Chapter Six- Fill in the Blank

Question 1

The Renaissance was marked by a renewed interest in ____ and _____ life.

Answer 1

Greek

Roman

Question 2

The Renaissance had its beginnings in

Answer 2

Italy

Question 3

The ______ family of Florence grew rich as bankers and then as rulers.

Answer 3

Medici

Question 4

Italian scholars turned to the ____ and ____ classics of literature.

Answer 4

Greek

Roman

Question 5

Many humanists were ________ who remained committed to _______

Answer 5

Catholics

Christian teachings

Question 6

Scholars often called the late 1400s and early 1500s the ______.

Answer 6

High Renaissance

Question 7

Michelangelo’s sculptures and paintings of Biblical features are prominently portrayed on the ceilings of the ________

Answer 7

Sistine Chapel

Question 8

The _____ is the headquarters of the pope

Answer 8

Vatican

Question 9

tried to describe government in the wy it actually worked, not in terms of lofty ideals

Answer 9

Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 10

believed that classical writers were committed to virtue and that these writers could be imitated by studying their works

Answer 10

Francesco Petrarch

Question 11

an era of rebirth and philosophical and artistic movement

Answer 11

Renaissance

Question 12

used mathematics to organized the space in his paintings and one of the best known Renaissance men

Answer 12

Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 13

displayed a critical approach to learning and scholarship

Answer 13

humanists

Question 14

one of the most brilliant Renaissance painters and helped to design St. Peter’s Basilica

Answer 14

Michelangelo

Question 15

wrote a book that contrasts the coarse knights of the Middle Ages with the refined courtier of the Renaissance

Answer 15

Castiglione

Question 16

the technique that painters used to create the illusion of depth in their works

Answer 16

perspective

Question 17

In the 1300s, the ___________ which means “________” began as a cultural movement, and artistic movement, and a philosophical movement

Answer 17

Renaissance

rebirth