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Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 164

Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Catholic Churches' response to the Protestant Reformation?

a)

The Counter-Reformation

b)

Witch Trials

c)

The Spanish Inquisition

d)

The 30 Years War

2.

Years ago historians like Max Weber firmly believed that the Protestant religion promoted _____?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Anarchism

d)

Marxism

3.

This 18-year series of meetings was composed of high church officials to stop the momentum of the Protestant Reformation.

a)

Council of Trent

b)

The Treaty of Westphalia

c)

The Diet of Worms

d)

First Council of Nicaea

4.

This had been established in the 13th century to stamp out heresies in southern France and Italy. But at the beginning of the Counter-Reformation targeted Protestants, and searched for heresy also among conquered people in the New World.

a)

The Inquisition

b)

The Translation Movement

c)

The Reconquista

d)

The Crusades

5.

This is the belief that the blood and wine of the communion sacrament become the actual body and blood of Jesus.

a)

Transubstantiation

b)

Baptism

c)

Iconoclasm

d)

Catechism

6.

What were some outcomes of the Council of Trent?

a)

The Church upheld the centrality of the Seven Sacraments and the selling of indulgences

b)

The Church established seminaries where priests could become more informed on Catholic theology.

c)

The Church began the Papal Index, a list of books that Catholics were forbidden to read

d)

The Church reached deeper into society when it began to further regulate marriages.

7.

Which Spanish nobleman and former soldier would help fortify Catholicism in the Counter-Reformation?

a)

Ignatius of Loyola

b)

Francis Xavier

c)

Bartolomé de las Casas

d)

Matteo Ricci

8.

What organization did Ignatius of Loyola found?

a)

The Society of Jesus, or Jesuits

b)

The Dominican Order

c)

The Benedictines

d)

The Franciscans

9.

Which were qualities/achievements of the Jesuits?

a)

They were organized like an army with a hierarchy of command.

b)

They founded schools where humanistic education thrived alongside religious instruction. 

c)

They attempted to globalize their faith as a regular part of their mission.

d)

They engaged in artistic patronage to rebrand the Catholic image.

10.

Which of the following were areas of the world that the Jesuits reached through their missionary missions?

a)

Japan

b)

Africa

c)

The New World

d)

India

11.

Which were some short and long-term accomplishments of Jesuit missionaries?

a)

Convert souls.

b)

They wanted to shape the way that young people learned, and thus their perspective via schools.

c)

They developed cultural and linguistic connections with various people groups to spread Catholicism.

d)

They created an information network that shared agricultural, industrial, and trade, secrets with Europe.

12.

This nun began to live out the reform Church's re-dedication to faith and good works, being extremely strict in her practice. She was a proponent of self-flagellation ceremonies, self-flagellation being the act of hitting oneself with a whip in imitation of Christ's suffering at the cross

a)

Saint Teresa of Ávila

b)

Hildegard of Bingen

c)

Christine de Pizan

d)

Artemisia Gentileschi

13.

Saint Teresa of Ávila became an inspiration, particularly after Church leaders had her write down her spiritual experiences in several books that have now become Counter-Reformation classics, such as?

a)

Way of Perfection

b)

The Book of Foundation

c)

Pilgrim's Progress

d)

Various collections of Catholic hymns

14.

Which of the following describes the influence the Council of Trent had on art?

a)

The church advocated for art that connected with ordinary people to produce awe and evoke the power and majesty of the divine.

b)

The church advocated for simple, unadorned places of worship

c)

The church advocated for more inclusive art from abroad to help engage a new global audience.

d)

The church advocated for increased patronage to offset the loss of revenue from indulgences.

15.

What art/architecture/music genre was occurring during the Catholic Counter reformation?

a)

Baroque

b)

Rococo

c)

Romanticism

d)

Surrealism

16.

This notable female painter famously portrayed herself beheading her rapist in her version of the Biblical story of Judith Slays Holofernes.

a)

Saint Teresa of Ávila

b)

Hildegard of Bingen

c)

Christine de Pizan

d)

Artemisia Gentileschi

17.

