AP European History Midterm Review

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

• Donatello

• Michelangelo

• Giotto

• Titian

Who is known to be the inventor of the printing press?

• Galileo Galilei

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Leon Battista Alberti

Who made up the third estate in the Renaissance?

• The nobles

• The clergy

• The royal family

• The commoners and peasants

During the Renaissance, what were slaves used as

?

• Skilled workers

• Household workers

• Nursemaids and Playmates

• All of the above

What is Civic Humanism?

• The term for the moral, social, and political philosophy that began to articulate in Italy

• A large painting that depicted slaves working created by Giorgio Vasari

• A novel written by Giovanni Boccaccio on the rights of all citizens of Italy.

• The test people took during the Renaissance when they wanted to work for the government

What was the War of the Roses?

• A series of battles between England and France

• The fight for Malacca between the Dutch and the Portuguese

• The sack of Rome

• The series of civil wars for control of England

What does Renaissance mean in French?

• Change

• Discovery

• Rebirth

• None of these

What were some motives of exploration

• Economic- Gold, spices, and other luxuries – lead to

  wealth and power

• Commercial- rise mercantilism, and acquisition of

  
  

  colonies

• Religious- the spread of Christianity, counter

  
  

  Islam, and justification for colonial policies

• All of these

What was a technological advancement that helped exploration?

• The compass

• Guns and gunpowder

• Stern post rudder

• All of these

Spanish explorers were most often referred to as

• peninsulares

• mestizos

• conquistadors

• cholulas