SS8 Case Study 1 Quiz

People in Western Europe in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance welcomed exotic goods from as far away as Japan and China.

True

False

Christian wars to reclaim and maintain the holy land. __________

Battles

Crusades

Inquisition

Alliances

Which of the following characteristics does NOT describe "Serfs"?

They were bound to their land lord.

Some lived in huts outside the palace grounds.

Some lived within the palace walls serving their lord.

They could advance to a higher social class.

Which of the following demonstrates that Florence was a Renaissance city-state?

Merchant leaders supported artists with new ideas

The wealthy Medici family controlled its affairs

It avoided trade due to the fear of losing money.

It had a class system called the "popolo minuto."

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Islamic civilization became a centre of learning during the Middle Ages?

It was located at the crossroads of trade routes

It had a powerful army

It promoted scholarship and inquiry

It developed science and medicine

The Feudal System was ___________________.

A hierarchical class structure

A system that sod land to peasants

Controlled by the citizens.

A democratic system

Which timeline presents the correct order of events leading to the Renaissance? (some events overlap)

Crusades, Silk Road, Fibbonacci, Black Death, Growth of City-States.

Black Death, Crusades, Fibbonacci, Black Death, Growth of City-States

Silk Road, Fibbonacci, Crusades, Black Death, Growth of Italian City-States

Silk Road, Crusades, Fibbonacci, Black Death, Growth of City-States.

The Italian Renaissance spread to northern Europe in ALL BUT ONE of the following ways. Which was NOT a way in which the Renaissance was spread?

Artists developed new techniques and ideas which were adapted by other artists

Writers and philosophers expressed ideas that showed changing worldviews.

Feudalism was more entrenched in the lands beyond Italy to support and agricultural society.

Scientists began to use scientific observation and apply their findings to everyday life.

Which of the following is NOT a belief or value of humanism?

Life here on Earth

Contact with other cultures

Preparing for the afterlife

Educational reform

Renaissance Humanists revived the thinking of Cicero, which focused on:

Individual rights

Citizenship

The afterlife

Technology

Considering the artistic qualities of Donatello's David, this piece of art is MOST consistent with the European worldview during the ______ century.

13th

14th

15th

16th

The following are all factors that slowed the spread of the Renaissance. a) feudalism b) war c) religion d) physical geography of Italy and the Mediterranean

True

False

___________ helped to shape Nicolaus Copernicus' view that the Earth was NOT the centre of the universe.

Fibbonacci

Galilieo

Islamic scholars

The Roman Catholic Church

Martin Luther believed that humanists should form separate churches from the Roman Catholic Church

True

False

A group of people, mainly of common descent, history, and language, often forming a state or inhabiting a territory is a _________.

Developments in the Renaissance led to our Western Worldview. In fact, Humanism encouraged Europeans to value

Individualism

Imperialism

Expansionism

Consumerism

One could argue quite well that the desire for ___________ was the main reason for the Age of Exploration

Religious freedom

Wealth

Education

Land

______________________ is a belief that one's own race or culture is superior to others.

Imperialism

Feudalism

Ethonocentrism

Expansionism

In the early 1700's, the ________ controlled the largest European empire.

Spanish

Portuguese

French

English

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