Question 1

Which country was responsible for instituting slave-based sugar plantations in the Cape Verde islands?

Accepted Answer

A) Spain 
B) Portugal 
C) England 
D) Italy 
E) France

Question 2

The advent of printing was aided by:

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A) the use of paper rather than parchment. 
B) the growth of numerous large publishing houses. 
C) the spread of literacy among the peasantry. 
D) the increasing number of female writers. 
E) the decline of urban populations.

Question 3

Renaissance architecture emphasized the importance of:

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A) rotundas. 
B) geometrical proportions. 
C) vaulted arches. 
D) large,impressive buildings. 
E) buildings with large windows.

Question 4

The discovery of the New World was initially shocking to Europeans because:

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A) it was a land of incredible wealth. 
B) it appeared to completely uninhabited. 
C) its existence was not foretold by Christianity or ancient texts. 
D) its inhabitants refused to adopt Christianity. 
E) it was much smaller than they had previously believed.

Question 5

Marsilio Ficino taught that human beings are capable of attaining their own salvation:

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A) by understanding the separation of their souls from their bodies. 
B) through a complete rejection of this world and constant prayer and solitude. 
C) by engaging fully in ethical civic action. 
D) through participating in all the sacraments. 
E) by exercising their own talents to the fullest degree possible.

Question 6

The printing press was a tool of European monarchs because:

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A) it enabled the establishment of printed money. 
B) it enabled the widespread circulation of propaganda. 
C) a king's license was necessary to own a printing press. 
D) books were heavily taxed. 
E) kings were able to choose which books would be printed and which would not.

Question 7

The last Muslim territory to fall in Spain was:

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A) Toledo in 1085. 
B) Murica in 1243. 
C) Seville in 1248. 
D) Faro in 1249. 
E) Granada in 1492.

Question 8

Why were the values of the Renaissance later in reaching northern Europe?

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Question 9

Castiglione's description of the "Renaissance man" as accomplished,witty,cultured,and stylish was:

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A) a rejection of the older Renaissance ideal of education in the classics for the purpose of creating virtuous citizens. 
B) an acceptance of the older Renaissance ideal of education in the classics for the purpose of creating virtuous citizens. 
C) impossible to achieve. 
D) believed to apply to all individuals regardless of class. 
E) made the basis for curriculum reforms in Italian lay schools.

Question 10

What were the long-term consequences of the conquest of the New World?

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Question 11

After the Council of Constance,the papacy entered into a series of agreements with national monarchies called concordats.The result of these concordats was:

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A) a centralization of religious authority in the papacy. 
B) the increasing wealth of the papacy. 
C) the monarchs' promise not to interfere with the election of bishops. 
D) the granting of extensive authority to monarchs over the churches in their domain. 
E) the promise that monarchs would have the right to tax church lands.

Question 12

In the rule of the Papal States the pope,as a churchman,was unable to lead armies or make alliances with other princes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How is it possible to reconcile the two different political positions presented in Niccolò Machiavelli's works,The Discourses on Livy and The Prince?

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Question 14

For Michelangelo,the central feature of Renaissance humanism was:

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A) classical learning. 
B) the ethics and virtues taught by Plato. 
C) the drive to understand the place of a disembodied soul. 
D) a practical,secular education. 
E) the drive to understand an embodied,masculine mind.

Question 15

The great painters of Florence improved upon techniques developed by:

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A) Albrecht Dürer. 
B) Hans Holbein the Younger. 
C) Masaccio. 
D) Bernardino Lanino. 
E) Lorenzo Sabatini.

Question 16

In the fifteenth century,the majority of the great painters were from:

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A) Venice. 
B) Rome. 
C) Pisa. 
D) Florence. 
E) Naples.

Question 17

The printing press was instrumental in the spread of humanist ideas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Machiavelli admired Cesare Borgia for his:

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A) civic-mindedness and sense of duty. 
B) military achievements and humility. 
C) Christian morality tempered with a willingness to avenge wrongs. 
D) levity and immorality. 
E) ruthlessness and shrewdness.

Question 19

In what ways did Erasmus embody the ideals of the Northern Renaissance?

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Question 20

The invention of the printing press in Europe increased the volume and rapidity of communication,thereby:

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A) increasing the cost of books. 
B) encouraging greater levels of censorship. 
C) making it more difficult to censor problematic or dissenting opinions. 
D) making books even more precious than they had been in the Middle Ages. 
E) creating the circumstances for the invention of broadsheets in the fifteenth century.

Exam 12: Innovation and Exploration,1453-1533

Which country was responsible for instituting slave-based sugar plantations in the Cape Verde islands?

The advent of printing was aided by:

Renaissance architecture emphasized the importance of:

The discovery of the New World was initially shocking to Europeans because:

Marsilio Ficino taught that human beings are capable of attaining their own salvation:

The printing press was a tool of European monarchs because:

The last Muslim territory to fall in Spain was:

Why were the values of the Renaissance later in reaching northern Europe?

Castiglione's description of the "Renaissance man" as accomplished,witty,cultured,and stylish was:

What were the long-term consequences of the conquest of the New World?

After the Council of Constance,the papacy entered into a series of agreements with national monarchies called concordats.The result of these concordats was:

In the rule of the Papal States the pope,as a churchman,was unable to lead armies or make alliances with other princes.

How is it possible to reconcile the two different political positions presented in Niccolò Machiavelli's works,The Discourses on Livy and The Prince?

For Michelangelo,the central feature of Renaissance humanism was:

The great painters of Florence improved upon techniques developed by:

In the fifteenth century,the majority of the great painters were from:

The printing press was instrumental in the spread of humanist ideas.

Machiavelli admired Cesare Borgia for his:

In what ways did Erasmus embody the ideals of the Northern Renaissance?

The invention of the printing press in Europe increased the volume and rapidity of communication,thereby: