Renaissance
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  • Question 1
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    Q. What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
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    Renewed
    Rebuilt
    Remade
    Rebirth
  • Question 2
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    Q. On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?
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    Spain
    England
    Italy
    Germany
  • Question 3
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    Q. Humanism...
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    emphasized the Bible
    leads to happier lives
    encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
    focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 
  • Question 4
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    Q. Which of the following is associated with Humanism?
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    the ideas of the middle ages
    the ideas of Greece & Rome
    the ideas of ancient China
    the ideas of ancient India
  • Question 5
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    Q. Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:
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    Cheaper book prices
    Increase in education/literacy
    Increase in church power
    Rapid spread of ideas
  • Question 6
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    Q. Which of the following cities was an important center during the early Renaissance?
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    Florence
    London
    Ghent
    Paris
  • Question 7
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    Q. The first moveable type of printing press that allowed mass production of materials was invented by
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    Leonardo da Vinci.
    Johann Gutenberg.
    William Shakespeare.
    Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni.
  • Question 8
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    Q. Reopening of the "Silk Road" primarily allowed which of the following events to occur?
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    the immigration of Chinese throughout Asia
    the increase of trade and spread of new ideas
    the spread of diseases to Europe
    allowed for quicker travel from China to Europe
  • Question 9
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    Q. What types of works of literature and philosophy were rediscovered and used during the Renaissance?
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    Religious texts
    Writings from Greek and Latin (Roman) authors
    Christian learning
    Chinese philosophers
  • Question 10
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    Q. The traders in the city-state of Venice, Itlay were in contact with which culture?
    answer choices
    Muslims
    Spanish
    French
    Native Americans
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