What had been the dominant form of Christianity in Europe since the 4th century?

a)

Roman Catholicism

b)

Eastern Orthodox

c)

Protestantism

d)

Lutheranism

18.

Which of the following are examples of the pivotal role a local parish priest had on a person's life around the time of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

A local priest would baptize an individual.

b)

A local priest would conduct weddings.

c)

A local priest would hear confessions.

d)

A local priest would provide social services & last rites.

19.

What are some examples of the social services provided by the church around the time of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

It distributed alms to the poor.

b)

It ran orphanages.

c)

It provided what education was avalable.

d)

All of the above

20.

Europeans would, in their lives, meet exactly one person who could read the Bible, which was only available in Latin: their parish (or local) (a)  

21.

Who is the central figure that started the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Desiderius Erasmus

c)

Jan Hus

d)

John Wycliffe

22.

Prior to becoming a monk, Martin Luther went to school to be a?

a)

Lawyer

b)

Doctor

c)

Engineer

d)

Architect

23.

What event changed Martin Luther's perspective on the Catholic Church as a monk?

a)

His diplomatic trip to Rome.

b)

His getting caught in a lightning storm.

c)

His getting caught by the Catholic church after printing his ideas.

d)

His father's death.

24.

Besides his chronic constipation, what was Martin Luther obsessed about?

a)

His sinfulness

b)

A desire to have a wife

c)

Drinking beer

d)

Reading the Bible.

25.

Which are Martin Luther's three solas or onlys

a)

Sola Scriptura (scripture)

b)

Sola Gratia (Grace)

c)

Sola Fide (Faith)

d)

Sola libertas (Freedom)

26.

So Martin Luther's new interpretation of sola fide grew into a full scale conflict with the Catholic church, when a friar named Johann Tetzel came to Wittenberg selling?

a)

indulgences

b)

Bibles

c)

salvation

d)

Eucharists

27.

What did Luther post or mail as a protest against the abuses of the Catholic Church?

a)

95 theses

b)

99 theses

c)

10 Commandments

d)

3rd Day Message

28.

After posting or mailing his 95 Theses Luther's claims became increasingly radical against the Catholic church eventually claiming?

a)

Christians were saved only through faith and the grace of God not by the Church.

b)

The church's rituals didn't have the power to save souls

c)

The church and the Pope made errors all the time

d)

The priesthood was a human invention and that individual Christians didn't even need priests to receive the grace of God.

29.

In 1521, Luther was called to defend his ideas before the Holy Roman Emperor _______?

a)

Charles V

b)

Phillip II

c)

Charlemagne

d)

Otto I

30.

Luther famously defended his ideas in front of Charles V at the imperial

a)

Diet of Worms

b)

Council of Nicaea

c)

Council of Trent

d)

Great Commission

31.

What was one reason that Luther's ideas had spread so much and became popular?

a)

The printing press allowed his ideas to spread widely.

b)

Luther was a very good public speaker.

c)

Luther enjoyed visiting local taverns and made friends was common folks.

d)

Updates of Luther's trial was spread via weekly Sunday sermons.

32.

What was Luther's most revolutionary publication?

a)

The translation of the Bible into German

b)

His 95 Theses

c)

His written response at the Diet of Worms

d)

His autobiography

33.

Martin Luther believed in a "Priesthood of all believers" that if everyone had access to the original text of the Bible they would all come to the same conclusions he did. Did this happen?

a)

Yes, and Lutheranism was born

b)

No, it led to the creation of various denominations.

34.

Which of the following are examples of spin-offs based on Luther's ideas?

a)

Zwinglians

b)

Calvinists

c)

Anabaptists

d)

Anglicans

35.

This denomination was heavily persecuted during the reformation period frequently this led to their disemboweling.

a)

Methodists

b)

Quakers

c)

Anabaptists

d)

Puritans

36.

The increasingly radical interpretation of Luther's basic ideas led to which of the following?

a)

People, especially young people, smashed up churches because the Bible says 'no graven images'.

b)

The 1552 German Peasant Revolt

c)

The resignation of the Pope

d)

The execution of nobles across Europe

37.

Whom did Luther side with during the German Peasant Revolt?

a)

The Peasants

b)

The Nobles

38.

