The Renaissance Flashcards
“A Shift in Thinking” Discovery Education Techbook
Because of their access to waterways, many of the Italian city-states had become wealthy through trade. For example, Venice had established a trading empire that dominated the eastern Mediterranean. Luxury goods (Links to an external site.) from Asia, such as silk and spices, flooded into the city…While much of Europe was isolated from the rest of the world during the Middle Ages, Italian traders had extensive contact with the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim Empires of North Africa and Southwest Asia. Cultures mixed across these empires, and leaders and scholars in these empires often drew lessons from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome) as well as Jewish and Muslim traditions
Which of the following claims is best supported by the text?
Italian trade was motivated by the availability of luxury goods, such as spices, available in the Mediterranean.
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Protestant Reformation?
The abolishment (elimination) of the Catholic church and its hierarchy.
From Martin Luther’s 95 Theses:
“55. It must be the intention of the pope that if pardons, which are a very small thing, are celebrated with one bell, with single processions and ceremonies, then the Gospel (word of God), which is the very greatest thing, should be preached with a hundred bells, a hundred processions, a hundred ceremonies.”
The main idea of the above excerpt is: Theses 55
The church should focus on the teaching of the Bible rather than traditions.
From Martin Luther’s 95 Theses:
“28. It is mere human talk to preach that the soul flies out [of purgatory] immediately the money clinks in the collection-box. It is certain that when the penny jingles into the money-box, gain and avarice (greed) can be increased, but the result of the intercession (intervening) of the Church is in the power of God alone.”
The main idea of the above excerpt is: Theses 28
Church officials are immoral and their practices of indulgences and letters of pardon.
Which of the following most accurately describes the Protestant Reformation?
Religious movement that criticized abuses in the Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of new branches of Christianity.
Which of the following best describes the Scientific Revolution?
A period where Europeans looked for secular knowledge to explain the world around them.
“Oration on the Dignity of Man” by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
We [God] have given you, Adam, to the end that according to your longing and according to your judgment you may have and possess what abode (home), what form, and what functions you yourself desire. The nature of all other beings is limited and constrained within the bounds of laws prescribed by Us [God]. You, constrained by no limits, in accordance with your own free will, in whose hand We have placed you, shall ordain (make official) for yourself the limits of your nature. We have set you at the world’s center that you may from there more easily observe whatever is in the world. We
have made you neither of heaven nor of earth, neither mortal nor immortal, so that with freedom of choice and with honor, as though the maker and molder of yourself, you may fashion yourself in whatever shape you shall prefer…Beasts as soon as they are born bring with them from their mother’s womb all they will ever possess. Spiritual beings, either from the beginning or soon thereafter, become what they are to be forever and ever. On man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every way of life. Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant. If sensitive, he will become brutish. If rational, he will grow into a heavenly being. If intellectual, he will be an angel and the son of God.
What is the author’s central idea?
Humans should strive to cultivate intellect and rationale in order to be closer to God
Mirandola’s writing represents humanist thought. Which line of the text best demonstrates that humanism does NOT encourage a rejection of religion?
“On man when he came into life the Father conferred the seeds of all kinds and the germs of every way of life.”
Which line of the text draws the best connection between the rise of humanism and the Scientific Revolution?
Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit…If rational, be will grow into a heavenly being.”
Which of the following best describes the long-term significance of the invention of the printing press?
As books became more affordable and more widely produced, Europeans became more literate and closely connected through ideas
The Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation were similar in that both:
were inspired by a spirit of inquiry (questioning).
Heresy
Belief that contradicts the Church
Hierarchy
Set levels usually in reference to power
Diffusion
Spread
Papal
Relating to the Pope or his administration
Humanism
Christianity
Italy’s location in the Mediterranean Sea caused it to be a center for trade, and therefore wealth and cultural diffusion
