Unit 1 AP Euro

"Classical knowledge" as a focus of humanist ideals primarily meant a focus on...

• Ancient Greece
• Persian Culture
• Medieval Scholars
• Church documents

The Renaissance was able to begin in Italy primarily because of

• the dominance of the Catholic Church in Italy
• strong alliances between Italian city-states
• Italy's strong sense of nationalism
• wealth created from Italy's extensive trade network

Niccolo Machiavelli is representative of individuals who

• received financial support from the Church for their scholarship.
• attempted to reform the Church through the Italian Renaissance.
• promoted secular models for individual and political behavior.
• articulated new theories of inductive and deductive reasoning.

Which of the following was a major factor in the spread of humanist culture in late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?

• The creation of new religious orders by the papacy
• A major increase in government funding for elementary education
• The development of the printing press
• The sale of basic textbooks written in the vernacular

Renaissance humanism is primarily defined as

• an antireligious program dedicated to the destruction of the Church

• a curriculum based on the study of the classics, rhetoric, and history

• an artistic style that portrayed the depraved state of human beings

• a religious movement that attempted to make Christianity relevant to daily experience

Northern Humanism emphasized

• reading in the vernacular & reforming the Church.

• the Greco-Roman classical past as a model for behavior.

• a style of art that celebrated panoramic scenes of village life.

• political unity among the Low Countries to defend against French expansion.

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed
• Rebuilt
• Remade
• Rebirth

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of these would be valued most by a Renaissance thinker who emphasized individualism?

• a nation's strength 
• a family's ancestors
• a person's achievements
• an army's success in battle

This Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa

• Leonardo daVinci
• Filippo Brunelleschi
• Machiavelli
• Cervantes

Which of the following statements BEST describes how wealth was distributed during the Renaissance?

• Everyone had the same amount of wealth.
• A few families had most of the wealth.
• Nobody had any wealth because the economy was doing so poorly.
• Many poor people took the wealth from the wealthy in a violent battle.