Changing worlds: Renaissance & Reformation

Which is the best description of the Renaissance?

• rebirth of interest in classical civilization, which led to enterprise and creativity in Europe

• reopening of the Silk Road to China

• creation of a new style of diplomacy that originated in Italy

• renewal of wars against Turks in the Holy Land to open trade with the East

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• Trade and conflict brought Byzantine and Muslim ideas to wealthy Italian city-states.

• Italy was a unified nation, where new ideas started without outside influence.

• Only Italian merchants were allowed access to China, where they discovered new ideas.

• Italian artists were the first to break with the traditions of Greece and Rome.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Naples

• Venice

• Rome

• Florence

Baldassare Castiglione is remembered for which work?

• The Birth of Venus

• The Divine Comedy

• Pietà

• The Book of the Courtier

In The Prince, Machiavelli says: "It is safer to be feared than to be loved." What does that mean?

• Rulers should only treat their own people with kindness; all others should live in fear.

• Rulers should constantly watch out for traitors.

• Rulers will have more success by demonstrating power rather than goodwill.

• Rulers will succeed only if they make their subjects feel frightened.

The ideas of the Renaissance spread from Italy to northern Europe. Which is the best explanation of why this happened?

• Artists and thinkers fled Italy because of war and disease.

• Italian merchants traded with prosperous cities to the north.

• Italian armies conquered large areas of Europe.

• Traders from the Byzantine Empire arrived in European cities.

Why is the printing press considered one of the world's most significant inventions?

• It spread knowledge and spurred literacy.

• It led to the Gutenberg Bible.

• It increased trade between European cities.

• It gave more people access to manuscripts.

Name the Renaissance artist who produced detailed engravings that became famous throughout Europe.

• Albrecht Dürer

• El Greco

• Jan van Eyck

• Hans Holbein the Younger

One way Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry VIII were similar is that they all were:

• Renaissance painters

• Glorious revolution generals

• Divine right monarchs

• Reformation leaders

Which action could be considered an indirect effect of the Protestant Reformation?

• decline in literacy

• sale of indulgences

• wars of religion

• the rise of nation-states