Social 8: Renaissance Review

Question 1

This Treaty solved problems for Spain and Portugal. They needed boundaries for trade purposes.

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 2

Which one of the following was an important result of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Intercultural Contact between both civilizations

Question 3

All of the following are factors that contributed to the success of the city-states EXCEPT for

Accepted Answer

Economy

Question 4

Many ideas and concepts were borrowed from the

Accepted Answer

Greeks and Romans

Question 5

Which of the following scientists did NOT contribute to the theory of Earth rotating the sun

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 6

Humanism focused on

Accepted Answer

the potential of the individual

Question 7

What was the MOST devastating result of Imperialism?

Accepted Answer

The suffering of the Indigenous Peoples

Question 8

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 9

Very powerful and famous, from Florence

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The Medici Family

Question 10

This invention made books quicker and cheaper.

Accepted Answer

The printing press

Question 11

What is Usury?

Accepted Answer

The practice of charging interest on a loan

Question 12

Which of the following was a luxury item people traded with the East for?

Accepted Answer

Spices

Question 13

He broke from the Catholics and started his own church.

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 14

This encouraged people to question and experiment:

Accepted Answer

The Scientific Method

Question 15

Telling time was important. This was the primary source to do so.

Accepted Answer

The mechanical clock

Question 16

Who was responsible for the title of the "Renaissance"?

Accepted Answer

Jules Michelet

Question 17

What is the travel/trade route that was connected from the East to the West?

Accepted Answer

The Silk Road

Question 18

Prince Henry the Navigator:

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created a research center/ encouraged the Age of Exploration

Question 19

What is the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

A plague that killed millions of people in the Dark Ages

Question 20

Definition: The extension of power over a territory, its people and resources.

Accepted Answer

Imperialism

Question 21

Martin Luther's followers protested for change from the Church. This movement was called

Accepted Answer

The Protestant Reformation

Question 22

Which was NOT a reason to explore?

Accepted Answer

To increase the amount of patrons

Question 23

Savonarola did not want people's attention to stray from God. What did he do?

Accepted Answer

Hosted the Bonfire of Vanities

Question 24

The Renaissance occurred mainly in

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Italy

Question 25

Expansionism is:

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the goal of a country to increase its power and territory

Question 26

Define heresy:

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Opposing the church teachings

Question 27

Why did dissection become legal?

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To improve the study of the human body

Question 28

Pope Paul II called meetings and the Catholic Church decided to re-educate their priests.

Accepted Answer

The Catholic-Counter Reformation

Question 29

This controlled how people spent their money on clothes.

Accepted Answer

Sumptuary Laws

Question 30

What did Machiavelli do (2)?

Accepted Answer

He observed people and government, He wrote The Prince

Question 31

This concept changed the world of mathematics and art.

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Perspective

Question 32

Feudalism is a social order where people are ranked by:

Accepted Answer

how much power and land they have

Question 33

Define a Guild

Accepted Answer

Controlled the prices of goods/ set the quality of standard

Question 34

What is a defining characteristic of a City-State?

Accepted Answer

They have independent government

Question 35

Which of the following did NOT help spread information during the Renaissance

Accepted Answer

Carrier Pigeons

Question 36

The TWO problems with trade include:

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High prices and security of trade routes

Question 37

Feudalism fell due to:

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Commoners making money and moving into towns

Question 38

Which of the following is NOT an element of Worldview

Accepted Answer

History

Question 39

This acts as our modern day chequings account.

Accepted Answer

The Bill of Exchange

Question 40

Who was involved in the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

Christians and Muslims

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