How did the Medici family influence the Renaissance?

They contributed to the system of patronage

Which best describes Machu Picchu?

a large complex of buildings high in the Andes Mountains

What best explains the fall of the Aztec Empire?

Aztec enemies allied themselves with Spanish invaders.

What does not describe Aztec religious beliefs?

Priests should have very little authority.

What best explains the spread of the Renaissance to northern Europe?

Italian merchants traded with prosperous cities to the north.

Which best describes the Renaissance?

Period after Middle Ages when interest in Greco-Roman culture was reborn

Which correctly describes chasquis?

trained runners who carried news throughout the Inca Empire

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Italy had been the center of the Rome & trade in Europe

Why is the printing press considered one of the world's most significant inventions?

It spread knowledge and spurred literacy.

In The Prince, Machiavelli says: "It is safer to be feared than to be loved." Which best describes what he means?

rulers will have more success by demonstrating power rather than goodwill

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1
Which connected the millions of people living in the Inca Empire
language
loyalty
writing
money
2
Which two events weakened the Inca Empire prior to the Spanish conquest?
drought and famine
a devastating earthquake and tidal wave
civil war and disease
decline in trade and an uprising among neighboring people
3
How did the Medici family influence the Renaissance?
They hated art and prevented the Renaissance from spreading
They contributed to the system of patronage
They forced all people to have an education in art
They valued art as a career
4
Which best describes Machu Picchu?
the capital of the Inca Empire
a large complex of buildings high in the Andes Mountains
a great temple where human sacrifices were performed
a city in the Yucatán Peninsula
5
What best explains the fall of the Aztec Empire?
Spanish conquerors outnumbered the Aztecs.
Aztec enemies allied themselves with Spanish invaders.
The empire fell into a civil war.
Aztec soldiers refused to fight because they thought the Spanish were gods.
6
What does not describe Aztec religious beliefs?
Temples are places of worship.
Priests should have very little authority.
The gods survive on human blood.
Human beings must be sacrificed.
7
What best explains the spread of the Renaissance to northern Europe?
Italian armies conquered large areas of Europe.
Traders from the Byzantine Empire arrived in European cities.
Artists and thinkers fled Italy because of war and disease.
Italian merchants traded with prosperous cities to the north.
8
Elizabethan England is most famous for which art form?
Thriller
Comedy
Suspense
Drama
9
Which best describes the Renaissance?
Period before the Hundred Years' War between England/France
Period after Middle Ages when interest in Greco-Roman culture was reborn
Period in Russian history after the end of Mongol rule there
Period of W. European history right after fall of Western Roman Empire
10
Which masterful Renaissance artist was also a brilliant sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist, and philosopher
Sandro Botticelli
Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
11
Which correctly describes chasquis?
clan groups used for taxation in the Inca Empire
colored strings used to keep records in the Inca Empire
trained runners who carried news throughout the Inca Empire
summer dwellings used by the rulers of the Inca Empire
12
In which city did the Renaissance begin?
Rome
Naples
Florence
Milan
13
Which Renaissance artist covered the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with masterful frescoes of religious scenes?
Raphael
Michelangelo
Sandro Botticelli
Leonardo da Vinci
14
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
Renaissance thinkers appreciated the warm climate of Italy
Italy had a powerful emperor who tightly controlled Italy
Italy had been the center of the Rome & trade in Europe
Italy was isolated from the rest of the world
15
Why is the printing press considered one of the world's most significant inventions?
It spread knowledge and spurred literacy.
It led to the Gutenberg Bible.
It increased trade between European cities.
It gave more people access to manuscripts.
16
Who were the best-educated people in Aztec society?
nobles
priests
merchants
soldiers
17
In The Prince, Machiavelli says: "It is safer to be feared than to be loved." Which best describes what he means?
rulers should constantly watch out for traitors
rulers will have more success by demonstrating power rather than goodwill
rulers will succeed only if they make their subjects feel frightened
rulers should only treat their people w/kindness; all others live in fear

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