Renaissance
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- Q 1/18Score 0Which statement best explains why the invention of the printing press had a significant impact during the Renaissance?29It led wealthy families to shift financial support to writers.It encouraged people to lose interest in religion.It allowed merchants to switch from gold to paper currency.It enabled scholars to publish new scientific theories.
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- Q1Which statement best explains why the invention of the printing press had a significant impact during the Renaissance?It led wealthy families to shift financial support to writers.It encouraged people to lose interest in religion.It allowed merchants to switch from gold to paper currency.It enabled scholars to publish new scientific theories.300s
- Q2Which statement explains why families like the Medicis were important to the Renaissance?The families’ wealth was used to encourage artistic and scientific achievements.Family members became respected Renaissance astronomers and painters.Members of the families received advanced training from Renaissance painters.The paintings of Renaissance artists influenced the religious beliefs of the families.300s
- Q3Which statement best explains how Italian society was affected by the Renaissance?Italian society rejected the past in favor of modern ideas.Italian society entered a rebirth of artistic and academic achievement.Italian society adopted democracy as a form of government.Italian society abandoned religion in favor of scientific theories.300s
- Q4Which statement best explains Michelangelo’s contributions to the Renaissance?Michelangelo helped create new interest in making Bible stories available to all people.Michelangelo developed new paint pigments and sculpting tools that were adopted by later artists.Michelangelo’s interest in human anatomy helped to find cures for several diseases.Michelangelo’s works became famous for their accurate details and intense human expressions.300s
- Q5Michelangelo was an artist who lived from 1475 to 1564. What was Michelangelo most likely talking about in this poem?how he got ideas for paintings and sculptures while prayinghis problems with making important artworks in a traditional mannerthe conditions he suffered under while painting the Sistine Chapel ceilinghow he posed his model for the David statue300s
- Q6The artists shown in the diagram led a movement characterized by ___.the use of single-point perspectivethe abstract depiction of human bodiesthe rejection of religious themesthe illumination of printed manuscripts300s
- Q7CJ reads the biography of Leonardo da Vinci shown in Source 8. He wants to determine whether the information in the biography is accurate. Which primary source documents would best support the claims made in this biography?medical books in use during Leonardo’s time describing treatments for different diseases b.copies of Leonardo’s sketchbooks showing human bodies, buildings, and weaponsletters from military leaders describing military weapons and strategies used during Leonardo’s lifetimephotographs of Leonardo’s most famous paintings and sculptures300s
- Q8Why Leonardo da Vinci is considered a “Renaissance Man"?He converted to Christianity.He was skilled in several areas, including art and science.He spied for the church.He was born during the Renaissance Period.300s
- Q9How does a theme in the painting relate to a theme of the Renaissance?It shows people sitting at a table together, which related to a focus on the equality of people from different races and classes.It shows common people, which related to a focus on studying things as they are rather than describing how they should be.It shows people eating and celebrating, which related to the general relief that the plague was over and people were healthier again.It shows people enjoying their work, which related to the belief that work was a necessary part of a good, moral life.300s
- Q10Choose two details that show what effect the merchant families like the Medici family had on the Renaissance in Italian cities. a. The families used their wealth to undermine the Catholic Church’s authority. b. The families used their wealth to commission paintings and sculptures from artists. c. The families used their wealth to build universities. d. The families used their wealth to sponsor scientists working on new discoveries. e. The families used their wealth to keep the trade routes safe.b and dc and db and ea and c300s
- Q11Which statement best explains how Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the movable-type printing press influenced the development of the Renaissance?Scientists could use the printing press to record their observations of nature.A large number of Bibles were printed using the printing press.The printing press made it possible for new ideas to spread faster.The workings of the printing press were based on scientific principles.300s
- Q12Which phrase best completes the diagram, and why?“legacy of ancient Roman civilization,” because the ideas of the ancients influenced Renaissance thinkers.“center of the Catholic Church,” because religion was the most powerful force in society at the time.“free from damage caused by the plague,” because Italy escaped the worst population losses.“home of early sea explorers,” because new ideas from other regions were important during the Renaissance.300s
- Q13Which influence did Machiavelli have on the development of the Renaissance?He encouraged scientists to follow the methods pioneered by Copernicus and Galileo.He encouraged critics of the Catholic Church to begin the Protestant Reformation.He encouraged politicians to be merciless in the pursuit of power.He encouraged artists to move away from a reliance on religious subjects.300s
- Q14During the late Renaissance, the practices of the Roman Catholic Church ___.did not affect the church’s influence.led church leaders to become more involved in politics.weakened the church’s influence.led scholars to support the church.300s
- Q15Which effect did the invention of the printing press have on Europe during the Renaissance?the establishment of new trade routes and trading centersthe adoption and successful use of new agricultural methodsthe exchange and practice of new scientific theoriesthe formation of new monarchies and feudal systems300s
