Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Republicanism is a political ideology ce

Question 2

The text argues that elite women in the Italian city-states may have gained more freedom because

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A) marriage to older men and subsequent widowhood made them economically self-sufficient. 
B) so many of them made independent livings as artists. 
C) women played a prominent role in the banking business. 
D) their husbands were more enlightened. 
E) of their lower class origins and the greater secularism of their society. 
A) marriage to older men and subsequent widowhood made them economically self-sufficient. 
B) so many of them made independent livings as artists. 
C) women played a prominent role in the banking business. 
D) their husbands were more enlightened. 
E) of their lower class origins and the greater secularism of their society.

Question 3

Both medieval scholars and Renaissance humanists valued classical writings. However

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A) medieval scholars had access to far fewer sources than did Renaissance humanists. 
B) medieval knowledge of Greek was rare, thus, few Greek texts were examined. 
C) Renaissance humanists sought to understand classical source for their own sake and not in order to harmonize them with Christianity. 
D) Renaissance humanists sought to use classical sources as a guide to an active life and not a life of contemplation. 
E) all of the above ​ 
A) medieval scholars had access to far fewer sources than did Renaissance humanists. 
B) medieval knowledge of Greek was rare, thus, few Greek texts were examined. 
C) Renaissance humanists sought to understand classical source for their own sake and not in order to harmonize them with Christianity. 
D) Renaissance humanists sought to use classical sources as a guide to an active life and not a life of contemplation. 
E) all of the above ​

Question 4

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 5

The new and powerful Renaissance image of man as the  magus refers to

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A) man as a magician who can control nature. 
B) man as magnificent and capable of political achievement. 
C) man as blessed and capable of achieving salvation. 
D) man as mystical and able to understand divine revelation. 
E) man as a master of his own fate and legacy. 
A) man as a magician who can control nature. 
B) man as magnificent and capable of political achievement. 
C) man as blessed and capable of achieving salvation. 
D) man as mystical and able to understand divine revelation. 
E) man as a master of his own fate and legacy.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Heterodox refers to beliefs or opinions

Question 7

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 8

The tale of Don Quixote may be considered

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A) ​ a satire on the values of knighthood. 
B) ​ a story of an enduring romance. 
C) ​ an account of the valor of knights expelling Muslims from Spain. 
D) ​ the journal of a wandering monk. 
E) ​ a comedy on the follies of simple people. 
A) ​ a satire on the values of knighthood. 
B) ​ a story of an enduring romance. 
C) ​ an account of the valor of knights expelling Muslims from Spain. 
D) ​ the journal of a wandering monk. 
E) ​ a comedy on the follies of simple people.

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

The text argues that elite women in the Italian city-states may have gained more freedom because

Both medieval scholars and Renaissance humanists valued classical writings. However

At the core of François Rabelais's humanism was

The new and powerful Renaissance image of man as the magus refers to

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

The Renaissance originated in

The tale of Don Quixote may be considered

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 Renewal

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

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Exam 13: The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

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

The text argues that elite women in the Italian city-states may have gained more freedom because

Both medieval scholars and Renaissance humanists valued classical writings. However

At the core of François Rabelais's humanism was

The new and powerful Renaissance image of man as the magus refers to

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

The Renaissance originated in

The tale of Don Quixote may be considered

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 Renewal

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

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