AP European Midterm

The Black Death, Hundred Years War, and Crusades all contributed to -

• the end of feudalism in Europe

• the discovery of the New World

• the end of monarchy and kingdoms

• the rise of Islam in Europe

As a result of this event, trade decreased, serfs left their manors, and the church lost power because prayers could not stop the dying.

• The Crusades

• Bubonic plague (black death)

• Hundred Years War

• Fall of the Roman Empire

The most important development in the Renaissance that allowed ideas to spread more quickly.

• Perspective

• the humanities

• civic humanism

• Printing Press

Scholars and artists of the Renaissance wanted to revive and glorify subject matter from

• The Byzantine Empire

• Greece and Rome

• The Middle Ages

• Egypt and Mesopotamia

Which was a key intellectual movement or philosophy of the Renaissance?

• Humanism

• Natural Rights

• Cultural relativism

• Behavioralism

Machiavelli's book which stated "the ends justify the means," and stressed the importance of maintaining order above all else.

• Dante's Inferno

• The True Law of Free Monarchies

• Utopia

• The Prince

Pico Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man stated that?:

• God gave humans free will which made them the greatest creation of all.

• humans were fallen creatures, but regain their place by following God's will.

• human beings were nothing more than lower brutish forms of life

• all creatures behavior was predetermined.

The Catholic Church believed Erasmus's was a threat because?

• he maintained that the Catholic Church needed to act as a moral compass for the masses.

• he proved the Donation of Constantine a fraud

• he condemned the Church for not addressing the needs of the poor.

• he identified with the "New Science," which the Church opposed.

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance?

• strong anti-Christian sentiment.

• confidence in human rationality.

• re-emphasis on the culture of antiquity.

• the development of a historical and critical view of the world.

In general which of the following shows the political make up of most of the Italian City States?

• Wealthy merchants formed oligarchies focused on art, trade and defense

• Italian City states formed monarchies who paid tithes to the Roman Catholic Church.

• Italian City states formed art guilds who helped pay for the military expense of war with the Ottoman Empire.

• Wealthy merchants decided to separate from the Roman Catholic Church to form the Lutheran Church.