Unit 2: Trade & Connectivity Review

The political system present in the Middle Ages that granted nobles land in exchange for loyalty, military service, & protection of the people who live on the land is called?

• Feudalism

• Republicanism

• Magna Carta

• Catholicism

Which of the following correctly lists the hierarchy of the feudal system from most powerful to least powerful?

• king→ knight → serf → noble 

• king→ noble→ knight→ serf

• noble→ serf→ knight→ king

• serf→  noble→ knight→ king

Which group most benefited from the economic impact of outbreaks of the bubonic plague?

• landowners

• merchants

• peasants

• church officials

How did the Bubonic Plague impact Europe?

• People began to question the church. 

• ⅓ of the European population died.

• It contributed to the decline of feudalism. 

• All of these

The Renaissance in western Europe is best described as a period marked by

• an advance of Muslim culture 

• Christian unity throughout the region 

• great intellectual and artistic creativity 

• unquestioned reliance on the teachings of Aristotle

What is a major reason that the Renaissance began in Italy?  

• Italian city-states had grown wealthy from trade between Europe and Asia.

• Many European scholars had migrated to this area.

• Merchants supported the Green Revolution. 

• Farmers produced great agricultural surpluses on vast plains.

Which statement best expresses an idea held by many Renaissance humanist philosophers?

• People should study worldly subjects as well as sacred matters.

• Individuals should withdraw from the world and study religion.

• Scholars should dedicate themselves to the study of life after death.

• Governments should establish overseas empires.

This artist was considered a classic “renaissance man” for his talents as a painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, and scientist. 

• Niccolo Machiavelli 

• William Shakespeare

• Andreas Versalius 

• Leonardo da Vinci

Which invention allowed literacy rates to rise and humanist ideas to spread during the Renaissance?

• caravel 

• printing press 

• astrolabe 

• paper currency

The growth of the Transatlantic Slave Trade had which effect on Africa?

• It cut Africa off from the global trading system.

• It united African kingdoms in a common purpose.

• It bankrupted once-powerful African kingdoms.

• It reduced the size of the African agricultural workforce.