AP Euro- Unit 1- Renaissance, Age of Exploration and Scientific Revolution

Which artist featured Plato and Aristotle at the center of the piece titled School of Athens?

The invention of the moveable type printing press had the most significant impact on

Portuguese navigator who sailed around Africa to India but "discovered" Brazil on the way

Machiavelli said a good leader should be both clever and strong- like what two animals?

Under the economic system of mercantilism, who controls what is produced and sold in the colonies?

The term "Renaissance Man" - someone multi-talented who has reached full potential- is typically ascribed to ___________

Which of the following best describes Italy politically in the mid-fourteenth century?

This Northern Ren. painter created art that focused on peasant life and landscapes to honor God

Where was the Christian humanist movement strongest in Europe in the 15th century?

How did the Portuguese typically obtain African slaves in the 1500 and 1600s?

Who is the sculptor of the following piece?

In the Valladolid Debates (1550), Bartolome de las Casas argued for

What city-state was considered to be the cultural center of the Renaissance?

Marco Polo's expedition to China via __________ fueled the imagination of restless Europeans

Spanish obsession with silver was motivated by the ___________ demand for all trade payments in silver.

People showing increased interest in worldly pursuits such as art, culture and wealth accumulation is known as

Which of the following went from the Americas to Europe in the Columbian Exchange?

BONUS-Less time, more points! Columbus named a colony "Navidad" on Christmas Eve in 1492 in the modern day country of-

The forcible expulsion by military means of the Muslims on the Iberian Peninsula by the Spanish

The first globally-traded commodity, it connected economies from the New World to Asia, and ultimately led to inflation

Which group would most likely speak out against the printing press and the increased access to education?

1453 event- played a major role in closing the Silk Road & re-focusing European exploration efforts in new directions

The Spanish discovered that the Aztecs had built an elaborate capital city on a lake in what is today

Who is the painter of the piece titled The Arnolfini Portrait?

Smaller, more stable ship in rough seas- allows for sailing west against Atlantic currents

The following painting was the work from which artist?

Who did NOT potentially benefit from the Treaty of Tordesillas?

What was the Renaissance humanist attitude towards women?

Used to find your latitude, useful for ocean navigation- technology acquired from Muslim travelers and scientists

A government & Church sponsored program of torture to ensure devotion to the Christian faith

Justified by some as mutually beneficial, it was an early form of slavery of natives in Spanish colonies

In the textbook passage you read yesterday, what was the main idea or thesis of the author?

Christian humanists believed one should look to the ancient Greco-Roman classics as well as-

The early English voyages to the New World in the 1600s were mostly motivated by

Which Northern Renaissance artist was known for his highly detailed etchings?

Gutenberg's printing press allowed faster, more efficient printing of texts in

The official written language used by the Church

The stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World

"New Monarchs" centralized power with strict religious uniformity, military, & often brutality. Who typified that style?

This group took the lucrative spice trading ports away from the Portuguese and made tons of money from it:

This Mesoamerican Empire in modern day South America was conquered by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro in 1532

Machiavelli advised leaders in The Prince, "it is better to be __________ than __________."

In The Prince, Machiavelli said the primary role of any government is

Which of the following best explains Spanish conquistador brutal behavior in the New World?

Which dynasty of merchants of Florence used its wealth to patronize the artists of the day?

Botticelli painted Birth of Venus as a homage to

What eventually caused the Spanish economy to collapse?

Copernicus challenged a theory about the universe previously held by the Greeks and the Church. His theory was known as

In 1492 Spain sponsored Columbus. What else happened that year that motivated the Spanish crown to sponsor exploration?

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was written in English, one of the first texts to be written in the local

To cultivate wealth and state power under mercantilism, the state must exploit

French mercantilism was driven by the pursuit of