The Renaissance and Age of Exploration

Question 1

______ was a treatise on the training of young men in the ideal of a Renaissance gentleman.

Accepted Answer

The Book of Courtier

Question 2

The rise of universities in Europe had a minimal effect on exploration.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Identify the work of Renaissance art:

Accepted Answer

The School of Athens

Question 4

Why was Pizarro able to easily defeat the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

The Aztecs did not resist as they saw it as their fate

Question 5

All of these were pursuits of the Renaissance, EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

the non-secular world

Question 6

Which group did the Spanish removed during the Reconquista of Spain in 1492?

Accepted Answer

The Moors

Question 7

Nationalism led to an interest in exploration between all of the following, EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Holland

Question 8

Balboa was important because:

Accepted Answer

he crossed the Isthmus of Panama

Question 9

The Renaissance began in which Italian city-state?

Accepted Answer

Florence

Question 10

This work is credited to:

Accepted Answer

Durer

Question 11

The invention of the clock improved travel methods during the Age of Exploration.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Which of these reflects the three G's?

Accepted Answer

God, Gold, Glory

Question 13

This image represents:

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a slave trading vessel

Question 14

Stage two of the Triangular Trade involved:

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Finished products from Europe to Africa

Question 15

Erasmus believed the Bible was at the center of the Christian faith.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Henry Hudson explored:

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 17

In The Prince, Machiavelli stressed:

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the practical over the ethical or moral

Question 18

How did the printing press expand promote the ideas of exploration?

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it documented tales of adventures and successes

Question 19

______ explored the idea of a perfect world.

Accepted Answer

More

Question 20

The Treaty of Tordesillas was between:

Accepted Answer

Spain and Portugal

Questions 20