Renaissance

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Renaissance

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Rebirth

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On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin? Options: Spain, England, Italy, Germany

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Italy

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Humanism...

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focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 

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Which of the following is associated with Humanism? Options: the ideas of the middle ages, the ideas of Greece & Rome, the ideas of ancient China, the ideas of ancient India

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the ideas of Greece & Rome

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Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT: Cheaper book prices, Increase in education/literacy, Increase in church power, Rapid spread of ideas

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Increase in church power

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Which of the following cities was an important center during the early Renaissance? Options: Florence, London, Ghent, Paris

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Florence

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Who invented the first moveable type of printing press that allowed mass production of materials?

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Johann Gutenberg.

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Reopening of the "Silk Road" primarily allowed which of the following events to occur? Options: the immigration of Chinese throughout Asia, the increase of trade and spread of new ideas, the spread of diseases to Europe, allowed for quicker travel from China to Europe

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the increase of trade and spread of new ideas

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What types of works of literature and philosophy were rediscovered and used during the Renaissance?

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Writings from Greek and Latin (Roman) authors

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The traders in the city-state of Venice, Italy were in contact with which culture?

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Muslims