Unit 4 Quiz: Renaissance and Feudalism

Based on the chart describing Giovanni di Medici, Cosimo the Elder, and Lorenzo the Magnificent, how was the Medici family able to influence the development of the Italian Renaissance?

• by making Florence the least powerful of the Italian city-states

• by introducing new trading methods to northern Europe

• by providing financial support for a flowering culture

• by becoming great scholars, artists, scientists, and mathematicians

Four speakers present views on religion and authority: Speaker 1 criticizes the sale of indulgences and argues salvation comes through faith alone; Speaker 2 promotes good deeds and indulgences; Speaker 3 says the Bible, not clergy, is the ultimate source of religious truth and God has predestined salvation; Speaker 4 separates from Rome to create the Anglican Church. Which speaker most closely reflects the ideas of Martin Luther?

• speaker 2

• speaker 1

• speaker 4

• speaker 3

“All legal and economic power belonged to the lord, who was supported economically from his land and from contributions from the peasant population under his authority.” What is described in this quote?

• urbanization

• the manorial system

• protestantism

• lay investiture

Refer to the painting of The Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci, who painted it, was also influential because

• he was the father of modern medicine and revolutionized medicine

• many Europeans converted to a new religion while he split up the church

• his understanding of mathematics led to the earliest versions of computers

• as a man with many interests, he also sketched ideas for several new inventions

A major goal of the Counter-Reformation was to

• reinstate the power of the Roman Catholic Church

• reduce the authority of absolute monarchs

• encourage new ideas in science and philosophy

• make compromises with European Protestants

Which statement best expresses the philosophy of humanism?

• God selects those to be saved based on their behavior

• the pope expresses the ultimate word of God through sermons

• people have potential and can improve themselves by learning

• a person’s life on Earth is merely preparation for the afterlife

What conclusion can be made?

• the plague primarily affected China

• the interaction of people spread the plague

• port cities were relatively untouched by the plague

• the plague started in western Europe

How did the invention of the printing press help the Reformation?

• more Bibles printed allowed more people to read them

• people could read translations of the Bible in their language

• it allowed reformers to spread their ideas

• all of these answers are correct

During the early Middle Ages, western European societies were most influenced by which institution?

• national monarchs

• the Roman Catholic Church

• elected parliaments

• the Byzantine emperors

A primary goal of European Crusaders fighting in the Middle East was to

• establish markets for Italian merchants

• rescue Pope Urban II from the Byzantines

• secure access to Christian holy sites in Jerusalem

• halt the advance of Mongol armies into China