Ap Euro -- Renaissance

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A sworn association of free men in a city was called:

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a commune

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One of the first "Renaissance men" was

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Francesco Petrarch

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The "new learning" of the Renaissance was called:

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humanism

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A major difference between northern and Italian humanism is that northern humanism stressed

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social reform based on Christian ideals

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The court of Star Chamber in England was used to

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Check aristocratic power

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The superiority of the French monarch over the church was the object of the

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Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges

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Who was the first great artist of the Renaissance?

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Giotto

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Who was Dante?

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A humanist poet

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Who was Laura Cereta

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a well-educated renaissance humanist

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Which of the following statements about Florence at the time of the Renaissance is false:

A. Its major industry was wool production.
B. It lost probably half its population to the Black Death.
C. Itas a major banking center.
D. It was an important Mediterranean port city.

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D. It was an important Mediterranean port city

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Erasmus advocated

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christian education for marl intellectual improvment

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The Renaissance artist of talent and ability often lived a life of:

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of luxury, but without social status

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The title of Thomas More's classic work, Utopia, means:

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Nowhere

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The best description of Machiavelli's The Prince is that it is

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a description of how government should be organized and implemented.

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Artemesia Gentileschi was:

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a brilliant women painter

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The Medici family gained their fame as

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Florentine Bankers

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The "father of humanism" was

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Petrarch

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Artists in the Reniassance:

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Experimented with new styles

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An important feature of the Renaissance was an emphasis on

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The literature of Greece and Rome

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In his book "Praise of Folly," Erasmus

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used satire to attack the evils of society

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Which of the following was a major source of study for Renaissance humanists?

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original classical manuscripts

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The term "da Vinci of today" would best describe a person who seems to be

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A genius in many fields

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For ordinary women, the Renaissance had very little impact T/F

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True

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Thomas More's Utopia placed the blame for society's problems on

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Society itself

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The dominant trend of government in Renaissance city-states in Italy was from?:

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republicanism to despotism

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The favorite classical author of Renaissance scholars was?:

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Cicero

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The literary masterpiece that satirized the ideals of knighthood and chivalry was written by?:

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Cervantes

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Civic humanists?

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advocated active service to the city-state

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Mannerist art was characterized by

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distorted human figures and unnatural lighting effects.

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According to Jacob Burckhardt, the Renaissance represented?

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a distinct break from the Middle Ages.

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Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man stated that

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God gave humans free will so that they could choose to be earthly or spiritual creatures.

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More's "Utopia" ..

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presented a revolutionary social order based on communal living and property

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"The Prince" argued that:

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the prince's highest obligation was the preservation of his state

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Lorenzo Valla gained fame for:

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proving the Donation of Constantine a fraud