Renaissance and the Reconquista

The Renaissance was a "rebirth" of which of the following in Europe?

• Christian enthusiasm and devotion

• Polytheism

• Plague and warfare

• Art and learning

Which of the following was not a reason why Italy became the center and beginning of the Renaissance in Europe?

• Italy housed many old Roman and Greek texts

• Italy was center of Mediterranean trade

• Italian city-states had thriving commercial economies

• Italy was unaffected by the plague

The Medici family was an important factor in the development of the Renaissance because they

• Led and ignited the Reconquista movement

• Created the first unified Italian state

• Ruled Florence and financially supported artists and humanist studies

• Financed the voyage of Christopher Columbus

Which of the following is a concentration of humanist studies?

• Agriculture

• Human potential and achievement

• World religions

• Animals of the world

Which two cultures or cultures were the focus of studies by many humanists and scholars during the Renaissance

• Frank and Anglo-Saxon

• Greece & Rome

• China and India

• Mesopotamia and Egypt

Which of the following would be an example of a topic Humanists would study during the Renaissance?

• Mesopotamian agriculture

• Life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great

• Norse Mythology

• Aryan Sanskrit

What conflict was a series of wars with the purpose of expelling the Islamic Moors out of Spain and Portugal?

• The Crusades

• The Reconquista

• The Moors War

• The Hundred Years War

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known throughout Spain as "El Cid" is famous for

• Being the first king of the newly created kingdom of Spain

• Becoming a national Spanish hero after his victory at Valencia

• Leading the siege of Granada, the last battle of the Reconquista

• Claiming land in the New World for Spain

Who were the Spanish Monarchs who finally defeated the Moors and ended the Reconquista?

• Ferdinand and Isabella

• Henry VIII and Catherine

• Peter and Mary

• Ricardo and Caterina

Which of the following did not occur in 1492?

• King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon united their kingdoms, creating the modern day country of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas for Spain

• El Cid captured Valencia

• Spain defeated the last remnant of Muslims at Granada