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Because wealthy Italian merchants and bankers encouraged and supported the arts,
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The Renaissance began in Italy
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Wealthy people who support the arts are known as
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patrons
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Which of the following attitudes was more characteristic of medieval times than of the Renaissance?
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One's earthly existance should be thought of chiefly as preparation for an afterlife
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The northern Italian city-states became successful trading centers largely because of their
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geographical location
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The writer who argued that rulers should do whatever was necessary to gain and keep power was
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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which of the following was not one of the effects of the invention of moveable type?
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bookmaking became more expensive
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the organization of an ideal society is described in
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utopia
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the french writer Francois Rabalais was
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a monk, scholar, and physician
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which of the following did not make it easier for Renaissance artists to create realistic effects
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the use of tempera paints
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Michaelangelo was the artist who painted
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the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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The center of the northern Renaissance was
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flanders
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It was in 1517 at a church in Wittenberg that
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Luther posted his 95 theses
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the Reformation was
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the movement that led to the establishment of Protestant churches
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why did a number of German princes back Luther?
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They hoped to aquire church property
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John Calvin's doctrine of predestianation states that
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only the chosen can be saved
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