Question 1

What was the basis for the de' Medici family's source of power in Florence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Operating the first printing press in the city 
B)  Lorenzo was a powerful lawyer who wrote city charters 
C)  Cosimo was banker to the Pope 
D)  Investing in overseas trade 
E)  Patronizing the arts 
A)  Operating the first printing press in the city 
B)  Lorenzo was a powerful lawyer who wrote city charters 
C)  Cosimo was banker to the Pope 
D)  Investing in overseas trade 
E)  Patronizing the arts C

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Leonardo Da Vinci

Accepted Answer

One of the world's greatest artists and engineers, most famous for his painting, the Mona Lisa

Question 3

The Golden Bull, issued by Holy Roman emperor Charles IV, declared that ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  future Holy Roman emperors must be chosen by seven permanent electors between church and state 
B)  the emperor could only come from the principality of Bohemia 
C)  the principalities of the Holy Roman Empire must unite and declare war against the Ottoman Empire 
D)  the Hanseatic League would function as municipal governments in the eastern territories 
E)  the emperor could issue decrees in the name of the pope 
A)  future Holy Roman emperors must be chosen by seven permanent electors between church and state 
B)  the emperor could only come from the principality of Bohemia 
C)  the principalities of the Holy Roman Empire must unite and declare war against the Ottoman Empire 
D)  the Hanseatic League would function as municipal governments in the eastern territories 
E)  the emperor could issue decrees in the name of the pope A

Question 4

The late fourteenth-century marriage of Jagiello and Jadwiga connected their kingdom to the Holy Roman Empire because they ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  were Catholic rather than Eastern Orthodox 
B)  waged war against Russia 
C)  joined the Teutonic Knights to fight the Mongols 
D)  embraced the economic opportunities brought by the Hanseatic League 
E)  married their children into the Habsburg family 
A)  were Catholic rather than Eastern Orthodox 
B)  waged war against Russia 
C)  joined the Teutonic Knights to fight the Mongols 
D)  embraced the economic opportunities brought by the Hanseatic League 
E)  married their children into the Habsburg family

Question 5

Petrarch was one of the first humanist scholars.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What were the events that led to the rise of Moscow as the political center of Russia?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Taken by the Mongols

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-doge

Accepted Answer

Head of st

Question 8

The power of combining Poland and Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Baldassare Castiglione

Accepted Answer

Diplomat and humanis

Question 10

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-linear perspective

Accepted Answer

Illusion of depth and three-di

Question 11

In his travels as an ambassador for the Pope in Avignon, where did Petrarch rediscover many forgotten texts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Libraries 
B)  Private collections 
C)  Archives 
D)  Museums 
E)  Monasteries 
A)  Libraries 
B)  Private collections 
C)  Archives 
D)  Museums 
E)  Monasteries

Question 12

Desiderius Erasmus was known for ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  inventing the printing press 
B)  his bible translation 
C)  his sculpture and painting 
D)  his engineering skill 
E)  his studies of the kabbalah 
A)  inventing the printing press 
B)  his bible translation 
C)  his sculpture and painting 
D)  his engineering skill 
E)  his studies of the kabbalah

Question 13

Why was the image of chivalric tradition encouraged in the fifteenth century? How was it spread?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The image of chivalry

Question 14

The duties of the condotierri in northern Italian cities included ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  overseeing and regulating fairness in trade 
B)  acting as patrician council members 
C)  serving as peacekeepers and professional soldiers 
D)  working as conductors of gondolas in Venice 
E)  negotiating between rival families to settle vendettas 
A)  overseeing and regulating fairness in trade 
B)  acting as patrician council members 
C)  serving as peacekeepers and professional soldiers 
D)  working as conductors of gondolas in Venice 
E)  negotiating between rival families to settle vendettas

Question 15

A lover and collector of books is called a bibliophile.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Oil paintings in the Flemish style were characterized by the sparse use of objects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Petrarch's sonnets were written in the vernacular, in his case, ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  German 
B)  Greek 
C)  Italian 
D)  French 
E)  English 
A)  German 
B)  Greek 
C)  Italian 
D)  French 
E)  English

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-sumptuary laws

Accepted Answer

Municipal legislation restrict

Question 19

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Niccolò Machiavelli

Accepted Answer

Diplomat and political writer

Question 20

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

A)  Michelangelo 
B)  Da Vinci 
C)  Raphael 
D)  Brunelleschi 
E)  van Eyck 
A)  Michelangelo 
B)  Da Vinci 
C)  Raphael 
D)  Brunelleschi 
E)  van Eyck

Exam 12: The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

What was the basis for the de' Medici family's source of power in Florence?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Leonardo Da Vinci

The Golden Bull, issued by Holy Roman emperor Charles IV, declared that ______________.

The late fourteenth-century marriage of Jagiello and Jadwiga connected their kingdom to the Holy Roman Empire because they ______________.

Petrarch was one of the first humanist scholars.

What were the events that led to the rise of Moscow as the political center of Russia?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -doge

The power of combining Poland and Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Baldassare Castiglione

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -linear perspective

In his travels as an ambassador for the Pope in Avignon, where did Petrarch rediscover many forgotten texts?

Desiderius Erasmus was known for ______________.

Why was the image of chivalric tradition encouraged in the fifteenth century? How was it spread?

The duties of the condotierri in northern Italian cities included ______________.

A lover and collector of books is called a bibliophile.

Oil paintings in the Flemish style were characterized by the sparse use of objects.

Petrarch's sonnets were written in the vernacular, in his case, ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -sumptuary laws

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Niccolò Machiavelli

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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