Chapter 11

Question 1

a period of change in Europe from the fourteenth century through sixteenth century

Answer 1

The Renaissance

Question 2

Renaissance is a ___ word meaning ___.

Answer 2

French rebirth

Question 3

The ___ was focused on welfare of their soul and work of the church.

Answer 3

Middle Ages

Question 4

an overemphasis on human worth and ability, leading man to glorify himself rather that God

Answer 4

humanism

Question 5

brought about a new course of study called the humanities

Answer 5

Revival of Learning

Question 6

The ___ was focused on living today and felt the future would take care of itself.

Answer 6

Renaissance

Question 7

What were the 5 humanities?

Answer 7

1. History
2. Science
3. Grammar
4. Classical Literature
5. Philosophy

Question 8

The humanists mostly admired the ___ and ___ culture.

Answer 8

Greek & Roman

Question 9

Who led the Renaissance?

Answer 9

Italy

Question 10

What were the three reasons for Italy’s leadership in the Renaissance?

Answer 10

1. Controlled Mediterranean trade routes.
2. Used wealth for artists to design buildings, decorate churches, and carve statues.
3. Viewed themselves as Romans and a link to that empire.

Question 11

The ___ were the most prominent patrons of the Renaissance.

Answer 11

Medici Family

Question 12

Where was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

What was this place’s significance?

Answer 12

Florence, Italy

home of the Medici’s

Question 13

known as the Father of Humanism

Answer 13

Francesco Petrarch

Question 14

What stirred a rebirth of learning in Europe?

Answer 14

the study of the classics

Question 15

wrote a famous book on manners and etiquette

Answer 15

Baldassare Castiglione

Question 16

one of the most influential Renaissance writers

Answer 16

Niccollo Machiavelli

Question 17

The Prince, by ___, was an essay that stated “___.”

Answer 17

Niccollo Machiavelli

“it is much safer to be feared than loved”

Question 18

most influential scholar of the Renaissance

translated a new edition of the Greek New Testament

Answer 18

Erasmus

Question 19

advisor to Henry VIII

wrote Common Sense that described an ideal state

Answer 19

Thomas More

Question 20

invented movable press

Answer 20

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 21

wrote a satire on chivalry

Answer 21

Miguel Cervantes

Question 22

greatest playwright of all time

finest poet of the English language

Answer 22

William Shakespeare