Renaissance: Check for Understanding

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 would have offered the advice shown below to government officials on how to rule? "The ends justify the means" - The Prince

• Desiderius Erasmus
• Sir Thomas More
• Niccolo Machiavelli
• Francesco Petrarch

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

• humanists.
• scholars.
• consuls.
• patrons.

Which scholar and poet was known for being the “Father of Humanism?”

• Sir Thomas More
• Francesco Petrarch
• King John
• Ivan the Great

All of the following were important Italian city-states except −

• Florence.
• Genoa.
• Marathon.
• Venice.

What form of government did the Italian city-states develop?

• direct democracy
• monarchy
• empire
• republic

Which became an important new economic institution introduced during the Crusades?

• Methods for accounting and bookkeeping 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
• Incan

After the end of feudalism, what event stimulated trade?

• Hundred Years’ War
• Crusades
• Black Death
• discovery of new gold mines

What happened to trade after the Crusades?

• It decreased because traders feared for their safety.
• It decreased due to economic problems cause by the Crusades.
• It increased because people wanted the products they had seen during the Crusades.
• It decreased because people increased production of their own goods and had less reason to trade.