Worksheets15.1 Ques. (7.40-7.42)
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. By the 1300s, what had weakened feudalism and manorialism of the early middle ages?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Trade and industry
d)
Mongolian invasions
e)
Barbarian invasions
2.
2. The economic expansion attributed to urban (city) growth came from migrants who moved from the rural manors to the cities.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
5. Theology is the study of religions, but new interests in secular (non-religious) studies included law, medicine, philosophy, and science during the early 14th century.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
9. In Italian city-states, the older wealthy families competed for power and status with new wealthy merchants and bankers. What were the newly rich called that supported gifted (yet poor) artists and and architects?
a)
Renaissance thinkers
b)
Catholic friars
c)
painters
d)
patrons
e)
Ninja Turtles
5.
10. Which of the following did wealthy patrons NOT support?
a)
artists
b)
architects
c)
farmers
d)
sculptors
6.
11. How was Italy's location a factor in it becoming the birthplace of the Renaissance?
a)
It was the leader of the European empire
b)
It was centrally located for religious reasons and to spread Catholicism.
c)
Because it was near the Mediterranean Sea, Italy was a crossroads between northern Europe and the Middle East & Africa
d)
The pope lived in Italy and had the power to appoint the next emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
e)
The most educated and wealthiest Europeans lived in Italy and had the means to support themselves and their art and sculpting.
7.
13. Florentine merchants also spent money on artistic projects, and many artists were sought after by guilds and civic groups to work alongside other artists to create larger projects, such as cathedrals.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
14. Which of the following can be identified as new viewpoints developed during the Renaissance? (Choose 3)
a)
secularism
b)
humanism
c)
individualism
d)
theology
e)
vernacular
9.
15. The new learning of the Renaissance suggested that human beings and the world deserved as much study as...?
a)
geography
b)
Roman & Greek classical texts
c)
European history
d)
God
10.
18. Which of the following is NOT something a humanist would study?
a)
philosophy
b)
microbiology
c)
poetry
d)
religious themes
11.
19. To humanists, learning led to a better earthly life rather than serving just to prepare for eternity. Medieval thinkers had focused only on spirituality rather than self-worth.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
21. Which of the following is significant of secularism during the Renaissance? (Choose 2)
a)
Life began to viewed as opportunity for enjoyment and pleasure.
b)
Artists began to focus on painting only religious themes or backgrounds for public buildings.
c)
Many tales published during this time reflected the worldly views of English society.
d)
The Bible was translated into the everyday "known" and spoken languages of the people.
13.
23. Individualism is the belief that the individual is more important than the larger community, which was contradictory to the medieval beliefs that an individual was less important than the needs of a larger group, such as the residents of a manor.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
31. What was one of the main issues that occurred during the transition from feudalism (structured, strict government; no social movement) to mercantilism (trade and commerce)?
a)
political transfer of power from Pope to emperor
b)
Movement of Catholic Church from Rome to London, England
c)
social upheaval (society now able to move up in social class, despite birth status)
d)
ban on Church books to allow more expressive thought
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