Which Italian humanist wrote "Oration on the Dignity of Man?
Pico della Mirandola
100
What Pope improved Rome's roads and buildings?
Pope Sixtus IV
100
The great cathedral located in the center of Florence is the ?
Duomo
100
The head of the government of Venice was called the ?
Doge
200
What are the five reasons why the Renaissance started in Italy?
1) center of ancient Roman ruins\
2) geography encouraged trade
3) competition between city-states
4) patrons
5) contact with different cultures and religions
200
Who was the greatest German painter during the Renaissance?
Albrecht Duher
200
What Pope was a dedicated humanist and brought Renaissance thinking to Rome
Pope Nicholas V
200
Venice is built on how many islands?
117
200
The doge was chosen for life by members of the ?
The Greater council
300
The _____________________ was a renewal of learning, art and literature ?
Renaissance
300
This artist considered himself a sculpter and not a painter
Michelangelo
300
What Pope expanded the Vatican library?
Pope Julius II
300
What industries was Florence chiefly dependent on?
Wool and banking
300
The members of the Greater Council names were written in?
The Book of Gold
400
The Renaissance was greatly accelerated by the invention of the...
Printing Press
400
Who designed a device that allowed a person to study the total eclipse of the sun without damaging the eye?
Leonardo da Vinci
400
What Pope weakened Rome due to unwise decisions?
Pope Clement VII
400
The most important church in Rome is?
St. Peter's Basilica
400
The most powerful family in Florence were the?
Medici's
500
The Renaissance begin in what year ___________ after the end of the ___________________?
1350 and The Middle Ages
500
Who is considered one of the greatest writers of the age?
Miguel de Cervantes
500
What Pope raised taxes and borrowed to continue construction of St. Peter's Basilica?
Pope Leo X
500
Which city was the cradle of the Renaissance ?
Florence
500
What are St. Peter's indulgences?
If you contributed to the building fund then you would receive special spiritual benefits and that the punishment that God would impose for your past sins would be lifted