Question 1

Which of these was not a dominant Renaissance value?

Accepted Answer

A)  individualism 
B)  secularism 
C)  democracy 
D)  classicism 
E)  humanism 
A)  individualism 
B)  secularism 
C)  democracy 
D)  classicism 
E)  humanism

Question 2

The Italian city-states of the Renaissance were

Accepted Answer

A)  workers' democracies with much freedom. 
B)  princely oligarchies run despotically. 
C)  constitutional monarchies led by a king. 
D)  theocracies led by the church. 
E)  parliamentary republics with little true representation. 
A)  workers' democracies with much freedom. 
B)  princely oligarchies run despotically. 
C)  constitutional monarchies led by a king. 
D)  theocracies led by the church. 
E)  parliamentary republics with little true representation.

Question 3

In 1480,Russia regained its freedom from the rule of the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1480,Russia regained its freedom from the...

Question 4

The unifying design of the Habsburgs in Germany was ultimately frustrated by

Accepted Answer

A)  economic depression. 
B)  Catholic-Protestant divisions. 
C)  Papal opposition. 
D)  Russian attacks. 
E)  military occupation by Prussia. 
A)  economic depression. 
B)  Catholic-Protestant divisions. 
C)  Papal opposition. 
D)  Russian attacks. 
E)  military occupation by Prussia.

Question 5

Thomas Moore's Utopia was somewhat controversial because it

Accepted Answer

A)  proposed a society based on communal living. 
B)  advocated the overthrow of the prevailing political system. 
C)  stressed the responsibility of individuals to improve the societies in which they lived; the problem was with society, not the individual sinner. 
D)  flew in the face of what humanists believed, since he laid the source of sin squarely at Adam's feet. 
E)  radically altered the thinking of many "commoners" toward their government, encouraging them to question authority 
A)  proposed a society based on communal living. 
B)  advocated the overthrow of the prevailing political system. 
C)  stressed the responsibility of individuals to improve the societies in which they lived; the problem was with society, not the individual sinner. 
D)  flew in the face of what humanists believed, since he laid the source of sin squarely at Adam's feet. 
E)  radically altered the thinking of many "commoners" toward their government, encouraging them to question authority

Question 6

The Italian Renaissance is best known for

Accepted Answer

A)  the translation of the classics into Italian. 
B)  its emphasis on self-realization for individuals. 
C)  the religious changes that resulted from the work of religious scholars. 
D)  the rejection of Christianity. 
E)  its contribution to the thinking of Desiderius Erasmus. 
A)  the translation of the classics into Italian. 
B)  its emphasis on self-realization for individuals. 
C)  the religious changes that resulted from the work of religious scholars. 
D)  the rejection of Christianity. 
E)  its contribution to the thinking of Desiderius Erasmus.

Exam 21: The Late European Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Which of these was not a dominant Renaissance value?

The Italian city-states of the Renaissance were

In 1480,Russia regained its freedom from the rule of the ____________________.

The unifying design of the Habsburgs in Germany was ultimately frustrated by

Thomas Moore's Utopia was somewhat controversial because it

The Italian Renaissance is best known for

The Earliest Human Societies

Mesopotamia

Early Africa and Egypt

India's Beginnings

Warriors and Deities in the Near East

Ancient China to 221 BCE

The Agrarian Revolution in the Americas

The Greek Adventure

Greek Humanism, 800-100 BCE

Rome from City-State to Empire

The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity in the West, 31 BCE-600 CE

Classical India

Imperial China in Its Golden Age

The Americas to the Fifteenth Century

Islam

Mature Islamic Society and the First Global Civilization

Africa from Axum, to 1400

The Mongols Unify Eurasia

Japan and Southeast Asia

The European Middle Ages

A Larger World Opens

Religious Division and Political Consolidation in Europe

Asia in the Era of the Gunpowder Empires

Africa in the Era of Expansion

China from the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan in the Era of European Expansion

From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath

Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The French Revolution and the Empire of Napoleon

The Early Industrial Revolution

Advanced Industrial Society

Europe: New Ideas and New Nations

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

China in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America from Independence to Dependent States

Modern Science and its Implications

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties

The Soviet Experiment to World War II

Totalitarianism Refined: The Nazi State

East Asia in a Century of Change

World War II

The Cold World War

Decolonization of the Non-Western World

The New Asia

Africa's Decolonization and Independence

Latin America in the Twentieth Century

The Reemergence of the Muslim World

Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

A New Millennium

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