Question

What was the goal of the Renaissance?

To explore the Americas.
To free western Europe from its ties to ancient traditions.
To liberate Israel from Muslim control.
To correct history.
To recover past knowledge and skills and build on them.
To protect Constantinople from Muslim invaders.

Answer 1

Correct answer: "To recover past knowledge and skills and build on them."

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that revived classical (Greco-Roman) learning, art, and scientific inquiry and sought to build on that heritage — not to explore the Americas, liberate Israel, protect Constantinople, or reject ancient traditions (it actually embraced them).