AP Euro Unit 1

All slaves in Renaissance Europe were from Africa.

Mercantilism allowed free trade for colonies.

Renaissance art was proportional and symmetrical.

The French invasions of Italy in 1497 were caused by rivalry between city states.

Who wrote the following:

Scholasticism replaced Humanism by the end of the Renaissance.

The "price revolution" was characterized by inflation.

The Medici family made their fortune in banking.

Erasmus critized monks in his writing "In Praise of Folly".

The pope was a patron of the arts.

Who wrote the following?

Flemish painters were part of the Italian Renaissance.

Erasmus was an Italian humanist.

Petrarch believed the society of antiquity was superior to his own.

Bartolome de las Casa's "Black Legend" was pro-native.

The Black Death ultimately improved lives for for the peasants who survived.

Renaissance art was mostly secular.

The "popolo minute" was the highest class in Florence.

Columbus sailed for the King of Portugal.

During the Renaissance, women were usually encouraged to work outside the home.

Who painted this?

The Jesuits and other missionaries wanted to convert natives to Christianity.

Renaissance Humanism advocated an education in the arts, poetry, and history.

Who made the following statement?

Smallpox killed around 90% of natives who were exposed to it.

The "New Monarchies" attempted to subdue the nobility to increase their power.

Shakespeare's Othello deals with issues of race.