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Society 100 What period showed a revival of interest in the culture of Greece and Rome? Renaissance

Society 200 Who’s book outlined the ideals for the Renaissance Man? Castiglione’s “The Courtier”

Society 300 Who referred to the Italian Renaissance as the birthplace of the modern world? Jacob Burckhardt’s The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy

Society 400 What event led to the reappearance of the slave trade in the late 14 th century? The Black Plague

Society 500 The third estate of the 15 th century was made up primarily from what group? Peasants

Italian States 100 By the 15 th century, Italy was ruled by what type of government? Five Major City-States

Italian States 200 Who was the most famous Italian ruling woman? Isabella d’Este

Italian States 300 Who wrote a book about power politics? Machiavelli’s The Prince

Italian States 400 In the late 15 th century, Italy became a battleground for what two foreign countries? Spain and France

Italian States 500 The Peace of Lodi in 1454 represents what type of Renaissance political concept? Balance of Power

Intellectual 100 Neoplatonism was based on which two primary ideas? A hierarchy of substances and a theory of spiritual love

Intellectual 200 The Corpus Hermeticum contained writings on which topics? The occult, theology and philosphy

Intellectual 300 What did Mirandola’s Oration on the Dignity of Man state about humans? They could be whatever they chose or willed

Intellectual 400 What was Humanism’s main effect on historical writing? The secularization of historiography and the explanation of change over time

Intellectual 500 What was the impact of Gutenberg’s printing press? Ensured literacy and new knowledge would spread rapidly in European society.

Artistic100 Italian artists in the 15 th century began to experiment with what type of technique? Perspective

Artistic 200 Who was the practitioner of new architecture responsible for the Dome in Florence and the church in San Lorenzo? Brunelleschi

Artistic 300 Which of the following Italian artists dominated the High Renaissance? Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo

Artistic 400 Who painted the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo

Artistic 500 Which Renaissance painter gained fame for his beautiful madonnas? Raphael

European State 100 Who destroyed the Byzantine Empire in 1453? Ottoman Turks

European State 200 How did society view the Renaissance papacy? Seen as corrupt

European State 300 Which Spanish rulers drove Muslim power from the peninsula? Ferdinand and Isabella

European State 400 What was the focus of the “new monarchs” of the late 15 th century? Acquisition and expansion of power

European State 500 Where did the Habsburg dynasty rule? The Holy Roman Empire

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