SS8 - Ch 1&2 Times of Change and Expansion of Trade

The Renaissance period is one that may be understood as

• an era of knowledge and change

• an era of cultural rebirth

• a French period of change

• an era of knowledge and change AND cultural rebirth

• all of the above

In the late Middle Ages, the Crusades were organized to do what?

• Abolish Christians

• Return land to the Muslim people

• Control the Holy Land

• Collect money for the Church

The Feudal (Manorial) System of government was

• a hierarchical class structure

• a system that sold land to peasants

• controlled by the citizens

• democratic in nature

The Bubonic Plague caused all of the following to happen except

• many peasant deaths

• people to move to the cities

• nobles to lose their land

• crops to become diseased

Life for the serfs in the medieval period would have been dominated most by the importance of

• seeking educational opportunities

• showing obedience to the lord of the manor

• expanding knowledge of the world through travel

• enjoying material possessions and wealth

An unintentional (not on purpose) result of the Crusades to the Holy Land was the

• conquest of large areas of Palestine

• decline in the variety of goods being traded in Europe

• exposure of Europeans to Muslim learning and culture

• increase in numbers of Muslim settlers in Europe

What is the MOST direct translation of the word Renaissance?

• rebirth

• resurgence

• reawakening

• reawareness

Which of the following descriptions BEST defines the Renaissance period?

• a period of time after the feudal system of the Middle Ages

• a time when the population of Europe was more urbanized

• a rebirth of classical knowledge and learning in Europe

• when a third of the population of Europe died of the Plague

Choose the statement that is untrue. Serfs...

• were bound to their lord

• could not advance to another social class

• lived in huts outside the castle grounds

• lived within the castle walls to serve their lord

The exchange of _____ was a key part of the Renaissance spreading throughout Europe.

• money

• ideas

• art

• inventions