Which noble mentioned in this episode was one of the first notables to side with Luther against the Church?

a)

Grand Master Albert of the Teutonic order of monks

b)

King Henry VIII of England

c)

Francis I of France

d)

Ivan IV of Russia

39.

Which of the following are reasons why nobles would embrace Protestantism over Catholicism?

a)

It allowed nobles to confiscate church lands and taxes.

b)

It allowed nobles to behave how they wanted to.

c)

It allowed nobles to better negotiate with the Pope.

d)

It allowed nobles to remove the religious question from their realms.

40.

Did the Protestant Reformation just become about political power?

a)

No, individuals such as Thomas Moore were killed for their faith.

b)

Yes, all human actions are ultimately about power and subjugation.

41.

What were some of the short and long-term results of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

It is argued that it eventually lead to religious toleration in Europe

b)

It has been argued that it was the foundation of European capitalism.

c)

It was an inspiration for the American Civil Rights movement.

d)

All of the above

42.

Renaissance saw the __________ of European culture

a)

rebirth

b)

continuation

c)

end

d)

beginning

43.

The Renaissance occurred after what period in European history?

a)

The Dark Ages

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Age of Exportation

d)

The Age of Imperialism

44.

The Middle Ages were "Dark" or saw limited learning and culture across the planet?

a)

False

b)

True

45.

Which of the following best describes Renaissance art?

a)

It focused on the idealized human form.

b)

It idealized classical Greco-Roman art.

c)

It focused on peoples true form.

d)

It idealized Arab architecture.

46.

The scholars who examined, translated, and commented upon Ancient & Arabic writings were called?

a)

humanists

b)

Ciompi

c)

Monks

d)

enlightened

47.

Overall were the humanists writers and artists and scholars secretly not religious?

a)

No

b)

Yes

48.

Humanist scholars studied what were called the humanities: literature, philosophy, history also known as the?

a)

Liberal Arts

b)

Core Studies

c)

Nobles Studies

d)

The Sciences

49.

According to this episode of Crash Course the Renaissance occurred between

a)

15th and 16th centuries-ish

b)

13th and 14th centuries-ish

c)

14 and 15th centuries-ish

d)

16 - 17th centuries-ish

50.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Italy

b)

The Netherlands

c)

Germany

d)

Constantinople

51.

What reason does Crash Course give for Italy being primed for the Renaissance?

a)

Money

b)

It's social structure.

c)

It's historical significance.

d)

Population

52.

Italy was full of these mini-industrial powerhouses which specialized in industrial products which grew wealth from trade?

a)

Italian city states

b)

Micronations

c)

Megalopolises

d)

Caliphates

53.

This Italian city state was known for its cloth production and was home to the Medici family.

a)

Florence

b)

Milan

c)

Venice

d)

Genoa

54.

Which Italian city state was the richest of them all due to its trade with Islamic Empires?

a)

Venice

b)

Milan

c)

Florence

d)

Genoa

55.

The Venetians traded with what economic power in the region allowing them to become the wealthiest of the Italian city-states?

a)

the Ottomans.

b)

the Safavids.

c)

the Mughals.

d)

the Abbasids

56.

What trade good did Venice make a large portion of its wealth from?

a)

pepper

b)

salt

c)

chilis

d)

tea

57.

This wealthy Florentine family gained their wealth via banking and a monopoly on mining alum allowing them to be one of the primary patrons of the Renaissance.

a)

Medicis

b)

Hapsburgs

c)

Bourbons

d)

Borgia

58.

The fall of what city in 1453 to the Ottomans shifted the balance of trade in the Mediterranean?

a)

Constantinople

b)

Venice

c)

Damascus

d)

Rome

59.

Which scientific figure was mentioned in today's episode that may have used an Arib text to assist him in his proofs of a heliocentric solar system?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Aristotle

d)

Galileo

60.

What arguments did John make that the Renaissance did not happen?

a)

The problem of time. It occurred over hundreds of years.

b)

Most people in Europe were totally unaware of the Renaissance, because it's art and learning affected a tiny sliver of the European population.

c)

Life expectancy in many areas of Europe actually went down during the Renaissance.

d)

We have constructed the Renaissance as important to fit a narrative that Europe was enlightened, and then it was unenlightened, and then it was re-enlightened.

