AP Euro Chapter 12 – Flashcards
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the italian renaissance was primarily
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a recovery or rebirth of antiquity and greco-roman culture
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the work "renaissance" means
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rebirth
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economic developments in the renaissance included
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a revival in trade
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according to jacob Burckhard, the renaissance in italy represented
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a distinct break from the middle ages
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Florence
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what was the commercial and military league set up off the north coast of Germany?
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Hanseatic League
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two key ares of renaissance technological innovation were
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mining and metal working, including manufacture of firearms
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the most backward and reactionary state in italy during the renaissance was
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Kingdom of Naples
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castiglione's The Courtier was a
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very popular handbook laying out the new skills in politics, the arts, and personal comportment expected of Renaissance aristocrats
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the achievements of the italian renaissance were the products of
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an elite movement movement, involving small numbers of wealthy patrons, artists, and intellectuals
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the aristocracy of the 16th century was
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to dominate society as it had done in the middle ages
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banquets during the renaissance
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were used to express wealth and power of an aristocratic family
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the third estate of the 15th century was
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overwhelmingly made up of peasants
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western europe in the renaissance saw
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a decline in serfdom
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slavery in renaissance italy
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saw slaves form Africa and eastern Mediterranean used mostly as courtly domestic servants and as skilled workers
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the reintroduction of slavery in the 14th century occurred largely as a result of
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the shortage of labor created by the black death
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which of the following statements best describes marriage in Renaissance italy?
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marriages were usually arranged, to strengthen family alliances
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marriages in renaissance italy
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were an economic necessity of life involving complicated family negotiations
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by the 15th century, italy was
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dominated by 5 major regional independent powers
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perhaps the most famous of italian ruling women was
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isabella d'Este
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Federigo da Montefeltro of Urbino was
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an example of a skilled, intelligent, independent Italian warrior prince
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the Peace of Lodi in 1454 exemplifies what key Italian Renaissance political concept?
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a balance of power between competing territorial states
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Machiavelli's ideas as expressed in The Prince achieve amodel for
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a modern secular concept of power politics
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Italian renaissance humanism in the early fifteenth century
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was based on the study of the Greco-Roman classics
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in the late 15th century, italy became a battleground for the competing interests of
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spain and france
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neoplatonism was based on two primary ideas:
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a hierarchy of substances and a theory of spiritual love
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the Corpus Hermeticum
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contained writings on the occult as well as theological and philosophical speculations
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Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man stated that humans
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could be whatever they chose or willed
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a subject of particular interest to 15th century humanists was
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the Greek language
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the liberal education taught by Vittorino da Feltre
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contained as its primary goal the creation of well-rounded, virtuous citizens
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liberal education in the renaissance included all of the following EXCEPT
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the mastery of engineering and mechanics
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humanism's main effect on the writing of history was
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the secularization of historiography and the explanation of change over time
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who played a leading role in perfecting the movable type for printing?
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Johannes Gutenberg
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The development of printing in the 15th century
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ensured that literacy and new knowledge would spread rapidly in European society
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Italian artists int he 15th century began to
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experiment in the areas of perspective
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The major practitioner of the new architecture of the Renaissance as exemplified by the dome of the Cathedral of Florence and the city's church of San Lorenzo was
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Brunelleschi
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which of the following groups of italian artists dominated the high renaissance
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de Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo
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the painter of Rome's Sistine Chapel ceiling was
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Michelangelo
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What was the name of the Renaissance painter who was noted for painting, "The School of Athens"?
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raphael
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which of the following is NOT true of Northern Renaissance artists?
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they valued secular human form as the primary subject of painting
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the "new monarchs" of the late 15th century in Europe
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were focused upon the acquisition of expansion and power
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the results of the Hundred year's war
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all of the above a) reinvigorated and strengthened the French monarchy b)caused economic turmoil in England c) temporarily strengthened the nobility in England
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under Ferdiand and Isabella, Spain
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saw Muslim power vanish from the peninsula
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all of the following monarchs were successful in continuing the centralization of their "new monarchies" EXCEPT
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Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire
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The Tudor dynasty ruled in
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England
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The Byzantine empire was finally destroyed in 1453 by the
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Ottoman Turks
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The Ottoman Turkish sultan who captured Constantinople in 1453 was
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Mehmet II
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John Wyclif condemned the Catholic Church for all of the following EXCEPT
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the pope should be given greater power to eliminate hearsay and unbelief
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the renaissance popes did all of the following EXCEPT
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attempt to return to the papacy to more humble times
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the renaissance papacy
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was often seen as corrupt and debauched, as evidenced by Alexander VI
