Our Worldviews Chapter 2 The Spread of the Renaissance

Question 1

Feudalism is ?

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a system of landholding with rigid class structure

Question 2

When you are learning the skills for public speaking/persuasion, you are in fact learning _____

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Rhetoric

Question 3

This technique ____________________

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Showed three dimensions on a two dimensional surface

Question 4

How did Sir Thomas More die

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Executed on behalf of King Henry VIII

Question 5

Infighting between nobles and monarchs helped weakened the the feudal system

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True

Question 6

The Classical texts of the Greeks and Romans differed from European texts of the time because?

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They focused of the importance of this life

Question 7

Leonardo da Vinci created schematics for a primitive tank

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True

Question 8

Michel de Montaigne created what style of writing?

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Essay

Question 9

Many humanists read both the Roman/Greek classics as well as Bible, to become better citizens

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True

Question 10

For his embrace of Humanism, king Francois the first is know as the ______________?

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Renaissance king

Question 11

The Renaissance family, was an ____________, with father, mother, children , grandparents ect

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Extended family

Question 12

Michel de montaigne's educational philosophy was ?

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Students should express their thoughts on what they learn

Question 13

Reading these ancient languages was important to humanists because?

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They didn't want to rely on interpreters or translation

Question 14

Leonardo da Vinci contributed to the disciplines of art and biology by creating sketches of ___

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Dissected cadavers (human bodies)

Question 15

Ideas which challenged the Roman Catholic Church were considered a form of ________________

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Heresy

Question 16

Why was religion such a slowing influence in the spread of Renaissance ideas in western Europe?

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The pope moved from Italy to Avignon France, The Catholic Church wanted to maintain the "status quo"

Question 17

Books did not exist in Europe until Gutenberg created the printing press in the mid 1400's

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False

Question 18

The philosophy of "humanism" emerged from the scholars study of ____________

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Classical Greek and Roman texts

Question 19

Which is not a humanist belief?

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humans should live only for the afterlife

Question 20

what was one thing that didn't slow the spread of Renaissance ideas?

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The Printing pressed

Question 21

Who was most responsible for the spread of Renaissance ideas?

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Scholars and Artists

Question 22

What was not an issue people had with the first printed books?

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Books were being printed too quickly

Question 23

Renaissance art was different than middle ages art because?

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it was more realistic and used perspective

Question 24

Women during the Renaissance had the same access to education as men

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False

Question 25

The Family structure of Renaissance Europe was "matriarchal"

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False

Question 26

During the "Hundred Years War" (1337-1453), french nobles challenged the Feudal system by?

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Siding with England to undermine the French King

Question 27

Many European scholars considered the writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans ___________

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Superior to the writings found in Europe

Question 28

_______________ was artistic technique developed in the Renaissance was

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Perspective

Question 29

Which was the technology most responsible for the spread of Renaissance ideas across Europe?

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The printing press

Question 30

What is a Fiefdom?

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A piece of land under a persons control

Question 31

Which of the following is a belief of humanism?

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The lives humans live have value and potential

Question 32

The religious environment of the Middle Ages discouraged __________________

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Scientific questioning

Question 33

Nicolaus Copernicus, challenged the idea of the Earth centred universe by creating the _______

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Heliocentric model

Question 34

An important part of being a humanist was learning the ancient languages ; ______,______,______

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Greek, Latin and Hebrew

Question 35

humanism can be defined as?

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a system of thought that values human life and potential

Question 36

Sir Thomas More's most famous work was "utopia". The title of this book refers to _____________

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A perfect world

Question 37

Renaissance ideas were slow to spread between European nations in the 15th century because?

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War made any travel between nations very dangerous

Question 38

Vernacular languages refer to the languages spoken in the local area

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True

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