Matching Quiz

Question 1

Humanism

Answer 1

The main intellectual component of the Renaissance
Humanists believed that studying the classics should be the “new” intellectual model.
Classics = Roman orators, Greek philosophers, the Latin language, etc.
Goal was to understand human nature and thus change society for the better.
The search for the “perfect” in every aspect of life

Question 2

Christian Humanism

Answer 2

In Northern Europe, Humanist ideas were combined with more contemporary religious thought.
Classical ideals should be blended with Christian doctrine

Question 3

Petrarch

Answer 3

1350’s writer/poet from Florence
Will become known as the “Father of Humanism” and essential to the Renaissance
Ex: Letter to Cicero
Author and politician of Ancient Rome (104 BC-43 BC)

Question 4

Signori

Answer 4

City-states ruled by one man (merchant, noble, etc.) who passed down rule to his son.
Ex: Medici in Florence

Question 5

Niccolo Machiavelli

Answer 5

Political theorist who lived in Florence (late 15th - early 16th century)
Wrote many works, but his most famous was The Prince.
The Prince explained how a modern day ruler should function.

Question 6

Patronage

Answer 6

financed the works of and allowed writers, artists, and thinkers the ability to create a new culture based on the past.

Question 7

Humanist Education

Answer 7

Essential for the creation of skilled politicians, diplomats, lawyers, businessmen, etc.
Opened schools and became basis for most intermediate and advanced education

Question 8

Courtier

Answer 8

A person who attends Royal court (audience with kings, queens, signoris, etc.) and acts as advisors

Question 9

Thomas More

Answer 9

English lawyer who was a Christian Humanist
Served in the gov’t, but had a passion for writing
Utopia was his most famous work
Humanistic themes–revival of the Classics, importance on education, human fulfillment

Question 10

Marco Polo

Answer 10

Trader in the late 1200s (Traveled through Asia on the Silk Road), his encounter with the Great Khan fueled the western fantasies of the Khans court. Polo said the court and city of Hangzhou called it the finest and noblest in the world because of the number of wealth and goods passed through their hands that were so enormous that no one could estimate it. (China)

Question 11

Oligarchy

Answer 11

A small group that ruled the city and surrounding countryside

Question 12

The Columbian Exchange

Answer 12

Disease
Massive loss of life - “Black Plague” in the New World
Non-indigenous plants and animals—positive
Same in return to Europe

Question 13

Leonardo Da Vinci

Answer 13

Born in Anchiano, Italy Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. major patrons of the artist?
The Medici, Ludovico Sforza and Cesare Borgia

Question 14

The Medici family

Answer 14

The Medici, an art-loving family of wealthy bankers (and three popes), helped fund the Renaissance. They regularly hosted artists and commissioned art for their palace and their family tomb — the Medici Chapel — a masterpiece by Michelangelo. keywords. Art Renaissance Italy.

Question 15

Bartholomew Diaz

Answer 15

Portuguese mariner and explorer. In 1488, he became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa and to demonstrate that the most effective southward route for ships lay in the open ocean, well to the west of the African coast.

Question 16

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 16

He represented Spain and sailed from 1519 to 1521 (the voyage ended in 1522). He found a new route to the Moluccas, then sailed to Brazil over the Atlantic Ocean. He discovered the Pacific Ocean and named it after the Latin word for peaceful. The voyage itself was the first to circumnavigate the world.

Question 17

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 17

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term “America” is derived. Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery, first on behalf of Spain and then for Portugal.

Question 18

Filippo Brunelleschi

Answer 18

Filippo Brunelleschi, considered to be a founding father of Renaissance architecture, was an Italian architect, designer, and sculptor, and is now recognized to be the first modern engineer, planner, and sole construction supervisor.

Question 19

Isabella and Ferdinand

Answer 19

Isabella I unified Spain through her marriage to Ferdinand II of Aragon, and she financed the expedition of Christopher Columbus, leading to the discovery of the Americas. She also completed the Reconquista but infamously expelled Jews and Muslims and empowered the Spanish Inquisition.

Question 20

Hernán Cortés

Answer 20

Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés (c. 1485-1547) is best known for conquering the Aztecs and claiming Mexico on behalf of Spain

Question 21

Michel de Montaigne

Answer 21

He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. His work is noted for its merging of casual anecdotes and autobiography with intellectual insight. Montaigne had a direct influence on numerous Western writers; his massive volume Essais contains some of the most influential essays ever written.

Question 22

Circumnavigate

Answer 22

sail or travel all the way around (something, especially the world).

Question 23

conquistador

Answer 23

a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

Question 24

Indigenous

Answer 24

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

Question 25

Ptolemy’s Geography

Answer 25

a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography compiling the geographical knowledge of the 2nd-century Roman Empire.

Question 26

Viceroyalties

Answer 26

the title given to the principal governors of Spain’s American colonies, as well as to the governors of the “kingdoms” (reinos) of peninsular Spain proper (e.g., Aragon, Valencia).

Question 27

West India Company

Answer 27

Its purpose was to open trade in North and South America and to build forts, maintain troops, and challenge Spanish trade, especially in the West Indies.

Question 28

East India Company

Answer 28

The East India Company was initially created in 1600 to serve as a trading body for English merchants, specifically to participate in the East Indian spice trade.