61.

What innovation shaped and promoted the ideas of the Renaissance?

a)

Movable type printing.

b)

Trade with the Americans.

c)

Trade with the Ottomans.

d)

The Protestant Reformation

62.

Who is often given credit for the innovation of moveable type printing?

a)

Johannes Gutenburg

b)

Desiderius Erasmus

c)

Sir Thomas More

d)

Martin Luther

63.

Though Gutenberg is often given credit for moveable type printing where did printing techniques first appear?

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

Mongolia

64.

Why did printing catch on faster in Europe as compared to China?

a)

The Latin alphabet only had 26 letters.

b)

Innovations made it easier to eject and reset letters to form words.

c)

Europeans had a great capacity for written works.

d)

Christianity was a religion of the book.

65.

Before Gutenburg's innovation of moveable type the majority of written works were

a)

reproduced by hand.

b)

maintained by oral traditions.

c)

maintained by a vibrant musical culture.

d)

reproduced by woodcuts.

66.

Why didn't the majority of Europeans read at the beginning of the Renaissance?

a)

They couldn't read.

b)

They didn't have anything to read.

c)

They were morally opposed to reading.

d)

Individuals didn't have to read to do their jobs in agriculture.

67.

Which of the following are examples of texts printed and read with the innovation of movable type?

a)

The great works from the classical world.

b)

Legal works

c)

The Bible

d)

All of the above

68.

What is the name of this Northern Renaissance painting by Pieter Breughel which has scruffy royal villagers acting out ridiculous common wisdom.

a)

Dutch Proverbs

b)

Arnolfini Portrait

c)

Ghent Altarpiece

d)

The Garden of Earthly Delights

69.

This was the idea that all social and political order stemmed from the exercise of the father's authority over the family unit.

a)

Paterfamilias

b)

Autarky

c)

Supremacy

d)

Absolutism

70.

In both north and south, some humanists began regularly teaching what? Which involved the study of ancient Latin and Greek.

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Philosophy

c)

Mathematics

d)

Ethics

71.

The instruction of rhetoric may not seem like a big deal but it would eventually contribute to the re-thinking of what certain texts actually said, perhaps most notably the?

a)

Bible

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato's Republic

d)

Magna Carta

72.

This individual became the commanding figure in the Northern Renaissance movement. He is also known as "Prince of the Humanist".

a)

Desiderius Erasmus

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

Niccolo Machiavelli

d)

Thomas More

73.

Erasmus contributed to taking humanism along its twisted path from ideas of the study of humans and the active life into?

a)

Politics

b)

Religion

c)

Society

d)

Ethics

74.

Which of the following would best apply to Erasmus?

a)

He advocated for a middle road between the pagan ancients and the more recent Christian thinkers.

b)

He also emphasized the importance of reading the Bible and the leading Christian authors

c)

He was at times also very critical of the Catholic church.

d)

He agreed with much of Martin Luther's teachings but remained loyal to the Catholic Church

75.

Erasmus was a prolific writer and central figure in the international community of humanists in Europe known as?

a)

The Republic of Letters

b)

The Firm League of Friendship

c)

The Humanist Guild

d)

The Masons

76.

This Renaissance thinker shaped what we would now call political science with his "realist" view of politics.

a)

Niccolo Machiavelli

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

Desiderius Erasmus

d)

Thomas More

77.

Machiavelli's "realist" view of politics is best summed up by the quote "One should wish to be both, but because it is difficult to united them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved." in which of one of his books?

a)

The Prince

b)

Art of War

c)

Utopia

d)

City of Ladies

78.

This English Renaissance humanist believed that humanistic analysis could lead to widespread peace and prosperity.

a)

Thomas More

b)

Christine de Pizan

c)

Niccolo Machiavelli

d)

Desiderius Erasmus

79.

What was St. Thomas More's odd book that envisioned his ideal society?

a)

Utopia

b)

Art of War

c)

The Prince

d)

City of Ladies

80.

