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Global Studies 2 – Renaissance Review Packet (Unit 1)
1. The word “renaissance” means:
2. Where was the birthplace of the Renaissance?
3. Identify two causes of the Renaissance:
4. How did the Medici family start their powerful bank (who did they support as Pope and what
happened?)
5. Identify two specific ways in which the Medici family impacted Florence during the Renaissance:
6. Who figured out how to build the dome in Florence?
7. What made this plan for the dome so risky?
8. Who financially supported the architect who built the dome in Florence?
9. Define “patron”:
10. Identify three reasons why Italy was the center of the Renaissance:
11. Identify the four key social characteristics of the Renaissance:
12. Define “individualism”:
13. Define “secularism”:
14. Critical thinking is:
15. Name the four most famous artists of the Renaissance:
16. Name 6 characteristics of Renaissance art:
17. What is the “High Renaissance”?
18. Why is Leonardo da Vinci considered to be a Renaissance Man?
19. Identify the artist who created each of the following works:
a. Mona Lisa –
b. The Last Supper –
c. Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel -
20. The Mona Lisa is currently housed in what museum and what country?
21. Who is likely the subject of the Mona Lisa?
22. How and why was the Mona Lisa stolen?
23. What is depicted in the drawings found in da Vinci’s notebooks (owned by Bill Gates)?
24. Identify three authors of the Renaissance and one major work written by each author.
25. Dante’s The Divine Comedy is an epic poem about:
26. Who is Francesco Petrarch and what is his most famous work?
27. Identify three political ideals that Machiavelli promoted in The Prince:
28. What is the Northern Renaissance?
29. Ideas of the Northern Renaissance stressed
the Roman Catholic Church.
30. How did the Northern renaissance differ from the Italian Renaissance?
31. The Arnolfini Portrait was painted by:
32. Who was Albrecht Durer?
33. Who invented the printing press?
rather than dogma of