Renaissance Questions

Question 1

Give 3 general reasons why the location of city-states in Italy were so successful.

Answer 1

Because of their economy and their military

Question 2

Explain why the Italian City-States became so powerful and important to the rest of Europe.

Answer 2

Because of their trade and their economy. Their military also played a big role.

Question 3

Why was Italy seen as Europe’s Gateway to the East? How did increased trade lead to the emergence of powerful city-states in Italy?

Answer 3

Because of their trade and their economic succses

Question 4

Who was the Medici family? How were they so successful?

Answer 4

The Medici family were wool merchants and bankers. Both businesses were very profitable and the family became extremely wealthy. Giovanni de Medici first brought the family to prominence in Florence by starting the Medici bank. He also was the leader of the Florence merchants.

Question 5

How can thinkers and philosophers bring about change in society?

Answer 5

They can give you good ideas and they have smart ways of viewing things.

Question 6

Why was the term Renaissance used for this time? What does it mean?

Answer 6

It means rebirth

Question 7

What three intercultural contacts lead to the Humanist Worldview?

Answer 7

Muslim, Greeks and Jews

Question 8

What specific areas of the Greek and Roman civilizations did Renaissance humanists look at?

Answer 8

The art they had really caught the people in the renaissance eyes.

Question 9

What are the four main beliefs of the humanist about the individual?

Answer 9

1. Human beings can use the power of reason that is thinking to find truth for themselves.
2. It is important for a person to have an open, curious and questioning mind.
3. People can achieve great things through learning.
4. Individuals should be skilled in many different areas. They should
   develop not just their minds but also their bodies an

Question 10

What do civic humanists believe is important?

Answer 10

Civic humanists believed that being a responsible citizen meant educating yourself
about history and political issues and working to improve society.

Question 11

What does the phrase “educating the whole child” mean?

Answer 11

That children can get an education and learn in school.

Question 12

What are the five elements and focus of Renaissance art?

Answer 12

Natural world, Elegance, Beauty, light and shadow, realistic details.

Question 13

How is Renaissance art different from Medieval Art?

Answer 13

Medieval art focused on more religious themes than in the renaissance.

Question 14

How did the religion change in the renaissance

Answer 14

Luther had started what we call the “Protestant Reformation.”

Question 15

Explain how the eight worldview elements changed in the Middle Ages times to Renaissance times.

Answer 15

Renaissance” literally means “awakening” or “rebirth.” It was a European cultural movement between the 14th and the 16th centuries. The Middle Ages was a period from the 5th to 16th centuries. The Renaissance may be considered as a sort of a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age.

Question 16

How can discoveries in the sciences shape people’s worldviews? Link your answers to specific worldview elements.

Answer 16

Scientists like Francis Bacon, Galileo, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton made discoveries that would change the world. The most important invention of the Renaissance, and perhaps in the history of the world, was the printing press.

Question 17

Why was the scientific method important?

Answer 17

This helped to spread new scientific discoveries as well, allowing scientists to share their works and learn from each other. The Scientific Method was further developed during the Renaissance. Galileo used controlled experiments and analyzed data to prove, or disprove, his theories.

Question 18

How did astronomy change during the renaissance.

Answer 18

Many of the greatest scientific advances of Renaissance were achieved by astronomers. Astronomy changed the way people looked at the universe today. For thousands of years, right up until the Renaissance, most people believed that the Sun went around the Earth. Then one Greek scientist made a great discovery. A Greek astronomer who lived during the first century CE, introduced this idea of the universe.

Question 19

How did medicine change during the Renaissance?

Answer 19

The main factor that contributed to Renaissance medicine was increased anatomical knowledge. This allowed physicians to carry out many anatomical studies, making a lot of new discoveries on the human anatomy.

Question 20

how did autonomy change during the renaissance.

Answer 20

Vesalius’s work brought a number of important changes to the study of anatomy. During the Renaissance, scholars and artists throughout Europe were taking a renewed interest in the classical sculptures of Ancient Greece and Rome, and so Vesalius was tapping into the spirit of the times.

Question 21

What new developments in math came about during the Renaissance?

Answer 21

These studies influenced the development of analytic geometry and the invistmal caucus.

Question 22

How was religion changing at this time?

Answer 22

The Renaissance was the birthing period of religious reform. Luther started what we call the “Protestant Reformation”. The Catholic Church was unfit for the religious duties and needed reform. People were doing religion less than the middle ages.

Question 23

What was a major criticism of the church?

Answer 23

The main criticism is that people were starting to wonder that if the pope was saying the right thing or not.

Question 24

Explain the protestant reformation.

Answer 24

The Protestant Reformation was started by Martin Luther. It was in the 16 century. It was a religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era.

Question 25

Explain the Catholic Counter-Reformation

Answer 25

Protestants broke from the Catholic Church in the 1520s. The two distinct dogmatic positions within the Catholic Church solidified in the 1560s. The Catholic Reformation became known as the Counter-Reformation, defined as a reaction to Protestantism rather than as a reform movement.

Question 26

How did information spread during this time.

Answer 26

It was centered around the printing press, which allowed people to share ideas, communicate, and express themselves more often and more efficiently.

Question 27

How did Humanist thinkers bring about change in Renaissance society?

Answer 27

it was a huge change to switch from a religion based society in the Middle Ages to a people based society in the Renaissance. During the Renaissance, humanism effected political philosophy, art and religious change. First, political philosophy was severely changed during the Renaissance due to humanism.

Question 28

What impact did the printing press have on the spread of ideas in renaissnce

Answer 28

printing press spread literature to the masses for the first time in an efficient, durable way, shoving Europe headlong into the original information age – the Renaissance.