Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Italian Renaissance?
AP European History Period 1

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emphasis on the individual
glorification of human achievement
steadfast support for the church's leading role in society
new attempts to reconcile the pagan philosophy of the Greco-Roman world with Christian thought
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Florence was to the Italian Renaissance what
Constantinople was to the development of the Islamic cultural revival of the 13th century
Moscow was to the Northern Renaissance
Athens was to classical Greek culture
Madrid was to western European Jewish intellectual life after 1492
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Thanks to the wealthy middle-class merchants and bankers who increasingly used their wealth to patronize the arts, the Renaissance began in Italy for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
Italian unification was achieved, and the state actively financed art and cultural development
Italy held a key strategic position in the growing East-West trade
Italian intellectuals became increasingly aware of their Roman traditions during this time
Byzantine intellectuals escaped Constantinople and Ottoman conquest and brought knowledge of ancient Greek achievements with them to Italy
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Machiavelli's book The Prince is regarded as a definitive text on the art of ruthless, self-serving politics and the author is described, by some, as the father of modern political theory. Many scholars believe Machiavelli drew inspiration from the life and acts of
Francisco Sforza
Cesare Borgia
Frederick Barbarossa
Bartolomeo Colleoni
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Italy remained disunited for many reasons, EXCEPT
the pope could not unit Italy because of the Avignon papacy
religious conflict in the 16th century
conflicting economic interests of the various city-states
constant attacks and occupations by foreign powers
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Italian humanism gave rise to
Greek becoming the official literary language of the Renaissance writers
the welfare state
the movement toward writing in the vernacular in Europe
the movement known as liberation theology
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Gutenberg's printing press opened the door to widespread dissemination of books and pamphlets in the early years of the Renaissance. This had a profound effect on daily life in many ways including
allowing people to read alone rather than listening to someone recite out loud
encouraging the scholarship of Latin among the poorer classes
nurturing a sense of individual identity
creating a sense of "One Europe"
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