Question 1

Aldus Manutius invented the movable type font that promoted wide publication of texts in the fifteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

At the end of the fifteenth century, the strongest power in the East was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bohemia 
B)  Poland-Lithuania 
C)  Moscow 
D)  Hungary 
E)  the Ottoman Empire 
A)  Bohemia 
B)  Poland-Lithuania 
C)  Moscow 
D)  Hungary 
E)  the Ottoman Empire

Question 3

Emmanuel Chrysoloras founded the centers of renewed learning in Venice because of its maritime access.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Filippo Brunelleschi

Accepted Answer

Outstanding architect, painter

Question 5

Humanists criticized earlier Scholastic thinkers for what reason?

Accepted Answer

A)  For their emphasis only on Christian theology 
B)  For not taking Greek literature into consideration 
C)  For improper translations into Latin 
D)  For not paying attention to grammar and vocabulary 
E)  For trying to fuse logic and faith to explain religion 
A)  For their emphasis only on Christian theology 
B)  For not taking Greek literature into consideration 
C)  For improper translations into Latin 
D)  For not paying attention to grammar and vocabulary 
E)  For trying to fuse logic and faith to explain religion

Question 6

Basil II of Russia achieved political stability after ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  expelling the Mongols from Russia 
B)  expelling the Tatars (Golden Horde) 
C)  quelling attacks from the Hanseatic League 
D)  suppressing civil wars brought on by his family's challenge to his rule 
E)  accepting Roman Catholicism instead of Eastern Orthodoxy 
A)  expelling the Mongols from Russia 
B)  expelling the Tatars (Golden Horde) 
C)  quelling attacks from the Hanseatic League 
D)  suppressing civil wars brought on by his family's challenge to his rule 
E)  accepting Roman Catholicism instead of Eastern Orthodoxy

Question 7

What is meant by the "vanishing point" in painting?

Accepted Answer

A)  The spot at which perspective is lost. 
B)  The blending of colors into one another. 
C)  The convergence of lines to give the appearance of dimension. 
D)  The embedding or hiding an image in the background of a painting. 
E)  The extension a picture to the very edges of a canvas to convey its continuation. 
A)  The spot at which perspective is lost. 
B)  The blending of colors into one another. 
C)  The convergence of lines to give the appearance of dimension. 
D)  The embedding or hiding an image in the background of a painting. 
E)  The extension a picture to the very edges of a canvas to convey its continuation.

Aldus Manutius invented the movable type font that promoted wide publication of texts in the fifteenth century.

At the end of the fifteenth century, the strongest power in the East was ______________.

Emmanuel Chrysoloras founded the centers of renewed learning in Venice because of its maritime access.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Filippo Brunelleschi

Humanists criticized earlier Scholastic thinkers for what reason?

Basil II of Russia achieved political stability after ______________.

What is meant by the "vanishing point" in painting?

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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Exam 12: The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Aldus Manutius invented the movable type font that promoted wide publication of texts in the fifteenth century.

At the end of the fifteenth century, the strongest power in the East was ______________.

Emmanuel Chrysoloras founded the centers of renewed learning in Venice because of its maritime access.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Filippo Brunelleschi

Humanists criticized earlier Scholastic thinkers for what reason?

Basil II of Russia achieved political stability after ______________.

What is meant by the "vanishing point" in painting?

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

Filters