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Unit 2: Middle Ages and Renaissance
Unit 2: Middle Ages and Renaissance
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What did popes do to improve (reform) the church?
Allow priests to marry, encourage them to have big families
Donate art to the poor, encourage community service
Collect taxes, form a court system, create new laws
Demand everyone learn French so they were united by a common language
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A fief is a knight in training.
False
True
3
What was the Renaissance?
Revival of art and learning
Rebirth of papacy
Reincarnation
An exciting new type of festival
4
What is skepticism?
Questioning of everything
Not believing anything unless there is concrete evidence supporting it
Accepting God's influence in one's life
Renaissance era term for spaghetti
5
The Medici family owned __________ and supported the arts.
Knights
Banks
Florence
Paint
6
What kept feudal society from falling apart?
The code of chivalry, laws of Rome, the Church
Set of mutual social obligations and the teachings of the Church
Pride in their Roman heritage and a thriving economic system
Loyalty to country and a belief in God
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Who created this statue in 1504?
Machiavelli
Michelangelo
Ponticello
Leonardo da Vinci
8
How much of the population of Europe was killed by the Black Death?
92%
15-30%
20-40%
50-70%
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How did Queen Elizabeth I embody Renaissance ideals?
She married William Shakespeare and inspired many of his plays
She loved Italy and ate pizza with gelato for every meal
Born into monarchy, head of church, inspired religious fervor in England
Spoke several languages, wrote poetry and music, patron of the arts
10
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire?
Emperors lacked support
Christianity
Germanic invaders
Leonardo Da Vinci
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Why did the Church need to be reformed at the end of the Middle Ages?
Priests were reading too many books
The Pope did not like the uniforms
Corruption was rampant
The architecture was outdated and fire-prone
12
How did people feel about the beginning of the Crusades?
Disappointed, wanted people to stay home and help farm
Cute, they loved the new outfits the knights were wearing
Excited, wide support, revival of religion
Shocked, many left the Church
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Who invented the movable type printing press?
Johann Gutenberg
Leonardo Da Vinci
Jan van Eyck
Machiavelli
14
Utopia
is defined as a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
True
False
15
Perspective is most useful in the creation of
Sculpture
Drama
Pottery
Drawings
16
Which of the following was NOT a major achievement of the Renaissance?
Magnetic compass
Gutenberg Press
Parachute
Perspective
17
What did Renaissance artists use to make their work look more realistic than medieval art?
Perspective
Cameras
Bigger canvases
Brighter colors
18
Which of the following originated in Renaissance Europe?
Trench warfare
Printing press
Papermaking
Salmonella
19
Which group of people were at the top of the feudal system?
Serfs
Monarchs
TikTokers
Vassals
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Who reached an agreement allowing Christians to visit Jerusalem after the Crusades?
Saladin and Richard the Lion-Hearted
Saladin and Charlemagne
Pope Innocent III and Queen Elizabeth I
Justinian and Richard the Lion-Hearted
21
What was the main goal of the Crusades?
Reclaim Jersusalem and the Holy Land
Rebuild Jerusalem and the Holy Land
Return to traditional religious practices
Register for the draft in Jerusalem
22
Dante used ___________ which is the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a region.
Vernacular
Expressionism
Latin
Jargon
23
Patrons financially supported fishermen
False
True
24
How did the merchant class develop during the Renaissance?
By receiving funds from monarchs and investing them
By inheriting land, marrying noble women
By making delicious pastries
By being smart, using wits to succeed in business
25
_________ was a movement which focused on human potential and individual achievement
Serendipity
Secularism
Humanism
Patronage
26
What is feudalism?
Nobles allowed vassals to use parts of their land in exchange for loyalty
System of governing and landholding
Monarchs gave nobles use of land in exchange for their loyalty
All of those and more!
27
Who was Charlemagne?
Rapper
Ms. Miotke's grandfather
Pope
Frankish king
28
What was the main goal of the Crusades?
Get a good recipe for hummus
Get rid of rowdy knights
Retake the Holy Land
Find gold and jewels
29
In the feudal system, ___________ _____________ inherit land
Priests
Son-in-laws
Youngest sons
Oldest sons
30
Flanders is part of modern-day Finland.
False
True
31
Leonardo da Vinci was NOT ________
An engineer
A sculptor
A painter
A priest
32
Which of the following is not a part of the feudal system?
Charcuterie
Vassal
Peasantry
Serf
33
Patrons were wealthy people who supported artists purely because they loved art.
True
False
34
What is a patron?
People who sought donations from artists
People who financially support artists
Person who joined the church
Person who protested nudity in art
35
How much were people expected to tithe to the Church?
20%
92%
40%
10%
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What made Italy an ideal place for the birth of the Renaissance?
Made up of city-states that were urban, rest of Europe was rural
Everyone spoke Latin while other parts of Europe lacked a common language
Pirates did not go to Italy because they were vampires and avoided garlic
Far away from water so it protected Italians from outside threats
