706 Q1

Question 1

How long did the renaissance last in Europe?

Answer 1

About two hundred years

Question 2

Who contributed tot he Age of Discovery by funding the development of a new kind of ship?

Answer 2

Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 3

the Dutch Golden Age painters showed what in their paintings?

Answer 3

The God still loved sinful man

Question 4

Who was the greatest Dutch painter?

Answer 4

Rembrandt

Question 5

During the Columbian Exchange, 90% of Native American’s died because of what?

Answer 5

disease

Question 6

Who was the spanish explorer who discovered the New World?

Answer 6

Christopher Columbus

Question 7

What philosophy emphasizes mankind improving society and his condition on earth?

Answer 7

Humanism

Question 8

The architecture of the Renaissance used what two things?

Answer 8

Balance and Symmetry

Question 9

What types of art formed the Three Perfections of Chinese art?

Answer 9

1) Poetry 2) Painting 3) calligraphy

Question 10

Who was the Italian explorer who proved a new land had been found; America was named after him.

Answer 10

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 11

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were both Renaissance artists from what country?

Answer 11

Italy

Question 12

An era from the mid 1400s to the 1700s when Europeans rethought their beliefs and medieval thinking ended was known as what?

Answer 12

The Age of Discovery

Question 13

Who reported news of China’s wealth?

Answer 13

Marco Polo

Question 14

Some Renaissance authors wrote in what style?

Answer 14

The Vernacular (common language)

Question 15

Some Renaissance authors imitated what language of classical Rome?

Answer 15

Latin

Question 16

New discoveries in math, medicine, and science lead to what?

Answer 16

Secular Humanism

Question 17

What three factors motivated European exploration?

Answer 17

1) curiosity 2) growth in population 3) religious persecution

Question 18

Who sculpted Moses and David (statues)

Answer 18

Michelangelo

Question 19

A wealthy class of people who supported artists were called what?

Answer 19

Patrons

Question 20

Stock companies improved what?

Answer 20

European Industry

Question 21

The global movement of people and goods between the Old and New worlds is known as what?

Answer 21

The Columbian Exchange

Question 22

Who wrote a book about European vices as a reform effort?

Answer 22

Erasmus

Question 23

Who was the English explorer who claimed North America for England?

Answer 23

John Cabot

Question 24

Who was the spanish explorer whose crew traveled around the world?

Answer 24

Ferdinand Magellon

Question 25

Prince Henry the Navigator paid for what to be drawn

Answer 25

Accurate maps

Question 26

Who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?

Answer 26

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 27

What factors helped start the Renaissance?

Answer 27

1) Italians attempted to bring back the “spirit of ancient Rome” 2) Family-based traders helped develop new methods of painting and sculpting 3) more books were made available because of the movable type printing press

Question 28

The Dutch East India Company was the first what?

Answer 28

Stock Company

Question 29

A rebirth in culture in Europe that last about 200 years (1350 to 1550) is known as the what?

Answer 29

The Renaissance