Another book that imagined an ideal city-state written by Christine de Pizan was?

a)

Book of the City of Ladies

b)

Art of War

c)

The Prince

81.

What was the result of the declining European Population due to disease and war in the 14th century?

a)

Labor had become much more valuable, which shifted long-held beliefs about how society should be organized.

b)

Labor had become much less valuable, which strengthened long-held beliefs about how society should be organized.

c)

Wide scale migration to the New World.

d)

An increased need for exploration to find additional labor from the African subcontinent.

82.

This Florentine author lamented “Living.... I despise what melancholy fate/ has brought us wretches in these evil years.”

a)

Petrarch

b)

Plato

c)

Cicero

d)

Leonardo Bruni

83.

Which of the following is the best definition for the Renaissance?

a)

The revival or renewal, hearkened back to what was seen as the bright light of classical antiquity, which had then been obscured in the dark and ignorant Middle Ages.

b)

The period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West

c)

A series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.

d)

An intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th to 19th century.

84.

Which of the following Roman writers influenced the writers of the Renaissance?

a)

Cicero

b)

Tacitus

c)

Quintilian

d)

All of the above

85.

What new area of study emerged during the Renaissance that was more interested in worldly and human concerns?

a)

Humanism

b)

Scholasticism

c)

Classism

d)

Philosophy

86.

The Humanities involve the study of the three liberal arts of

a)

Grammar

b)

Rhetoric

c)

Logic

d)

Mathematics

87.

The "sciences" from the Renaissance included?

a)

Theology

b)

Philosophy

c)

Laws

d)

Medicine

88.

The study of the humanities as developed by the ancients focused not on the heavens or saints but on human speech or rhetoric, human logic, and the correct use of language. And by language, of course, they mostly meant?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Italian

d)

Hebrew

89.

Urban merchants and manufacturers built a brisk business that brought in products and ideas from around Afroeurasia. And some families achieved immense wealth, which allowed them to support the world of Renaissance thinkers and artists in a system called?

a)

Patronage

b)

Serfdom

c)

Nepotism

d)

Philanthropy

90.

What family was possibly the greatest patron of the Italian Renaissance?

a)

The Medici

b)

The Sforza

c)

The Montague

d)

The Capulet

91.

What organizations supported Renaissance Art?

a)

Banking institutions

b)

The Roman Catholic Church

c)

City Governments

d)

All of the above

92.

Neoclassical statues take their inspiration from classical statues which were white?

a)

True

b)

False

93.

Why did banks, city leaders, and individuals sponsor Renaissance art?

a)

status

b)

recognition

c)

love of beauty

d)

patronage legitimized the wealth of families.

e)

All of the above

94.

How did Renaissance art illustrate the paradoxes of the Renaissance?

a)

Paganism was combined with Christianity in art.

b)

Profit-oriented bankers financed the Church, which was run by priests who’d taken a vow of poverty, and founded by a figure who in the gospels overturns the tables of moneylenders in the temple

c)

The church became incredibly corrupt with widespread nepotism.

d)

Many paintings actually featured little humanity.

95.

Which city was arguably the headquarters of the Renaissance?

a)

Florence

b)

Vatican City

c)

Milan

d)

Venice

96.

Which to Renaissance artist were highlighted in the thought bubble for their focused on human dignity and realistic details?

a)

Sandro Botticelli

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Rafael

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

97.

Across the spectrum of Renaissance art, anatomical accuracy flourished, which you can see in Michelangelo’s sculptures and also in the work of fellow Florentine Leonardo da Vinci-- both artists, incidentally, were able to render the human form in part because

a)

they both dissected cadavers.

b)

they were tremendous athletes.

c)

they both had many lovers.

d)

they both practiced medicine.

98.

Florence was the center of the Renaissance experiencing economic prosperity and a cultural revival. However was everything perfect during this time?

a)

Yes

b)

No

99.

The council that ran Florences was known as the

a)

Signoria

b)

Small Council

c)

Charmed circle

d)

The Paulette

100.

