Renaissance Unit Test review

Question 1

Who invented the printing press?

Accepted Answer

Gutenberg

Question 2

Galileo was charged with ______ when he shared his scientific discoveries?

Accepted Answer

Heresy

Question 3

All of these were motivating factors for the European explorers except

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Finding out if sea monsters are real

Question 4

Who wrote The Prince?

Accepted Answer

Machiavelli

Question 5

Which shape can be used to explain the feudal hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

Triangle/Pyramid

Question 6

The Italian city states were surrounded by an area of land known as the

Accepted Answer

Hinterland

Question 7

How did the Europeans view the Indigenous people compared to themselves?

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inferior

Question 8

What does 'Renaissance' mean?

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rebirth

Question 9

The feudal hierarchy was based on all of the following factors except

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Intellectual ability

Question 10

Which of these is not one of the Big Concept worldview icons?

Accepted Answer

Religion

Question 11

Who was at the top of the Feudal Hierarchy?

Accepted Answer

Monarchy

Question 12

Italian city states were successful for all of the following reasons except

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The rest of Europe was not interested in trade.

Question 13

What does heresy mean?

Accepted Answer

Speaking out against the Church.

Question 14

What did Martin Luther accomplish?

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Disagreed with the Church and started his own religion

Question 15

This heliocentric model was proved by which Renaissance scientist?

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 16

Was this painting likely created in the Middle Ages or Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 17

European explorers wanted to find a new route to Asia for all of the following reasons except

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Middle Eastern countries had closed the routes to Europeans.

Question 18

Who did the Humanist thinkers and writers get their ideas from?

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Ancient Greek and Roman scholars

Question 19

What does vernacular mean?

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Common, everyday language spoken by most people.

Question 20

Which of the following is not an example of intercultural contact?

Accepted Answer

Merchants trading goods with one another.

Question 21

Which subject area had the greatest achievements during the Renaissance?

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They all saw significant growth (a matter of opinion!)

Question 22

This invention allowed ideas to be spread very quickly in Renaissance Europe.

Accepted Answer

Printing Press

Question 23

Was this painting likely created in the Middle Ages or Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Middle Ages

Question 24

Which word can be defined as "extension of power over a territory, its resources and people?

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imperialism

Question 25

Who was the architect behind this dome?

Accepted Answer

Brunelleschi

Question 26

People who sponsored artists and paid for their work were called:

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patrons

Question 27

Which Treaty divided the world's territory between Spain and Portugal

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 28

What word explains the attitude of the European explorers towards Indigenous people?

Accepted Answer

Ethnocentrism

Question 29

The new art technique developed by Brunelleschi is called

Accepted Answer

Perspective

Question 30

What was the purpose of Christoper Columbus' voyage?

Accepted Answer

To find a new trading route with the East

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