How did education change during the Renaissance?

Students started learning about the humanities.

Which of the following is a way Renaissance artists improved upon medieval art?

by using perspective to make scenes look real

Why was Johann Gutenberg’s invention so important?

Movable type on a printing press allowed for faster printing

Why did Popes argue with Kings?

about the right to select the next Bishops

Why did the church own a lot of land in Europe?

many people left their property to the church when they died

Which statement BEST characterizes ancient Athenian democracy?

Laws created by the people were written into a constitution.

Why did Christian humanists begin to call for church reform?

They felt the Catholic Church was corrupt.

Which statement BEST describes ancient Greek religion?

Created mythology to explain why natural events occurred.

Which of the following was an effect of Johann Gutenberg’s printing press?

The Bible was printed in different languages.

How were humanists of the Renaissance different from Medieval thinkers?

Humanists studied the writings of ancient Greeks and Romans.

Which of the following was a result of Marco Polo’s journeys?

Trade between Europe and Asia increased.

How was the Northern Renaissance different from the Italian Renaissance?

Christian humanists focused more on Christian history.

Why was travel throughout Greece difficult for ancient Greeks?

Mountains blocked travel by land.

How did Hippocrates contribute to the study of medicine?

He explained that diseases have natural causes.

How did Marco Polo’s travels help bring about the Renaissance?

Increased trade with Asia funded new Italian art & schools.

Why couldn’t Rome’s farmers produce enough food?

The population of the cities was growing too quickly.

Why were the Byzantine emperors more powerful than western European emperors?

They were the head of both the church and the state.

How did ancient Greek architects create columns for their temple so they appeared straight?

They made them wider in the middle.

How did Aristotle influence Greek scientists?

Promoted making decisions based on reasonable assumptions.

Why were Genoa and Venice important in the trade between Asia and the rest of Europe?

They were port cities located along trade routes.

