Exam 12: Innovation and Exploration,1453-1533

In their voyages along the west coast of Africa,the Portuguese were initially in search of:

Few if any people believed the world was flat when Columbus began his voyage.

Albrecht Dürer was the first northern European artist to master:

Many Renaissance sculptors adopted their work from the writings of:

Desiderius Erasmus wrote a book that was also known as a "handbook for tyrants."

One important difference between the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance that followed was the northern:

Niccolò Machiavelli's work suggests that he was more of a political theorist than a political realist.

The conversos were:

Michelangelo's painting and sculpture both became_________ as the artist aged.

Under Ferdinand and Isabella,the conversos ( Jews who had converted to Christianity)had all the same privileges as those who had been born into Christian families.

Machiavelli became an official in the Florentine government following:

According to Machiavelli,the ideal form of government was a(n):

Sculpture during the Renaissance broke with the recent past in that statuary:

Erasmus was perhaps most skilled in his use of:

The massive influx of silver from New World Spanish colonies resulted in: