “oration on the dignity of man”, the manifesto of the renaissance. Humans are free to become whatever they want

Section 2: True/false questions

The prince

New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power.

Humanism

An emphasis on the public good

Beliefs on education in the renaissance

Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism

Impacts of the printing press

A focus on the human body and human achievements.

Leonardo Bruni

First to coin the term “humanism”. First to divide history into 3 parts.

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