European Renaissance Practice Quiz
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Part I: Multiple Choice Questions (45 points, 3 points each). Choose the response
from the choices that best answers the question.
1)
List three major causes of the European Renaissance?
a.
Feudalism, Manor System, Fall of the Roman Empire
b.
Increased technology, art, and science
c.
The Crusades, The Black Death, Rise of Merchants in Europe
2)
Explain how the Crusades helped cause the European Renaissance?
a.
They opened trade between Europe and Asia
b.
They helped create peace between Christians and Islam
c.
They forced Europe to build more ports
3)
How many people roughly died in Europe because of the Black Death?
a.
One Third
b.
One Half
c.
One Fifth
What religion in the Middle Ages did people in Europe lose faith in because of the Black
Death?
4)
a.
Paganism
b.
Catholic Church
c.
Islam
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Who were the keepers of ancient Greek and Roman culture while Europe’s was in the
Dark Ages?
5)
a.
Knights Templar
b.
Orthodox Church
c.
Islamic World
Explain how Greek and Roman Ideas made their way back into Europe during the
Renaissance?
6)
a.
They followed the trade routes
b.
Christian Monks travelled to the east and brought them back
c.
They were found in ancient Roman or Greek ruins in Europe
7)
Define humanism.
a.
The study of human emotions
b.
The study of the humanities; for example, Math and Science
c.
The study of what humans eat
Identify the first city in Europe to experience an outbreak of the bubonic plague during
the Black Death?
8)
a.
London, England
b.
Messina, Sicily
c.
Paris, France
9)
Which Renaissance scientist proved the Earth revolved around the Sun?
a.
Copernicus
b.
Martin Luther
c.
Raphael
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Identify the name of the merchants in Germany that became extremely wealthy from
10)
trade during the Renaissance?
a.
Hanseatic League
b.
Martin Luther
c.
Lorenzo de Medici
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