Florence was home to what the author, general, and political theorist?

a)

Niccolo Machiavelli

b)

Cosimo Medici

c)

Lorenzo de Medici

d)

Isabella d’Este

101.

Machiavelli argued that the Florentine Renaissance’s Golden Age ended with

a)

death of Lorenzo de Medici in 1492.

b)

Columbus discovering America in 1492.

c)

The invasion of "barbarians".

d)

The invasion of the Ottomans.

102.

Did the average person living in the Renaissance see a big change in their lives due to the Renaissance?

a)

No

b)

Yes

103.

In general men discounted women’s intellectual worth during the Renaissance?

a)

True

b)

False

104.

The Renaissance saw the revival of the Roman idea that the father is the center of every family, and also the center of power?

a)

Paterfamilias

b)

Godfather

c)

De facto

d)

Mea culpa

105.

What was the result of the declining European Population due to disease and war in the 14th century?

a)

Labor had become much more valuable, which shifted long-held beliefs about how society should be organized.

b)

Labor had become much less valuable, which strengthened long-held beliefs about how society should be organized.

c)

Wide scale migration to the New World.

d)

An increased need for exploration to find additional labor from the African subcontinent.

106.

This Florentine author lamented “Living.... I despise what melancholy fate/ has brought us wretches in these evil years.”

a)

Petrarch

b)

Plato

c)

Cicero

d)

Leonardo Bruni

107.

Which of the following is the best definition for the Renaissance?

a)

The revival or renewal, hearkened back to what was seen as the bright light of classical antiquity, which had then been obscured in the dark and ignorant Middle Ages.

b)

The period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West

c)

A series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.

d)

An intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th to 19th century.

108.

Which of the following Roman writers influenced the writers of the Renaissance?

a)

Cicero

b)

Tacitus

c)

Quintilian

d)

All of the above

109.

What new area of study emerged during the Renaissance that was more interested in worldly and human concerns?

a)

Humanism

b)

Scholasticism

c)

Classism

d)

Philosophy

110.

The Humanities involve the study of the three liberal arts of

a)

Grammar

b)

Rhetoric

c)

Logic

d)

Mathematics

111.

The "sciences" from the Renaissance included?

a)

Theology

b)

Philosophy

c)

Laws

d)

Medicine

112.

The study of the humanities as developed by the ancients focused not on the heavens or saints but on human speech or rhetoric, human logic, and the correct use of language. And by language, of course, they mostly meant?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Italian

d)

Hebrew

113.

Urban merchants and manufacturers built a brisk business that brought in products and ideas from around Afroeurasia. And some families achieved immense wealth, which allowed them to support the world of Renaissance thinkers and artists in a system called?

a)

Patronage

b)

Serfdom

c)

Nepotism

d)

Philanthropy

114.

What family was possibly the greatest patron of the Italian Renaissance?

a)

The Medici

b)

The Sforza

c)

The Montague

d)

The Capulet

115.

What organizations supported Renaissance Art?

a)

Banking institutions

b)

The Roman Catholic Church

c)

City Governments

d)

All of the above

116.

Neoclassical statues take their inspiration from classical statues which were white?

a)

True

b)

False

117.

Why did banks, city leaders, and individuals sponsor Renaissance art?

a)

status

b)

recognition

c)

love of beauty

d)

patronage legitimized the wealth of families.

e)

All of the above

118.

How did Renaissance art illustrate the paradoxes of the Renaissance?

a)

Paganism was combined with Christianity in art.

b)

Profit-oriented bankers financed the Church, which was run by priests who’d taken a vow of poverty, and founded by a figure who in the gospels overturns the tables of moneylenders in the temple

c)

The church became incredibly corrupt with widespread nepotism.

d)

Many paintings actually featured little humanity.

119.

Which city was arguably the headquarters of the Renaissance?

a)

Florence

b)

Vatican City

c)

Milan

d)

Venice

120.

Which to Renaissance artist were highlighted in the thought bubble for their focused on human dignity and realistic details?

a)

Sandro Botticelli

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Rafael

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

121.

