Which demonstrates an economic effect of the Crusades?

• European supply of goods decreased

• Middle Eastern markets had fewer sales

• Trade encouraged the use of credit and banking

• Europe ceased to trade with other regions

Which of the following became important new economic institutions introduced around the Crusades/Renaissance?

• Methods for accounting and banks emerged

• The use of credit was not allowed with merchants

• The Church ruled that usury was allowed

• Merchants used only coins to make purchases

Leading to the Renaissance, the collapse of which empire reignited interest in Greco-Roman culture?

• Aztec

• Gupta

• Byzantine

• Mongol

Which of the following is not true regarding the Italian city-states of Florence, Genoa and Venice?

• Had access to trade routes

• Served as trading centers distributing goods

• Governed as republics

• Were not connected to Middle Eastern markets

"The end justifies the Means" -excerpt of The Prince

Which of the following writers would have offered the above advice to government officials on how to govern?

• Sir Thomas More

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Francesco Petrarch

Which of the following artists created the portrait shown?

• Niccolo Machiavell

• Michelangelo Buonarroti

• Sir Thomas More

• Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance art and literature focused on--

• the Church and the Pope

• individuals, worldly matters and Christianity

• only the salvation of mankind

• Medieval leaders

The painter and sculptor of this work was also known for--

• The Last Supper

• David

• Triumph of Galatia

• Maddelena

People who studied Greek and Roman culture and celebrated the individual were called--

• humanists

• scholars

• consuls

• patrons

Which Renaissance writer is responsible for The Praise of Folly - a satire expressing concern about the decline of basic Christian ethics, or moral rules of behavior?

• Jan van Eyck

• Albrecht Durer

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Sir Thomas More