Mesoamerica, Renaissance, and Reformation Review

What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?

• the printing press

• the caravel

• the telescope

• eyeglasses

Why did Luther disapprove of indulgences?

• He felt the church was not charging enough.

• He felt that faith alone was the only path to salvation.

• He believed the Pope was corrupt.

• all of the these

What is one way European society changed thanks to the printing press?

• People quit the feudal system to find work else where

• People began reading books in their vernacular

• Literacy declined during the Renaissance

• People began writing scripts for movies

An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements

• Secular
• Patrons
• Merit
• humanism

What economic change occurred during the Renaissance that allowed for the flourishing of the art?

• Introduction of paper money

• People began to Barter again

• The Governments of Europe paid to educate Artists

• Growth of a wealthy Merchant Class that became patrons the Arts

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• Italians were better Catholics

• Italy had better means of transportation

• Italy sat in the middle of the Silk Road

• Extreme wealth that Italians made from trade

__________________ was a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.

• Indulgence
• Humanism
• Secular
• Perspective

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

• governments should establish overseas empires

• individuals should withdraw from the world and study religion

• people should study worldly as well as sacred matters

• scholars should dedicate themselves to the study of life after death

Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince advocated that a ruler should

• obtain power from a social contract with the governed

• place the needs of subjects first

• apply Christian teachings to decisions

• employ absolute power to maintain order in the areas under their rule

Who wrote "Book of the Courtier," which was a book about the duties of a noble.

• Castiglione

• Machiavelli

• Hoover

• The Pope