WHI.15 Renaissance PRACTICE

True or False?

The Crusades promoted contact between Europe and the Byzantine and Muslim Empires, thus, exposing Europe to new Middle Eastern products. This stimulated production of goods to trade in Middle Eastern markets and encouraged the use of credit and banking.

• True

• False

Letters of credit served to expand the supply of ____ and expedite trade.

• silk

• money

• gold

• salt

The use of this, which derives from the Muslim civilizations, helped to maintain more efficient accounting and bookkeeping records.

• Calculus

• Calculator

• Arabic numerals

The Church taught against the use of this, which is when interest is charged on money loaned.

• Usury

• Borrowing

• Credit

• Inflation

The location of the Renaissance was in this present day country:

• Italy

• Greece

• Turkey

• France

True or False:

During the Middle Ages the influence in art was on salvation and the Church, but during the Renaissance the emphasis became secular.

• True

• False

The Renaissance means (1) ____ and is when their is renewed interest in (2) ____ culture.

• (1) Rebirth; (2) Greco-Roman

• (1) Religious; (2) Byzantine

• (1) Secularism; (2) Religious

The THREE Italian cities known for their strenght in trade due to their locations:

• Florence, Rome, Genoa

• Venice, Constantinople, Jerusalem

• Rome, Florence, Venice

• Florence, Venice, Genoa

This person wrote a treatise on government called ____, in which he stated his support for a leader with absolute power who should rule in evil way if necessary because the end justifies the means.

• Sir Thomas More

• Michelangelo

• Petrarch

• Machiavelli

The Renaissance artist known for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Machiavelli

• Sir Thomas More