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Chapter 2 The Renaissance in Europe
Chapter 2 The Renaissance in Europe
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Machiavelli believed that a ruler’s political decisions should not be based on...
Morals
Trade
Peasants
Power
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Italian States were able to function independently because...
Italy did not have a strong central government
they were located on important trade routes
the Italian courts guaranteed their autonomy
the Crusades enriched their treasuries
3
State ruled by a hereditary leader
burgher
mercenaries
monarchies
republics
4
The main goal of a humanistic education was to...
produce scholars of ancient literature
promote individuality and creativity
groom students for political careers
create a well-rounded individual
5
What is the purpose of teaching the liberal arts today compared to the purpose during the Ren?
The purpose is the same now and then: to educate citizens
The main purpose during both was to gain physical fitness
Now the purpose is to teach boys to take charge of politics
Back then, the purpose was mostly to prepare women for life
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Less focused on religion
liberal studies
vernacular
secular
humanism
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Artistic techniques that give the effect of three-dimensional depth
liberal studies
perspective
secular
humanism
8
He painted idealized human figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Massacio
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Donatello
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Members of the middle class who lived in a city or town
nobility
monarchies
mercenaries
burgher
10
The topic of Machiavelli’s book
The Prince
was how to get and keep __________
Power
Trade
Serfs
Morals
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He was the model “Renaissance man”: an artist, scientist, inventor, and visionary
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael Sanzio
Michelangelo
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Christine de Pizan wrote that women...
should spread the Renaissance ideas through their home lives
could write masterworks as well as she could
could learn as well as men if they attend the same school
needed to use the classical Latin and Greek languages
13
German printer who developed movable type
Johannes Gutenberg
Milan
Naples
Francesco Petrarch
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He is known for his numerous paintings of the Virgin Mary (madonnas).
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael Sanzio
Donatello
Masaccio
15
Why did Dante write his masterpiece, the
Divine Comedy,
in vernacular?
He could not read and write Latin
Ordinary citizens could read and understand it
The work was intended for scholars to read
Vernacular was the language of princes
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Aristocrats
burgher
nobility
republics
monarchies
17
State in central Italy controlled by the Catholic Church and Pope
Papal States
Fresco
Florence
Jan van Eyck
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His sculptures were modeled after statues of Greeks/Romans; expressed a human-centered world
Michelangelo
Donatello
Masaccio
Raphael Sanzio
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Soldiers who fight primarily for money
nobility
republics
burgher
mercenaries
20
A form of government in which the leader is not a king, certain citizens have the right to vote
monarchies
republics
mercenaries
nobility
21
Francesco Sforza hired a group of mercenaries, or _____, to fight and conquer the city of Milan
citizens who turn against their leader
foreigners who want to become citizens
true believers in a cause
soldiers who fight for pay
22
State in southern Italy ruled by a hereditary monarch
Johannes Gutenberg
Naples
Niccolo Machiavelli
Milan
23
Venice became an important state because it...
enjoyed the patronage of the Medici family
was ruled by a hereditary monarch
waged a successful war against its neighbors
was as a distribution center for goods to/from Asia & Europe
24
Intellectual movement based on the study of the humanities
secular
humanism
perspective
liberal studies
25
Painting done on fresh wet plaster
Florence
Fresco
Renaissance
Papal States
26
Northern Italian state controlled by the Sforza family
Naples
Milan
Francesco Petrarch
Niccolo Machiavelli
27
Families during the Renaissance were ruled by __________
Morals
Peasants
Power
Father/husband
28
Local spoken language
vernacular
liberal studies
perspective
secular
29
His frescoes were the 1st masterworks of the Renaissance; showed depth and laws of perspective.
Raphael Sanzio
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Masaccio
30
During the Renaissance, most of the European population was made up of...
Serfs
Power
Peasants
Trade
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The poorest group of Renaissance society included the ___________, farmers tied to the land
Serfs
Power
Peasants
Morals
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History, philosophy, rhetoric, grammar, logic, poetry, mathematics, astronomy, music, logic
vernacular
liberal studies
secular
humanism
33
Using movable type for printing in Europe led to increased...
rates of literacy in Europe
wealth for peasants
land ownership for nobles
participation in government
34
State that was the cultural center of Italy, heart of the Renaissance
Jan van Eyck
Papal States
Florence
Renaissance
35
Author of influential book on political power called
The Prince
Naples
Johannes Gutenberg
Francesco Petrarch
Niccolo Machiavelli
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Means "rebirth" and refers to 1350-1600 time period of new ideas and human focus
Papal States
Renaissance
Fresco
Florence
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Father of humanism, studied old classics in Latin, suggested an isolated lifestyle
Johannes Gutenberg
Niccolo Machiavelli
Francesco Petrarch
Naples
