Renaissance Test Review

Renaissance comes from a French word which means...

• birth

• return

• scholars

• rebirth

Marco Polo was an explorer and writer. Both roles led to increase trade with Italy because...

• he traveled to Africa and people found his stories interesting.

• his journey to China opened the way for trade along the Silk Road and his book made people want to buy Chinese goods.

• his voyages to the new world were dangerous and people were entertained by his book

• he followed the Crusaders to the Holy Land and lived to tell the story

Two historical events that opened the way for trade between Europe and Asia

• Charlemagne's rule and the signing of the Magna Carta

• The Crusades and the reopening of the Silk Road

• Arab trading and the spread of Islam

• Rebuilding the Great Wall of China and Admiral He's voyage throughout the Asian coast.

Trade with Italy increased because....

• Italy was at war with European nation

• Italy had converted to Islam

• Italy was the center of the Mediterranean world

• Constantinople became the new Roman capital

The Renaissance began in...

• England

• Italy

• Spain

• France

One major change brought on by the Renaissance was that...

• Trade was decreasing

• People were becoming more secular in their thinking

• Roman ruins were disappearing

• Italy became unified under one ruler

Marco Polo became the first European to

• sail around the world

• sail around the southern cape of Africa

• become an expert on China

• sail to Constantinople

Italy's city-states made their money by...

• war and farming

• banking and trade

• arts and literature

• taxes and shipping

The Renaissance was a rediscovery of

• Classical philosophies and literature of Greece and Rome

• Muslim innovations

• Catholic Church

• Eastern Orthodox Church

Name the concept that places importance on the individual and supports creativity of people.

• humansim

• Christianity

• scholasticism

• Islam