Renaissance And Reformation Unit Test Review

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Trade spread the Italian Renaissance across Europe by
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helping merchants become patrons.
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Which best explains how humanism affected the way Europeans thought about themselves?
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Humanism helped Europeans believe in their own potential.
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Which best explains why Hans Holbein the Younger was a Renaissance artist?
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He used humanistic techniques to create realistic portraits of Europeans.
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Which best explains how wealthy residents of Italian cities contributed to the Renaissance?
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Wealthy residents bought works of art, which supported artists.
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Jan van Eyck contributed to Renaissance art by
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developing new, realistic techniques.
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Which statement about women's power during the Renaissance is true?
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Women had little political or economic power.
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A Renaissance writer considered one of the greatest poets of all time is
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Dante Alighieri.
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Unlike during the Medieval period, church leaders commissioned works of art during the Renaissance to
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decorate religious spaces.
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A major Renaissance poem that included real people as its characters was
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The Divine Comedy.
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In The Prince, Machiavelli argues that leaders maintain power through
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fear and cruelty.
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Read the quotation from the Council of Trent in the 1500s. [W]ith God going before us . . . we may . . . deliberate and discuss . . . whatsoever is needful for repelling those assaults of barbarians and infidels, with which they seek the overthrow of all Christendom. What is the quotation most likely about?
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a refusal to accept the spread of Protestantism
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Which statement best compares Mary I to Elizabeth I?
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Mary I opposed the creation of the Church of England, while Elizabeth I fully supported it.
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In what country did the Renaissance begin?
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Italy
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Renaissance art was strongly influenced by ancient Greek and Roman
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architecture.
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In addition to an interest in religious reform, the princes of Germany supported Martin Luther's ideas for
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political and economic reasons.