'25/26 AP Euro Unit Review (Big)

How did the Renaissance's rediscovery of Greek and Roman texts influence European education?

• Shifted focus entirely to religious studies

• Discouraged the use of classical languages in education
  

• Introduced new methods of scholarship and expanded educational opportunities
  

• Encouraged the decline of universities

Which social transformation during the Renaissance was mainly driven by emerging commercial and agricultural capitalism?

• Growth of new social classes

• The rise of absolute monarchies

• Return to agrarian lifestyles

• Decreased importance of wealth

In what way did the exploration during the Renaissance impact European societies economically?

• Expansion of trade networks and wealth

• Increased economic isolation

• Reduced demands for spices

• Decline in colonial ventures

What was the main cause for the shift in European art during the Renaissance?

• Columbus and Magellan

• Aristotle, Plato, and Cicero

• Newton and Einstein

• Shakespeare and Chaucer

What underlying economic change during the Renaissance challenged the existing feudal power structures?

• Rise of exclusive guilds

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  Increase in barter systems

• Commercial and agricultural capitalism

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  Preservation of serfdom

In what way did artistic advancements during the Renaissance reflect broader changes in European thought?

• By focusing on mythical creatures

• By reinforcing noble hierarchies

• By celebrating human experience and individual achievement

• By depicting purely religious subjects

How did the rise of city-states in Italy contribute to the emergence of the Renaissance?

• By promoting feudalism

• By fostering economic growth and trade

• By discouraging cultural exchange

• By isolating artists

What was the effect of the printing press on religious and scholarly communities?

• It suppressed new ideas

• It facilitated questioning of religious authority

• It reinforced traditional religious views

• It limited access to classical texts

Which factor most significantly helped spread humanist ideas during the Renaissance?

• Military conquest

• The printing press

• Papal decrees

• Scientific discoveries

How did Renaissance art reflect the era’s intellectual shifts?

• By maintaining medieval styles

• By depicting only religious themes

• By disregarding perspective techniques

• By incorporating humanist and realistic themes