Across the spectrum of Renaissance art, anatomical accuracy flourished, which you can see in Michelangelo’s sculptures and also in the work of fellow Florentine Leonardo da Vinci-- both artists, incidentally, were able to render the human form in part because

a)

they both dissected cadavers.

b)

they were tremendous athletes.

c)

they both had many lovers.

d)

they both practiced medicine.

122.

Florence was the center of the Renaissance experiencing economic prosperity and a cultural revival. However was everything perfect during this time?

a)

Yes

b)

No

123.

The council that ran Florences was known as the

a)

Signoria

b)

Small Council

c)

Charmed circle

d)

The Paulette

124.

Florence was home to what the author, general, and political theorist?

a)

Niccolo Machiavelli

b)

Cosimo Medici

c)

Lorenzo de Medici

d)

Isabella d’Este

125.

Machiavelli argued that the Florentine Renaissance’s Golden Age ended with

a)

death of Lorenzo de Medici in 1492.

b)

Columbus discovering America in 1492.

c)

The invasion of "barbarians".

d)

The invasion of the Ottomans.

126.

Did the average person living in the Renaissance see a big change in their lives due to the Renaissance?

a)

No

b)

Yes

127.

In general men discounted women’s intellectual worth during the Renaissance?

a)

True

b)

False

128.

What innovation shaped and promoted the ideas of the Renaissance?

a)

Movable type printing.

b)

Trade with the Americans.

c)

Trade with the Ottomans.

d)

The Protestant Reformation

129.

Who is often given credit for the innovation of moveable type printing?

a)

Johannes Gutenburg

b)

Desiderius Erasmus

c)

Sir Thomas More

d)

Martin Luther

130.

Though Gutenberg is often given credit for moveable type printing where did printing techniques first appear?

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

Mongolia

131.

Why did printing catch on faster in Europe as compared to China?

a)

The Latin alphabet only had 26 letters.

b)

Innovations made it easier to eject and reset letters to form words.

c)

Europeans had a great capacity for written works.

d)

Christianity was a religion of the book.

132.

Before Gutenburg's innovation of moveable type the majority of written works were

a)

reproduced by hand.

b)

maintained by oral traditions.

c)

maintained by a vibrant musical culture.

d)

reproduced by woodcuts.

133.

Why didn't the majority of Europeans read at the beginning of the Renaissance?

a)

They couldn't read.

b)

They didn't have anything to read.

c)

They were morally opposed to reading.

d)

Individuals didn't have to read to do their jobs in agriculture.

134.

Which of the following are examples of texts printed and read with the innovation of movable type?

a)

The great works from the classical world.

b)

Legal works

c)

The Bible

d)

All of the above

135.

What is the name of this Northern Renaissance painting by Pieter Breughel which has scruffy royal villagers acting out ridiculous common wisdom.

a)

Dutch Proverbs

b)

Arnolfini Portrait

c)

Ghent Altarpiece

d)

The Garden of Earthly Delights

136.

In both north and south, some humanists began regularly teaching what? Which involved the study of ancient Latin and Greek.

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Philosophy

c)

Mathematics

d)

Ethics

137.

The instruction of rhetoric may not seem like a big deal but it would eventually contribute to the re-thinking of what certain texts actually said, perhaps most notably the?

a)

Bible

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato's Republic

d)

Magna Carta

138.

This individual became the commanding figure in the Northern Renaissance movement. He is also known as "Prince of the Humanist".

a)

Desiderius Erasmus

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

Niccolo Machiavelli

d)

Thomas More

139.

Erasmus contributed to taking humanism along its twisted path from ideas of the study of humans and the active life into?

a)

Politics

b)

Religion

c)

Society

d)

Ethics

140.

Which of the following would best apply to Erasmus?

a)

He advocated for a middle road between the pagan ancients and the more recent Christian thinkers.

b)

He also emphasized the importance of reading the Bible and the leading Christian authors

c)

He was at times also very critical of the Catholic church.

d)

He agreed with much of Martin Luther's teachings but remained loyal to the Catholic Church

141.

This Renaissance thinker shaped what we would now call political science with his "realist" view of politics.

a)

Niccolo Machiavelli

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

Desiderius Erasmus

d)

Thomas More

142.

