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Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 18mins
1. Which of the following statements is consistent with the worldview in Renaissance Europe?
a. People can study religion to discover answers to the meaning of life and to discover their world.
b. People can use the power of reason and thinking to discover knowledge about themselves and society.
c. People should rely on tradition to address their problems, making new ways of looking at the world unnecessary.
d. People do not need to involve themselves in government because the ruler will make necessary decisions for them.
3. "In the Middle Ages, most art had religious themes and this influence continued during the Renaissance. However, influenced by humanist ideas, Renaissance artists began to interpret religious subjects in new ways." One of the "new ways" of interpreting religious themes in art during the Renaissance was by:
a. creating images and symbols critical of Christianity
b. drawing elaborate buildings and landscapes in which no people were seen
c. representing the human body and human activities in great detail
d. illustrating religious themes in black and white only
1. One of the main reasons the expansion of trade in the late Middle Ages had its greatest impact on northern Italy was because:
a. other areas of Europe were more heavily affected by the Black Death
b. the feudal system was weaker in Italy than in the rest of Europe
c. agricultural production in Italy was greater than production in the rest of Europe
d. the government of Italy was controlled by a single, absolute King
3. An unintentional result of the Crusades to the Holy Land was the:
a. conquest of large areas of Palestine
b. decline in the variety of goods being traded in Europe
c. exposure of Europeans to Muslim learning and culture
d. increase in numbers of Muslim settlers in Europe
4. The information on the map of trading routes in Renaissance Europe would be most useful in supporting the statement that:
a. most trade in Renaissance Europe was carried on sea routes
b. western Europe was the centre of Renaissance trading routes
c. Renaissance Europe traded mostly in exotic items from Asia
d. Renaissance Europe developed a wide-ranging trade system
6. Increased wealth, a consequence of trading activities of the Italian city-states resulted in all of the following changes except:
a. an increase in conflict and warfare among the city-states
b. an increase in democratic freedoms in the city-states
c. growing exposure to ideas and products from other lands
d. growing demands for artistic works luxury items
__________: Peasants who worked the land for their Lord
(They were also not allowed to leave the land without the Lord's permission)
Freemen
Peasants
Serfs
Journeymen
__________: Peasants who worked the land for their Lord
(They were also not allowed to leave the land without the Lord's permission)
Freemen
Peasants
Serfs
Journeymen
__________: Buildings and land in which monks live carry out religious duties
Manor
Monastery
Convent
Church
__________: Laws on consumption of how people spend their money and keep people within their "social class" due to the rising middle class
Economy
Supply and demand
Freedom of will
Sumptuary Laws
__________: Peasants who rented land or worked for pay
Serf
Freemen
Journeymen
Peasants
__________: A social system in which status is ranked
(and power is concentrated in higher ranks)
Society
Hierarchy
Encomienda System
Feudalism
__________: A system of political organization during the Middle Ages in which the Lords owned all land and others served him.
Encomienda
Hierarchy
Manors
Feudalism
__________: A portion of earnings, or crops paid to the church
Taxes
Sumptuary Laws
Lords
Tithe
__________: Loyalty
Pervasive
Allegiance
Sumptuary Laws
Encomienda System
__________: A strip of land
(sometimes also called a fief)
Freemen
Manor
Serf
Tithe
__________: The organization that controls the production of goods and trade in the towns
Economies
Guilds
Journeymen
Apprentices
Life for serfs living under the manorial system in the medieval period would have been dominated most by the importance of
seeking educational opportunities
showing obedience to the lord of the manor
enjoying material possessions and wealth
expanding knowledge of the world through travel
Why did the Catholic Church during Medieval times come under heavy criticism?
Monasteries preserved books and became centres of learning during the medieval period.
Churches and monasteries would often care for the sick, the poor and the hungry.
Priests performed religious services for members of their congregations.
Land ownership and the collection of the tithe made the Church very wealthy.
under feudalism, a man who served a lord in a military capacity
feudalism
vassal
knight
fief
Serfs were given a small piece of land to farm for themselves and did all the work on the manor in exchange for what?
Money
Tithe
Better opportunities
Protection
__________: People who would be admitted as trainees to study particular crafts
Apprentice
Journeymen
Freemen
Guilds
A __________ gave protection in return for loyalty from his __________.
lord / vassal
peasant / serf
merchant / squire
villager / priest
A king gave FIEFS, which were
grants of land
large celebrations
war horses
market licenses
If you lived in the Middle Ages, your social class was determined by
birth
wealth
religion
education
The monarch provided __________ for the lords in return for __________.
fiefs / knights
knights / fiefs
protection / grain
land / labor
The wealth of the Italian city-states played an important part in the development of the Renaissance.
True
False
