Unit II- A Renaissance

Question 1

Renaissance Florence derived most of its wealth from what?

Answer 1

Banking

Question 2

Is theology included in Humanist schools?

Answer 2

Notta

Question 3

Women during the Renaissance generally were

Answer 3

excluded from artistic and literary circles

Question 4

Lorenzo Valla gained fame for

Answer 4

proving the donation of Constantine a fraud

Question 5

Who wrote this: “We Italians then owe to the church of rome and to her priests for having become irreligious and bad; but we owe her still a greater debt..that the church has kept and still keeps our country divided.”

Answer 5

Machiavelli

Question 6

Why did the Northern Renaissance differ from the Italian Renaissance?

Answer 6

It placed a greater emphasis on religious piety.

Question 7

What is an oligarchy?

Answer 7

A small group of people having control of a country

Question 8

Who wrote the Divine Comedy and what is it about?

Answer 8

Dante and his journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven

Question 9

Who wrote the Decameron and what does it include?

Answer 9

Baccaccio with a collection of witty tales

Question 10

What did Machiavelli write?

Answer 10

the prince

Question 11

Who wrote The Book of the Courtier and what was it about?

Answer 11

Castiglione about the rules of a gentelman

Question 12

Who painted the Sistine Chapel

Answer 12

Michelangelo

Question 13

What are new monarchs?

Answer 13

monarchs who have professional armies and centralized bureaucracy

Question 14

What is the Taile

Answer 14

a tax of French peasants

Question 15

What is the reconquista

Answer 15

reconquest of Spain from Muslims

Question 16

Who wrote the “Praise of Folly” and what was it?

Answer 16

Erasmus that was a satire against merchants, priests, and scholars.

Question 17

Who wrote the Utopia

Answer 17

Thomas More

Question 18

Reasons for Italy..

Answer 18

classic heritage, great geography, thriving city states, merchant class

Question 19

What are the humanities?

Answer 19

Literature, philosophy, politics, liberal arts

Question 20

Who was Lorenzo Medici?

Answer 20

ruler of Florence and ruled in a cautious, determined, and totalitarian fashions.

Question 21

What was the Conciliatory movement?

Answer 21

the church had the authority not the pope

Question 22

Who was Cosimo de Medici?

Answer 22

the wealthiest Florentine who operated behind the scenes.

Question 23

Who was Maximilian I

Answer 23

the first Holy Roman Empires

Question 24

What is a despot?

Answer 24

unlimited ruler

Question 25

Who was Machiavelli the illegitimate son of?

Answer 25

Lorenzo the Magnificent

Question 26

Did Lorenzo the Magnificent purchased many Greek manuscripts from the papal libraries and brought them to Florence

Answer 26

No

Question 27

During the Renaissance who were enslaved?

Answer 27

Africans, Asians, and Russians

Question 28

Did the Prince contradict other writings?

Answer 28

no

Question 29

What was the biggest problem monarchs faced as they tried to raise revenue?

Answer 29

Members of the highest social classes believed they were immune from taxation

Question 30

What is chiaroscuro?

Answer 30

A painting technique that uses naturalistic shading to enhance realism

Question 31

What did the Treaty of Lodi achieve in the second half of the 15th century?

Answer 31

An alliance between Milan, Naples, and Florence

Question 32

Which two events had the most impact on French nation-building in the fifteenth century?

Answer 32

The collapse of the English Empire in France, and the dissolution of Burgundy

Question 33

Did Christine de Pisan encouraged women from working.

Answer 33

yes

Question 34

In his book “Praise of Folly,” Erasmus:

Answer 34

used satire to attack the evils of society

Question 35

For ordinary women, the Renaissance..

Answer 35

had very little impact

Question 36

The favorite classical author of Renaissance scholars was?:

Answer 36

Cicero.

Question 37

The literary masterpiece that satirized the ideals of knighthood and chivalry was written by?:

Answer 37

Cervantes.