Question 1

The reintroduction of slavery in the fourteenth century occurred largely as a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  continued warfare and the capture of foreign prisoners. 
B)  the shortage of workers created by the Black Death. 
C)  papal decrees encouraging a paternal relationship with pagans. 
D)  movements for Italian naval domination of the Mediterranean and the attendant need of manpower. 
E)  the importation of slaves from Africa.

Question 2

By the fifteenth century, Italy was

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A)  a centralized state. 
B)  dominated by the Papal States exclusively. 
C)  the foremost European power. 
D)  dominated by five major regional independent powers. 
E)  made up of hundreds of independent city-states.

Question 3

The Ottoman Turkish sultan who captured Constantinople in 1453 was

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A)  Ali. 
B)  Murad III. 
C)  Lazar I. 
D)  Mehmet II. 
E)  Ibrahim Pasha.

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Renaissance

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-Renaissance...

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Donatello's David

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The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Donatello's David...

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Petrarch

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-Petrarch...

Question 7

Masaccio's frescos in Florence's Brancacci Chapel, with their realistic relationship between the figures and the landscape and the visual use of the laws of perspective was the first great masterpiece of Early Renaissance art.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In what ways did the European world experience an economic recovery in the fifteenth century? Did the revived economy differ greatly from what it had been?

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Question 9

Compare warfare in the Middle Ages with that of the Renaissance. Consider the differences and the continuities, as regards to causes, aims, financing, technology, as well as who fought and for what motives.

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Question 10

During the Middle Ages, artists were viewed simply as artisans, bound to guild and patron, but by the sixteenth century, some artists were perceived as artistic geniuses and were accepted into the upper classes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Filippo Brunelleschi's statue of David was the first life-size freestanding bronze nude since ancient Greece and Rome.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The development of printing in the fifteenth century

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A)  pertained predominantly to secular works, as theological works were still done by hand. 
B)  saw the invention of movable type by Nicholas Fabian. 
C)  ensured that literacy and new knowledge would spread rapidly in European society. 
D)  made communication and collaborative work between scholars more difficult due to competition. 
E)  had little impact until the eighteenth century.

Question 13

What were the distinctive characteristics of the Renaissance artists? How does their art reflect the political and social events of the period?

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Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Louis XI the Spider and Henry VII

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-Louis XI the Spider and Henry VII...

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Masaccio

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The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Masaccio...

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Castiglione's Book of the Courtier

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-Castiglione's Book of the Courtier...

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Spanish Inquisition

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-Spanish Inquisition...

Question 18

The Renaissance popes did all of the following except

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A)  patronize Renaissance culture. 
B)  participate in temporal authority at the expense of their spiritual responsibilities. 
C)  attempt to return to the papacy to more humble times. 
D)  combat church councils. 
E)  involved themselves in politics and war.

Question 19

The "new monarchs" of the late fifteenth century in Europe

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A)  continued the trend toward decentralization. 
B)  were focused upon the acquisition and expansion of power. 
C)  attempted to build up the nobility for support. 
D)  accepted the domination of the church as a matter of course. 
E)  were generally illiterate.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Raphael

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-Raphael...

Exam 12: recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

The reintroduction of slavery in the fourteenth century occurred largely as a result of

By the fifteenth century, Italy was

The Ottoman Turkish sultan who captured Constantinople in 1453 was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Renaissance

IDENTIFICATIONS -Donatello's David

IDENTIFICATIONS -Petrarch

Masaccio's frescos in Florence's Brancacci Chapel, with their realistic relationship between the figures and the landscape and the visual use of the laws of perspective was the first great masterpiece of Early Renaissance art.

In what ways did the European world experience an economic recovery in the fifteenth century? Did the revived economy differ greatly from what it had been?

Compare warfare in the Middle Ages with that of the Renaissance. Consider the differences and the continuities, as regards to causes, aims, financing, technology, as well as who fought and for what motives.

During the Middle Ages, artists were viewed simply as artisans, bound to guild and patron, but by the sixteenth century, some artists were perceived as artistic geniuses and were accepted into the upper classes.

Filippo Brunelleschi's statue of David was the first life-size freestanding bronze nude since ancient Greece and Rome.

The development of printing in the fifteenth century

What were the distinctive characteristics of the Renaissance artists? How does their art reflect the political and social events of the period?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Louis XI the Spider and Henry VII

IDENTIFICATIONS -Masaccio

IDENTIFICATIONS -Castiglione's Book of the Courtier

IDENTIFICATIONS -Spanish Inquisition

The Renaissance popes did all of the following except

The "new monarchs" of the late fifteenth century in Europe

IDENTIFICATIONS -Raphael