Renaissance Study Guide
1. During the 1100s and 1200s, which two countries
became unified under a single ruler or government?
2. Which factors helped bring an end to feudalism?
3. What effect did Marco Polo’s journey have on Europe
during the 13th century?
4. Which places did the Silk Road connect?
5. Why did Europeans stop using the Silk Road after the fall
of Rome?
6. What two ancient cultures are associated with classical
learning?
7. Humanism is a way of thought that focuses on what?
8. Where did the Renaissance begin?
9. What does the term Renaissance mean?
10. What city was am important center during the early
Renaissance?
11. Which of the following most accurately characterizes
the Renaissance?
12. What were some of the works of art Michelangelo
created?
13. In what language did Dante Alighieri write?
14. At the end of which century did Renaissance ideas
begin to spread outside of Italy?
15. What did the artists Jan Van Eyck and Pieter Brueghel
have in common?
16. What was the name of the time in England that
Shakespeare wrote in?
17. Which Renaissance-era invention had the greatest
impact?
18. About how many books could an early printing press
produces in the time it took a hand copier to create a single
book?
19. Why was the invention of the printing press so
important?
20. What does writing in the vernacular mean?
21. Through which territory did the Silk Road run?
22. How many years did the travels shown on this map
take?
23. From which city did Marco Polo begin his journey to
the East?
24. Which sea did Marco Polo cross to pick up the Silk
Road on his way to China?
25. Which appeared to cover more miles, Marco Polo’s
trip to China or his trip back to Europe?