Question 1

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 moveable type

Accepted Answer

Moveable type is a printing technology t

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 oligarchies

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Oligarchies

Who?
An oligarchy is a form

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 constitution

Accepted Answer

The term "constitution" refers to a set

Question 4

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Define the term humanism and explain its impact on a Renaissance educational ideal.

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Humanism is a philosophical and intellec

Question 5

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 nouveaux riches

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The term "nouveaux riches" refers to ind

Question 6

Despotic rule replaced republican governments in the Italian city-state for which of the following reasons?

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A) Class warfare between rich merchants and aristocrats led each side to seek one-man rule. 
B) Republican governments were short-term and unable to handle famines, plagues, and economic disasters. 
C) City-states came to rely on mercenary armies in their wars with fellow city-states. 
D) Mercenary leaders were willing to seize power. 
E) all of the above ​ 
A) Class warfare between rich merchants and aristocrats led each side to seek one-man rule. 
B) Republican governments were short-term and unable to handle famines, plagues, and economic disasters. 
C) City-states came to rely on mercenary armies in their wars with fellow city-states. 
D) Mercenary leaders were willing to seize power. 
E) all of the above ​

Question 7

Leonardo da Vinci believed that the basis for a true understanding in every field lay in

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A) faith in God. 
B) the works of the Greeks and the Romans. 
C) divine reason, Logos . 
D) mathematics. 
E) hard persistent work. 
A) faith in God. 
B) the works of the Greeks and the Romans. 
C) divine reason, Logos . 
D) mathematics. 
E) hard persistent work.

Question 8

Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant a/an

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A) denial of the validity of religion. 
B) preoccupation with the pleasures and challenges of the life in this world. 
C) willingness to accept different forms of Christianity. 
D) active campaign against established religion. 
E) return to Epicureanism. 
A) denial of the validity of religion. 
B) preoccupation with the pleasures and challenges of the life in this world. 
C) willingness to accept different forms of Christianity. 
D) active campaign against established religion. 
E) return to Epicureanism.

Question 9

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with Erasmus?

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A) biting wit, criticism of scholasticism, and clerical corruption 
B) education by the Brethren of the Common Life 
C) a simpler Christianity based on the Bible 
D) the belief that religion is not opposed to nature 
E) full support for the Reformation 
A) biting wit, criticism of scholasticism, and clerical corruption 
B) education by the Brethren of the Common Life 
C) a simpler Christianity based on the Bible 
D) the belief that religion is not opposed to nature 
E) full support for the Reformation

Question 10

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Complutensian Polyglot Bible

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The Complutensian Polyglot Bible was a m

Question 11

Which of the following does the text identify as having a profound effect on family structures, marriage patterns, and relations between the sexes in the Italian city-states?

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A) city life 
B) canon law 
C) Roman law 
D) a surplus of men 
E) all of the above 
A) city life 
B) canon law 
C) Roman law 
D) a surplus of men 
E) all of the above

Question 12

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 heterodox

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Heterodox:

Who?
The term "heterodox" ca

Question 13

The city-state whose republicanism gave way in the fifteenth century to the power of the Medicis was

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A) Florence. 
B) Bologna. 
C) Milan. 
D) Pisa. 
E) Venice. 
A) Florence. 
B) Bologna. 
C) Milan. 
D) Pisa. 
E) Venice.

Question 14

At the core of François Rabelais's  humanism was

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A) a faith in the fundamental goodness of people and the need to let them be free to arrange their lives as they please. 
B) a faith in the fundamental goodness of institutions and their ability to mold better individuals. 
C) the need to convert spontaneous creativity to logical, precisely formulated doctrine. 
D) a disillusionment with human nature and human institutions. 
E) a fear of a vengeful God. 
A) a faith in the fundamental goodness of people and the need to let them be free to arrange their lives as they please. 
B) a faith in the fundamental goodness of institutions and their ability to mold better individuals. 
C) the need to convert spontaneous creativity to logical, precisely formulated doctrine. 
D) a disillusionment with human nature and human institutions. 
E) a fear of a vengeful God.

Question 15

The Renaissance originated in

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A) the papal territory of Rome. 
B) the city-states of northern Italy. 
C) commercial and trading centers of southern Germany. 
D) Paris. 
E) the kingdoms of southern Italy. 
A) the papal territory of Rome. 
B) the city-states of northern Italy. 
C) commercial and trading centers of southern Germany. 
D) Paris. 
E) the kingdoms of southern Italy.

Question 16

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 pluralistic

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Pluralistic refers to a society or group

Question 17

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How was the Italian city-state of the Late Middle Ages fundamentally different from other European states?

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The Italian city-state of the Late Middl

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 republicanism

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Republicanism is a political ideology ce

Question 19

Renaissance humanists' rejection of the Augustinian worldview usually involved a/an

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A) rejection of the notion of Christ as the savior-god in favor of the view that Jesus was a great man, nothing more. 
B) adoption of Tacitus' interpretation of the Pax Romana. 
C) revival of the ancient Greek ideal of arête, human excellence. 
D) denial of the compatibility of Greek philosophy and Christianity. 
E) rejection of all the Church Fathers. 
A) rejection of the notion of Christ as the savior-god in favor of the view that Jesus was a great man, nothing more. 
B) adoption of Tacitus' interpretation of the Pax Romana. 
C) revival of the ancient Greek ideal of arête, human excellence. 
D) denial of the compatibility of Greek philosophy and Christianity. 
E) rejection of all the Church Fathers.

Question 20

Michel de Montaigne changed the character of humanism by

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A) adding the principle, "the ends justify the means" in the real world. 
B) inventing Christian humanism. 
C) replacing optimism and civic virtue with skepticism and introspection. 
D) tying it more closely to empirical research and the new science. 
E) reintroducing the traditional Christian view of man as fundamentally evil. 
A) adding the principle, "the ends justify the means" in the real world. 
B) inventing Christian humanism. 
C) replacing optimism and civic virtue with skepticism and introspection. 
D) tying it more closely to empirical research and the new science. 
E) reintroducing the traditional Christian view of man as fundamentally evil.

Exam 13: The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? moveable type

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? oligarchies

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? constitution

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Define the term humanism and explain its impact on a Renaissance educational ideal.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? nouveaux riches

Despotic rule replaced republican governments in the Italian city-state for which of the following reasons?

Leonardo da Vinci believed that the basis for a true understanding in every field lay in

Secularism in the Italian Renaissance meant a/an

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with Erasmus?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Complutensian Polyglot Bible

Which of the following does the text identify as having a profound effect on family structures, marriage patterns, and relations between the sexes in the Italian city-states?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? heterodox

The city-state whose republicanism gave way in the fifteenth century to the power of the Medicis was

At the core of François Rabelais's humanism was

The Renaissance originated in

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? pluralistic

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How was the Italian city-state of the Late Middle Ages fundamentally different from other European states?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? republicanism

Renaissance humanists' rejection of the Augustinian worldview usually involved a/an

Michel de Montaigne changed the character of humanism by

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State Democratic Politics

Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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