Advanced Placement European History:
Renaissance Test Review
The following are either specific facts (i.e. ism’s, people, events) or general ideas you
should know as well as understand the complexities involved (i.e. cause/effect,
differences from medievalism, etc…)
How is the Renaissance different from the Medieval period?
Humanism/Humanistic “attitudes” or points of view
Civic Humanism
Christian Humanism
Politics of Florence
Guelf-Ghebelline struggle
Characterize Renaissance popes….how did they behave? What were their
interests/actions like?
Literary developments of the period
Fall of Constantinople
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
Secular Interests
Liberal Arts
What effect did the introduction of gunpowder have on this period?
View of women and their education
Individualism
Patrons
Artistic developments
Medieval hierarchy and “orders”
War of the Roses
Civil servants as opposed to noble vassals
Holy Roman Empire
The rise of centralized governments
Be able to identify the following people and relationships with the above
generalizations. For artists be able to identify major works of art
Scholars
Castiglione
Petrarch
Dante
Chrysoloras
Lorenzo Valla
Erasmus
Machiavelli
Boccaccio
Christine de Piza
Political Leaders
Julius II
Alexander VI
Savanorola
Sforza
Cosimo de Medici
Lorenzo de Medici
Charles the Bold
Charles VIII
Louis XI
Maximilian I
Henry VII
Henry the Navigator
Ferdinand and Isabella
Artists
Holbein
Van Eyck
Durer
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael