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The term renaissance means

A. Rebirth

B. Rebuilding

C. Awakening

D. Later period

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which city was the beginning point of the

Renaissance?

A. Athens

B. Berlin

C. Florence

D. Rome

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which idea about leadership would Machiavelli

most likely support?

A. leaders should do whatever is necessary to achieve

their goals

B. leaders should fight against discrimination and

intolerance

C. leaders should listen to the desires of the people

D. elected leaders should be fair and good.

• A

• B

• C

• D

A Renaissance Man is one of

A. great wealth

B. broad learning and skills

C. great spiritual piety

• A

• B

• C

Which of the following artists painted the Mona

Lisa?

A. Leonardo da Vinci

B. Donatello

C. Botticelli

D. Titian

• A

• B

• C

• D

The cornerstone of Martin Luther’s theology was

the doctrine of

A. salvation by faith

B. methods of raising money

C. reluctance to conduct services in the vernacular

D. insistence that good works help to secure salvation.

• A

• B

• C

• D

What was the significance of Gutenberg inventing

the printing press?

A. It provided an opportunity for news to travel

more quickly to a broader audience.

B. It attached paper sheets together for books to

be bound faster at a slower rate

C. It provided a way to add other colors beside

black to printed documents.

• A

• B

• C

Luther’s ideas spread quickly because of

A. support of German princes.

B. the printing press.

C. his missionary journeys through Europe.

D. support of protesting priests.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Johannes Gutenberg’s invention has been

described as revolutionary because

A. with easier access to books, more people

learned to read and more books were printed.

B. with oil paints, Renaissance artists could paint

much more detail than they could with

watercolors.

C. coupled with a large pool of unemployed

workers, it led to early industrialization in parts

of Central Europe.

D. until guilds were created, craftspeople were

unable to control the goods they produced.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following characteristics would

allow the Renaissance to begin in a place like

Florence, Italy?

A. Cultural Diffusion through trade

B. location of the ancient Roman Empire

C. Well educated citizens

D. All of the above

• A

• B

• C

• D