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Renaissance Quiz
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Question | Answer |
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In what Italian City did the Renaissance start in? | Florence |
what family played a large role in the start of the renaissance? | The Medici Family |
WHat are the five ways they made their fortune? | 1.) Banking 2.) wool 3.) Mining 4.) Manufacturing 5.) Trade |
What two major groups of people from the past did the renaissance revisit heavily influenced the era? | Greek and Roman values |
What is the term for the studying of these two groups? | Classicism |
What famous greek writer was studyed by Francesco Petrarch? | Homer |
What were this greeks writer most famous stories? | The odeyssey and the Illiyaed |
Who invented the first ever moveable printing press?/ | Johannes Gutenburg |
What did this invention lead to? | More people learning how to read |
What did the Micolo Machiavelli's ideas in "The Prince " justify for monarchs? | Concentrate powers |
What were two of Leonardo DaVinci most famous paintings? | Mona Lisa and The Vetruvian Man |
What building did Michealangelo paint all by himself? | Sistine Chapel |
what were two unique things that were unique about Renissance artwork in paintings and sculptures? | The point of perspective, demension , and to draw the viwer into the painting. |
How was the Renaissance architecture similar to the greeks and romans? | The columns, elements, and the half domes. |