Which best describes the Renaissance?

Period after Middle Ages when interest in Greco-Roman culture was reborn

Which best describes Machu Picchu?

a large complex of buildings high in the Andes Mountains

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Italy had been the center of the Rome & trade in Europe

How did the Medici family influence the Renaissance?

They contributed to the system of patronage

What best explains the spread of the Renaissance to northern Europe?

Italian merchants traded with prosperous cities to the north.

Why is the printing press considered one of the world's most significant inventions?

It spread knowledge and spurred literacy.

In The Prince, Machiavelli says: "It is safer to be feared than to be loved." Which best describes what he means?

rulers will have more success by demonstrating power rather than goodwill

What best explains the fall of the Aztec Empire?

Aztec enemies allied themselves with Spanish invaders.

What does not describe Aztec religious beliefs?

Priests should have very little authority.

Which correctly describes chasquis?

trained runners who carried news throughout the Inca Empire

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1
Which best describes the Renaissance?
Period before the Hundred Years' War between England/France
Period after Middle Ages when interest in Greco-Roman culture was reborn
Period of W. European history right after fall of Western Roman Empire
Period in Russian history after the end of Mongol rule there
2
Which best describes Machu Picchu?
a great temple where human sacrifices were performed
the capital of the Inca Empire
a large complex of buildings high in the Andes Mountains
a city in the Yucatán Peninsula
3
Which Renaissance artist covered the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with masterful frescoes of religious scenes?
Sandro Botticelli
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
4
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
Italy was isolated from the rest of the world
Renaissance thinkers appreciated the warm climate of Italy
Italy had a powerful emperor who tightly controlled Italy
Italy had been the center of the Rome & trade in Europe
5
In which city did the Renaissance begin?
Florence
Naples
Rome
Milan
6
How did the Medici family influence the Renaissance?
They valued art as a career
They contributed to the system of patronage
They forced all people to have an education in art
They hated art and prevented the Renaissance from spreading
7
What best explains the spread of the Renaissance to northern Europe?
Traders from the Byzantine Empire arrived in European cities.
Artists and thinkers fled Italy because of war and disease.
Italian armies conquered large areas of Europe.
Italian merchants traded with prosperous cities to the north.
8
Which two events weakened the Inca Empire prior to the Spanish conquest?
civil war and disease
a devastating earthquake and tidal wave
decline in trade and an uprising among neighboring people
drought and famine
9
Why is the printing press considered one of the world's most significant inventions?
It gave more people access to manuscripts.
It spread knowledge and spurred literacy.
It increased trade between European cities.
It led to the Gutenberg Bible.
10
In The Prince, Machiavelli says: "It is safer to be feared than to be loved." Which best describes what he means?
rulers should only treat their people w/kindness; all others live in fear
rulers should constantly watch out for traitors
rulers will have more success by demonstrating power rather than goodwill
rulers will succeed only if they make their subjects feel frightened
11
What best explains the fall of the Aztec Empire?
Spanish conquerors outnumbered the Aztecs.
Aztec enemies allied themselves with Spanish invaders.
Aztec soldiers refused to fight because they thought the Spanish were gods.
The empire fell into a civil war.
12
What does not describe Aztec religious beliefs?
Temples are places of worship.
Priests should have very little authority.
Human beings must be sacrificed.
The gods survive on human blood.
13
Which masterful Renaissance artist was also a brilliant sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist, and philosopher
Leonardo da Vinci
Sandro Botticelli
Michelangelo
Raphael
14
Elizabethan England is most famous for which art form?
Drama
Thriller
Comedy
Suspense
15
Who were the best-educated people in Aztec society?
soldiers
merchants
nobles
priests
16
Which connected the millions of people living in the Inca Empire
writing
language
loyalty
money
17
Which correctly describes chasquis?
trained runners who carried news throughout the Inca Empire
clan groups used for taxation in the Inca Empire
summer dwellings used by the rulers of the Inca Empire
colored strings used to keep records in the Inca Empire

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