Machiavelli's "realist" view of politics is best summed up by the quote "One should wish to be both, but because it is difficult to united them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved." in which of one of his books?

a)

The Prince

b)

Art of War

c)

Utopia

d)

City of Ladies

143.

This English Renaissance humanist believed that humanistic analysis could lead to widespread peace and prosperity.

a)

Thomas More

b)

Christine de Pizan

c)

Niccolo Machiavelli

d)

Desiderius Erasmus

144.

What was St. Thomas More's odd book that envisioned his ideal society?

a)

Utopia

b)

Art of War

c)

The Prince

d)

City of Ladies

145.

Another book that imagined an ideal city-state written by Christine de Pizan was?

a)

Book of the City of Ladies

b)

Art of War

c)

The Prince

d)

Book of the City of Ladies

146.

Renaissance saw the __________ of European culture

a)

rebirth

b)

continuation

c)

end

d)

beginning

147.

The Renaissance occurred after what period in European history?

a)

The Dark Ages

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Age of Exportation

d)

The Age of Imperialism

148.

The Middle Ages were "Dark" or saw limited learning and culture across the planet?

a)

False

b)

True

149.

Which of the following best describes Renaissance art?

a)

It focused on the idealized human form.

b)

It idealized classical Greco-Roman art.

c)

It focused on peoples true form.

d)

It idealized Arab architecture.

150.

The scholars who examined, translated, and commented upon Ancient & Arabic writings were called?

a)

humanists

b)

Ciompi

c)

Monks

d)

enlightened

151.

Overall were the humanists writers and artists and scholars secretly not religious?

a)

No

b)

Yes

152.

Humanist scholars studied what were called the humanities: literature, philosophy, history also known as the?

a)

Liberal Arts

b)

Core Studies

c)

Nobles Studies

d)

The Sciences

153.

According to this episode of Crash Course the Renaissance occurred between

a)

15th and 16th centuries-ish

b)

13th and 14th centuries-ish

c)

14 and 15th centuries-ish

d)

16 - 17th centuries-ish

154.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Italy

b)

The Netherlands

c)

Germany

d)

Constantinople

155.

What reason does Crash Course give for Italy being primed for the Renaissance?

a)

Money

b)

It's social structure.

c)

It's historical significance.

d)

Population

156.

Italy was full of these mini-industrial powerhouses which specialized in industrial products which grew wealth from trade?

a)

Italian city states

b)

Micronations

c)

Megalopolises

d)

Caliphates

157.

This Italian city state was known for its cloth production and was home to the Medici family.

a)

Florence

b)

Milan

c)

Venice

d)

Genoa

158.

Which Italian city state was the richest of them all due to its trade with Islamic Empires?

a)

Venice

b)

Milan

c)

Florence

d)

Genoa

159.

The Venetians traded with what economic power in the region allowing them to become the wealthiest of the Italian city-states?

a)

the Ottomans.

b)

the Safavids.

c)

the Mughals.

d)

the Abbasids

160.

What trade good did Venice make a large portion of its wealth from?

a)

pepper

b)

salt

c)

chilis

d)

tea

161.

This wealthy Florentine family gained their wealth via banking and a monopoly on mining alum allowing them to be one of the primary patrons of the Renaissance.

a)

Medicis

b)

Hapsburgs

c)

Bourbons

d)

Borgia

162.

The fall of what city in 1453 to the Ottomans shifted the balance of trade in the Mediterranean?

a)

Constantinople

b)

Venice

c)

Damascus

d)

Rome

163.

Which scientific figure was mentioned in today's episode that may have used an Arib text to assist him in his proofs of a heliocentric solar system?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Aristotle

d)

Galileo

164.

What arguments did John make that the Renaissance did not happen?

a)

The problem of time. It occurred over hundreds of years.

b)

Most people in Europe were totally unaware of the Renaissance, because it's art and learning affected a tiny sliver of the European population.

c)

Life expectancy in many areas of Europe actually went down during the Renaissance.

d)

We have constructed the Renaissance as important to fit a narrative that Europe was enlightened, and then it was unenlightened, and then it was re-enlightened.