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Which of the following cities played a key role in the trade between Europe and the Near East?

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Venice

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Cosimo de' Medici brought stability to which city after his rise to power in 1434?

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Florence

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Who was known as the "father of humanism"?

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Francesco Petrarch

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The great masters of the High Renaissance were:

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Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo

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The term "Machiavellian" has become synonymous with:

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ruthless political expediency

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A new alliance between monarchs and __________ helped break the bonds of feudal society.

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townspeople

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Medieval art tended to be abstract and formulaic, whereas Renaissance art showed:

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the natural world and human emotions

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Which was an important technological development made in the Late Middle Ages?

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the printing press

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During most of the 1300s, the Popes ruled the church from:

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Avignon

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What was the Great Schism?

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the 40 year period when there were 2, sometimes 3 popes, each claiming papal authority

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The late Medieval papacy was free of scandals, worked against corruption, and stayed out of politics.

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False

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The Hundred-Years War was fought in:

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France

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Which of the following concerning the Late Middle Ages is true?

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All of the above: Kings increased their power over feudal nobles, the middle class were making substantial gains in wealth and influence, calls for reform of the catholic church were becoming widespread

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How was the political situation in the German lands different from that in England or France?

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Political power in the German lands remained primarily in the hands of the German provincial rulers who resisted attempts to unify the area into a true monarchy.

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All of the following are characteristics of Renaissance humanist literary studies except for:

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Petrarch's agreement with the Aristotelians regarding the nature of the human soul.

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What did the Renaissance humanists mean by the term studia humanitatis?

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It was a broad range of studies emphasizing the dignity of humanity and independent thought, and included such things as grammar, rhetoric, history, and moral philosophy.

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A characteristic of early Renaissance thought in Florence was:

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b and c above are both characteristic of early Florentine Renaissance thought and studies.

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Which renaissance pope was called a "warrior pope"?

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Julius II

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What two nations fought one-another in the Haspburg-Valois wars?

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France and Spain

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Who invented the printing press in Europe?

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Johann Gutenberg

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Medieval Europe was a feudal society with an agricultural economy and domination by church whereas renaissance Europe was characterized by...

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growing national consciousness and political centralization

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Which of the following cities played a key role in the trade between Europe and the near east?

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Venice

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Endemic warfare between the pope and the holy roman emperor

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assisted the growth of Italian city-states

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Had uninterrupted trade with the near east throughout the middle ages, while mining vibrant urban society

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pisa

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Social strife and competition for the political power became so intense within the cities that most evolved into:

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despotisms

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List of major social groups that existed within Florence

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nobles and merchants, new merchant class, middle-burgher, and lower economic classes

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Occurred in 1378 as a result of the unbearable conditions for those at the bottom of society and the disruption caused by the Black Death

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ciompi revolt

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Cosimo de medici brought stability to this city after his rise to power in 1434

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Florence

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First humanists were:

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orators and poets

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"Father of humanism"

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Franceso Petrarch

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Which of the following was the most important intellectual recovery made during the italian renaissance

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greek studies

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How did valla become a hero to protestant reformers

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his defense of predestination against the advocates of free will

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True or false: art tended to be abstract and formulaic

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False

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Great masters of the high renaissance were:

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leonardo da vinci, raphael, michaelangelo

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"Father of renaissance painting"

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Giotto

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Most famous painting is the Mona Lisa, painted by:

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Most scholars agree that the... was a time of transition form medieval to modern times

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renaissance

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great italian cities were the... for much of europe

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bankers

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scholars have coined the term... to describe the apparent coalescence of humanism and civic reform throughout italy and northern europe

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civic humanism

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city of florence was governed by a group of six, later eight, men known as the... who were chosen from the most powerful guilds

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signoria

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because despots could not count on the loyalty of the divided populace, the operated through mercenary armies obtained through military brokers known as:

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condottieri

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.... was the scholarly study of the study of lain and greek classics and of the ancient church fathers, both for its own sake and int eh hope of reviving respected ancient norms and values

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humanism

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the goal of humanist studies was..., eloquently spoken, both knowledge of the good and the ability to move others to desire it

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wisdom

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the appeal of... lay in its flattering view of human nature, which distinguished between an internal sphere of being and perishable world in which humans actually lived

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platonism

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a reaction to the simplicity of high renaissance art and made room for the strange and abnormal, giving freer reign to the individual perceptions and feelings of the artist who felt free to paint, compose, or write in an affected way

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mannerism

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after the black death reduced the supply of laborers everywhere in western europe, the demand for... soared

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slaves

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the treaty of lodi did NOT:

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include venice, despite the papal states' anger

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Ludovico of milan's fatal mistake was the he:

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appealed to the french for help and invited them to re-enter Italy and revive there dynastic claim to Naples

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Hapsburg-valois wars were wars fought between france and:

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Spain. Spain won all 4 major battles

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Which is NOT true of Machiavelli?

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he did not believe that the Italian political unity and independence were ends that justified any means

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New alliance between monarchs and this group helped break bonds of feudal society

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business-wise townspeople

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With the growing cost of warfare in the 15th and 16th centuries, monarch s needed new national sources of income and created them by taxing all of the following EXCEPT:

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the nobility

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King Louis XI did all of the following EXCEPT:

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fail to harness the nobility

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Who protested the marriage of isabelle oaf castille and ferdinand of aargon?

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France and Portugal

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Ferdinand and Isabella were able to do all of the following EXCEPT:

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conquer southern france

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In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, the old problem of the one and the many was now progressively decided in favor of....

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national monarchs

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Between the newly acquired Burgundian lands and his own inheritance, King Louis XI, was able to end his reign with kingdom almost... the sizes of that he had inherited

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twice

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Reached in 1356 by the emperor charles vi and the major german territorial rulers, the... established a seven member electoral college consisting of the archbishops of maniz, trier, and cologne

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Golden bull

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All of the following characterized northern humanists EXCEPT:

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hostile to classical culture

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Erasmus had a profound effect and influence upon this individual:

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martin luther

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humanism prepared the way for protestant reforms in which of the following countries?

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sweden, france, germany

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over the second half of the 15th century, this nation delivered 150,000 slaves to europe

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portugal

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columbus thought his first landfall was:

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Japan

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by the time of the Spanish conquest, the aztecs ruled almost all of:

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central mexico

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By fat the most effective and outspoken critic of the spanish conquerers

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bartolome de las casas

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three major components of the colonial economy of latin america

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shipping, agriculture, mining

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formal grant of the right to the labor of a specific number of indians, usually a few hundred but sometimes thousands, for a particular period of time known as the...

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encomienda

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Device, often harsh, that required adult male Indians to devote a certain number of days of labor annually to spanish economic enterprises

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repartimiento

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