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Chapter 17 Sec 1-2

For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance:

1. Renaissance:

2. Humanism:

3. Secular:

4. Patron:

5. Perspective:

6. Vernacular:

7. Utopia:

8. William Shakespeare

9. Johan Gutenburg

Answer the following in complete sentences:

10. What are some characteristics of the “Renaissance Man” and “Renaissance Woman”?

11. How did Italy’s cities help to make it the birthplace of Renaissance?
12. What was the attitude of Church leaders and the wealthy toward the arts?

13. How did the study of the classics influence branches of learning such as history,

literature, and philosophy?

14. What were the differences between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in the attitude

toward worldly pleasures?

15. How did Albrecht Durer’s work reflect the influence of the Italian Renaissance?

16. What was one way the Renaissance changed society?

17. Why was the invention of the printing press so important?

18. How were the works of German painters different than Flemish painters?

19. What reason did humanists give for wanting to reform society?

20. How did the availability of cheap books spread learning?