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1
The Crusades were a series of wars between whom?
Romans and Christians
Christians and Slavs
Greeks and Christians
Christians and Muslims
2
How did education change during the Renaissance?
Private education became available to more children.
Public education became required for more children.
Students started learning about the humanities.
Students started learning about religion.
3
Who was the Venetian painter who used scenes from classical myths and Christian teachings?
Jan van Eyck
Sandro Boticelli
Filippo Brunelleschi
Titian
4
Which part of Roman culture was like the Greek agora?
Forum
Centuries
Vault
Pax Romana
5
Ancient Athens created a _________ where male citizens voted on issues in the community?
Dictatorship
Representative Democracy
Monarchy
Direct Democracy
6
Who did the Byzantine Emperor ask for help?
Charlemagne
Pope Urban II
Pope Gregory VII
King Richard I
7
What were the main causes of the fall of Rome?
Invasion
All of the above
Corruption
The vast size of the empire
8
Which geographical feature is considered to be the division between eastern Europe and Asia?
Volga River
Carpathian Mountains
Ural Mountains
Danube River
9
Which of the following is a way Renaissance artists improved upon medieval art?
by using many scenes to tell a story
by using religious figures as subjects
by using perspective to make scenes look real
by using darker colors to create mood
10
Which empire did Alexander the Great defeat to build his own empire?
The Persian
The Roman
The Egyptian
The Mughal
11
Why was Johann Gutenberg’s invention so important?
Writing on animal skins preserved ideas for centuries.
Latin Bibles allowed people to use them to learn to read.
Movable type on a printing press allowed for faster printing
Making paper allowed for less expensive production of books.
12
Why did Popes argue with Kings?
about the right to select the next Bishops
about not getting respected as much as Kings
about not getting enough garments
about how much authority they had
13
Who wrote an argument for the existence of God?
Saladin
St. Francis of Assisi
Pope Urban II
Thomas Aquinas
14
Why did the church own a lot of land in Europe?
many people left their property to the church when they died
the church thought they had rights to the land
natural law
pilgrims had claimed the lands
15
Which statement BEST characterizes ancient Athenian democracy?
Juries of approx 6 people determined the fate of the accused
Voting was most often done through a secret ballot.
Voters chose politicians to represent them during elections.
Laws created by the people were written into a constitution.
16
What did Niccolo Machiavelli write about in The Prince?
how rulers can stay in power
how rulers should listen to their people
the influence of the classics on Christian teachings
the problems of society in Renaissance Italy
17
What is Rome’s first written law called?
The Forum
Law of the Twelve Tables
The Ten Commandments
The Bill of Rights
18
Which two groups invaded Rome?
British and French
Indians and Germans
Europeans and Egyptians
Goths and Huns
19
Why did Christian humanists begin to call for church reform?
They felt people were becoming too wealthy.
They wanted the Bible printed in common languages.
They wanted the clergy to be earning more money.
They felt the Catholic Church was corrupt.
20
Which statement BEST describes ancient Greek religion?
Created mythology to explain why natural events occurred.
Borrowed gods from other faiths.
Created mythology to explain how diseases caused death.
Believed that there was only one god.
21
Which of the following was an effect of Johann Gutenberg’s printing press?
The Bible was printed in different languages.
Papermaking became more common in Europe.
Universities were established to teach humanist studies.
The Catholic Church stopped printing the Bible in Latin.
22
Who is known as the father of democracy?
Thucydides
Aristotle
Pericles
Cleisthenes
23
How were humanists of the Renaissance different from Medieval thinkers?
Medieval thinkers studied ethics and responsibility.
Medieval thinkers thought humans had positive qualities.
Humanists studied the writings of ancient Greeks and Romans.
Humanists looked for truth in non-Christian religions.
24
Which of the following was a result of Marco Polo’s journeys?
Italian merchants started visiting China.
Coal became an important fuel source in Europe.
Trade between Europe and Asia increased.
The Silk Road became safe to travel again.
25
How was the Northern Renaissance different from the Italian Renaissance?
Northern scholars studied more about ethics than salvation.
Christian humanists focused more on Christian history.
Northern artists painted gods instead of showing human flaws
Italian writers used comedy to criticize society.
26
Why was travel throughout Greece difficult for ancient Greeks?
Horses were only used as farm animals.
Glaciers fill most of the valleys.
Mountains blocked travel by land.
Shipbuilding was unknown to early settlers.
27
How did Hippocrates contribute to the study of medicine?
He understood how blood travels throughout the body.
He explained that diseases have natural causes.
He understood how the brain functions.
He explained how drugs affect the body.
28
How did Marco Polo’s travels help bring about the Renaissance?
Italian scholars new ideas back from Persia and China.
Humanism evolved from the real artistic styles from Asia.
Increased trade with Asia funded new Italian art & schools.
Brought papermaking technology which spread ideas in books.
29
What were two things that some Christians felt the clergy were more concerned with than God?
care of the monasteries and gardens
priests and friars
animals and nature
money and land
30
Who, or what, was the Hagia Sophia?
a famous Russian princess captured by the Ottoman Turks
a central city for trading goods
Byzantine church
a ruler of the Byzantine Empire
31
Who created the rules which European monasteries followed?
Benedict
Pope Gregory VII
Patrick
Charlemagne
32
The Black Death originated from __________ and came from infected __________.
Chinatown, frogs
North Korea, Dumbledores
Asia, rats
South America, chickens
33
Where did most people live during the Middle Ages?
in castles
in small houses
in monasteries
in manors on small farms
34
Why couldn’t Rome’s farmers produce enough food?
The Mediterranean Sea flooded the fields.
There was a great drought.
The farmers quit working because they had no slaves.
The population of the cities was growing too quickly.
35
Who was the head of the Roman Church who started the Crusades?
Saint Patrick
King Richard I
Pope Urban II
Pope Gregory VII
36
Why were the Byzantine emperors more powerful than western European emperors?
They ruled over both the Persian and Byzantine Empires.
They were the head of both the church and the state.
They were considered to be living gods.
They commanded an area that stretched from Spain to India.
37
Thomas Aquinas wrote natural law in order to show _______________________.
the creation of Fortnite
how God had ordered the world
how we sin
the ways we can be nice to each other
38
Who built Europe's first universities?
the Knights
the Vassals
the Church
the Kings
39
Hippocrates known for the Hippocratic Oath, explaining that doctors should behave ___________?
Unfairly
Honorably
Immorally
Selfishly
40
What church did Justinian build and decorate with beautiful mosaics?
St. Peter's Basilica
Notre Dame
Hagia Sophia
St. Paul's Cathedral
41
What did knights and warriors earn in exchange for military service?
money
food
freedom
land
42
How did ancient Greek architects create columns for their temple so they appeared straight?
They made them out of marble.
They made them very short.
They made them wider in the middle.
They made them very thick.
43
How did Aristotle influence Greek scientists?
Explained that air is made up of many different gases.
Proved that diseases were caused by bacteria.
Promoted making decisions based on reasonable assumptions.
Created a standard measurement of distances.
44
Where did markets, festivals, and religious ceremonies take place during the Middle Ages?
the local church
the agora
the market place
the forum
45
Why were Genoa and Venice important in the trade between Asia and the rest of Europe?
They contained great works of architecture and art.
They were port cities located along trade routes.
They contained banks that paid for trade.
They were in rural areas producing grain to export.
46
Who made the call to arms that led to the Crusades?
Pope Urban II
Pope Gregory VII
Donald Trump
Charlemagne
47
What does Habeas corpus mean?
the body
that you have the body
the body and blood
the body isn't yours
48
What was the center of Greek civilization; hosting town meetings and shops?
The harbor
The polis
The acropolis
The agora
49
Which architect who used new ideas to construct a huge dome for the cathedral in Florence?
Jan van Eyck
Filippo Brunelleschi
Sandro Boticelli
Titian
50
Which two brothers traveled to the Byzantine Empire to teach the Slavs about Christianity?
Kiev and Ivan III
Alexander Nevsky and the Monguls
Cyril and Methodius
Rus and Justinian

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