AP Euro Unit 1 & 2 Review - Mr. Neal

The word "Renaissance" means

• "Enlightenment"

• "Humanism"

• "Rebirth"

• "Creation"

This famous dynasty of merchants and bankers used their wealth to influence the arts and secure their own power, starting from the 13th century CE.

• Bourbon

• Capetian

• Tudor

• Medici

• Habsburg

With which Italian city are the Medici most closely associated?

• Naples

• Florence

• Rome

• Siena

• Milan

This Renaissance humanist wrote The Prince, which outlined the "ideal" methods to obtain and secure power, revolutionizing political philosophy.

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Erasmus

• Petrarch

• John Ball

• Ulrich Zwingli

Johann Gutenberg is known for developing which important invention?

• Nautical Compass

• Astrolabe

• Printing Press

• Crop Rotation System

• Royal University System

All of the following were artistic techniques developed during the Renaissance, EXCEPT ...

• Sfumato

• Contrapposto

• Vanishing-point perspective

• Pignolata

• Chiaroscuro

Answer explanation

Pignolata is in fact an Italian dessert pastry that is often prepared in advance of Lent.

All of the following were Renaissance artists, EXCEPT ...

• Giotto

• Bocconotto

• Michelangelo Buonarotti

• Jan van Eyck

• Titian

Answer explanation

A bocconotto is an Italian pastry, often eaten at Christmastime, typical of the Calabrian region.

Order these events chronologically (the earliest event on the left, latest event on the right):

• Black Death

• Columbus "discovers" America

• Great Schism (3 Popes)

• Peace of Westphalia

• Martin Luther writes 95 Theses

This Renaissance architect designed and executed the Duomo atop the Santa Maria del Fiore Church in Florence, Italy - a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance architecture.

• Peter Weller

• Ghiberti

• Brunelleschi

• Giovanni Bellini

• Caravaggio

This idea focused attention on the world around us rather than theological ideas of the afterlife, rejecting religious influence over the affairs of the state.

• Secularism

• Humanism

• Lutheranism

• Neoplatonism