Vocabulary
A city where many people come to buy, sell, and exchange goods. (Pretty Much they got rich off trading)
What is a trade city?
What was Florence known for during the Renaissance?
A) Farming
B) Banking and trade
C) Fishing
D) Mining
What is B) Banking and trade?
What material was Florence famous for producing?
A) Gold
B) Wool
C) Silk
D) Cotton
What is B) wool?
Which famous Medici ruler supported artists and scholars?
A) Cosimo de’ Medici
B) Lorenzo de’ Medici
C) Giovanni de’ Medici
D) Piero de’ Medici
What is B) Lorenzo de’ Medici?
Who invented the printing press?
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Johannes Gutenberg
C) Michelangelo
D) Marco Polo
What is B) Johannes Gutenberg?
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
Which famous family ruled Florence during the Renaissance?
A) The Borgias
B) The Tudors
C) The Medici
D) The Habsburgs
What is C) The Medici?
Why was wool important to Florence’s economy?
A) It was worn only by kings and queens
B) It was sold to local farmers
C) It was traded across Europe and made the city rich
D) It was used to build houses
What is C) it was traded across Europe and made the city rich?
What does the word “patron” mean?
A) A person who writes books
B) A person who pays artists to create works of art
C) A person who fights in wars
D) A person who rules a kingdom
What is B) A person who pays artists to create works of art?
What movement challenged the Catholic Church and led to new Christian religions?
A) The Enlightenment
B) The Scientific Revolution
C) The Reformation
D) The Renaissance
What is C) The Reformation?
The large sea that borders Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What is the Mediterranean?
What helped Florence become wealthy during the Renaissance?
A) Gold mines
B) Wool and banking
C) Shipbuilding
D) Farming
What is B) Wool and banking?
How did Florence’s banking industry help the city grow?
A) By giving money to artists
B) By lending money to merchants and rulers, which increased trade and wealth
C) By building schools for students
D) By making Florence the only place to buy wool
What is B) by lending money to merchants and rulers, which increased trade and wealth?
Why were the Medici important to the Renaissance?
A) They were the richest family in Europe
B) They funded artists and helped Florence become a center of culture
C) They built the first wool factory in Florence
D) They stopped trade with other cities
What is B) They funded artists and helped Florence become a center of culture?
What artistic technique made paintings look more realistic?
A) Realism
B) Abstract
C) Pointillism
D) Cubism
What is A) Realism?
A way of thinking during the Renaissance that focused on human potential and achievements.
What is humanism?
What was a guild in Renaissance Florence?
A) A place where people prayed
B) A group of people who worked in the same business
C) A type of coin used in trade
D) A castle where the Medici lived
What is B) A group of people who worked in the same business?
What was the most powerful bank in Florence during the Renaissance?
A) The Roman Bank
B) The Medici Bank
C) The Venetian Bank
D) The European Bank
What is the B) Medici Bank?
Which famous artist was supported by the Medici family?
A) Michelangelo
B) William Shakespeare
C) Christopher Columbus
D) Galileo
What is A) Michelangelo?
What was the main idea of humanism?
A) Focusing on human achievements, learning, and culture
B) Obeying kings and queens without question
C) Only studying religious texts
D) Learning only from ancient Greece and Rome
What is A) Focusing on human achievements, learning, and culture?
A time period of great art, learning, and culture in Europe after the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
Why did Florence have an advantage in trade?
A) It was surrounded by mountains
B) It had a strong navy
C) It was located near trade routes and had skilled merchants
D) It was the only city with banks
What is C) It was located near trade routes and had skilled merchants?
How did Florence improve its wool production to make better-quality fabric?
A) By making wool out of metal
B) By hiring only Florentine workers
C) By importing better wool from other countries and using skilled workers to refine it
D) By stopping all wool exports
What is C) by importing better wool from other countries and using skilled workers to refine it?
How did the Medici maintain their power in Florence?
A) By winning wars against France
B) By becoming the only family allowed to own land
C) By banking, political influence, and alliances with powerful people
D) By keeping Florence isolated from other cities
What is C) By banking, political influence, and alliances with powerful people?
Why was the printing press important to the Renaissance?
A) It made books cheaper and helped spread new ideas quickly
B) It allowed people to paint better pictures
C) It gave the Medici family more power
D) It replaced wool as the most valuable product in Florence
What is A) It made books cheaper and helped spread new ideas quickly?