MWH Standard 1 Test Review

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How did the Black Death affect medieval Europe?

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caused economic and social instability by reducing the workforce

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What trade route helped spread the Black Death to Europe? Options: satin road, silk road, I-77, the Medici path

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silk road

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What event led to the start of the Renaissance in Europe? Options: Catholic Church banned the publication of Greek texts, Indian Scholars establish schools to study Greek texts, Europeans rediscover Greek texts in the Islamic world, Russian merchants carry Greek texts to East Asia

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Europeans rediscover Greek texts in the Islamic world

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Where did the Renaissance begin?

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Italy

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What religious figures were often portrayed in Renaissance art?

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biblical

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Which of these is not true about the Medici family?
Options:
they made money off of interest fees from loans,
they were patrons of the arts,
the Medici bank was the bank of the Catholic Church,
they were important traders on the silk road

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they were important traders on the silk road

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Who painted the Sistene Chapel?

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Michelangelo

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What technique was often used in Renaissance art?

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perspective

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How did the "Edict of Nantes," impact France's Wars of Religion?

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granted religious tolerance and allowed for both Catholicism and Protestantism in France

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Why did King Philip II of Spain send the Spanish armada to England?

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to remove Queen Elizabeth from the throne and make England Catholic