Question 1
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What do you call a system in which a king awards land to people, leaving them responsible for it?
Oligarchy
Feudalism
Mercantilism
City-States
Question 2
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Classical texts had many modern mathematical ideas, which originated from Indian and ______ regions.
Arab
Egyptian
Latin
Greek
Question 3
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What would you call a person from this time frame who excels in many different fields?
A Liberal Artist
A Humanist
A Renaissance Man (or Woman)
An Individualist
Question 4
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Who was the author of The Divine Comedy, a portrayal of the Christian afterlife with an important political and satirical twist?
Ludovico Ariosto
Dante Alighieri
Giovanni Boccaccio
Jacopo Sannazzaro
Question 5
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What main theme do these three books have in common?
- Machiavelli’s The Prince
- Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier
- Dante’s Divine Comedy
romance
politics
the afterlife
religion
Question 6
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What was the primary thing that the Medici family did to help promote the Renaissance as a European cultural movement?
They were very religious and worked to hold power by having family members become the Pope.
They were important bankers and used their money and influence to become political leaders.
They were important merchants and helped to further develop Florence’s trading industry.
They used their wealth to commission, patron, and promote works of art and literature.
Question 7
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Define Individualism.
A cultural movement that focuses on rationalism, emphasizing reason and deduction as the primary source of knowledge.
A tradition of focusing on the Holy Bible as the primary source of human knowledge.
A way of knowing the universe that is based around Latin and Greek works from the Classical Period.
The emphasizing of worth and contributions of a specific person rather than a community.
Question 8
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The Classical world of ______ and ______ have been the source of modern politics, literature, language, science, art, and architecture and were the fuel for the Renaissance.
Egypt; Persia
Italy; Egypt
Rome; Persia
Greece; Rome
Question 9
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Who stated that a strong leader should not be hated, but rather feared and loved?
Giovanni de’ Medici
Leonardo da Vinci
Niccolo Machiavelli
Cesare Borgia
Question 10
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Partially due to the geography of Italy, it developed into political entities known as city-states. Which of the following answers best defines a city-state?
An area of land or region that the king awards to a military leader or noble person for their service to the crown.
A territory where a single large urban center is the seat of power and controls much of the surrounding area.
An area that is important for trading due to its favorable geographical location.
A large territory that is controlled by several large urban centers.
Question 11
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The Roman Empire was split into two administrative halves, a ________ region and ________ region.
northern; southern
western; southern
western; eastern
northern; eastern
Question 12
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What term states that individuals should be held responsible for others’ actions, even if they aren’t actively involved in the action?
Humanism
Individualism
Classical Liability
Collective Responsibility
Question 13
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The Italian Renaissance was a period of rebirth based on _______ sources, writings, and texts.
Medici
Byzantine
Dark Age
Classical
Question 14
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Choose the option that is not part of the focus of a humanist academic discipline (otherwise known as humanities or liberal arts).
History
Music
Poetry
Science
Question 15
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Linear perspective portrays and object using _________________________ to create imagery that appears three-dimensional on a two-dimensional, flat plane.
nature, art, and culture
experimentation, light, and shadow.
light, shadow, and technique
technique, culture, and science
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