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Word Bank:
Italy
Machiavelli
Greeks
Renaissance
World History/Napp
Spread
Trade
Secular
Humanism
Feared
Ruins
Word Bank:
Medieval
Questioned
Michelangelo
Trade
Enjoyed
Humanism
Machiavelli
Realistic
Secular
Italy
Base your answer to the question on the
map below and your knowledge of social
studies.
Base your answer to the question on the
speakers’ statements below and on your
knowledge of social studies.
Speaker A: “All that is necessary for the
triumph of evil is for good men
to do nothing.”
Speaker B: “It is religion, the hope of
heaven, and duty to God that
make any life valuable or even
tolerable.”
Speaker C: “The most important thing is:
to seek the truth, live a full life,
and welcome new
experiences.”
The development of trade along the routes
shown on the map led to the
1. decline of the Greek city-states
2. start of the Renaissance in Italy
3. beginning of the Crusades to the
Middle East
4. first religious wars in Europe
Base your answer to the question on the
map below and your knowledge of social
studies.
Speaker D: “The purpose of life is not to
be happy, but to be productive
and useful. Do this, and God
will reward you by making you
prosperous.”
Which quotation best reflects the major
ideas of Renaissance humanism?
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
“Europe is waking out of a long, deep
sleep…Time was when learning was only
found in the religious orders...learning has
passed to secular princes and peers.”
This quotation best describes the
1. Renaissance
2. decline of the Roman Empire
3. Crusades
4. rise of Christianity
The Italian city-states were able to dominate
the trade pattern shown on the map
primarily because they were
1. centrally located near the
Mediterranean Sea
2. situated south of the Alps
3. unified by the Hanseatic League
4. close to the routes followed by Arab
caravans
Which societal condition was basic to the
development of Greek philosophy and
Renaissance art?
1. rigid social classes
2. emphasis on individualism
3. religious uniformity
4. mass education
One factor that enabled the Renaissance to
flourish in Northern Italy was that the
region had
1. a wealthy class that invested in the
arts
2. a socialist form of government
3. limited contact with the Byzantine
Empire
4. a shrinking middle class
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Leonardo DaVinci used movement
and perspective in his work.
 Machiavelli’s The Prince advised
rulers on how to gain and maintain
power.
 Humanist scholars examined worldly
subjects and classical culture.
Which period is associated with these
statements?
1. French Revolution
2. Renaissance
3. Early Middle Ages
4. Enlightenment
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Literacy rates rise.
Shakespeare’s sonnets circulated.
Secular ideas spread.
Which innovation led directly to these
developments?
1. printing press
2. astrolabe
3. paper currency
4. caravel
In The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli was most
concerned with
1. the use of political power
2. the expansion of church authority
3. government regulation of the
economy
4. equality and justice for all
Base your answer to the question on the
statement below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
… I conclude, then, returning to being
feared and loved, that since men love at
their convenience and fear at the
convenience of the prince, a wise prince
should found himself on what is his, not on
what is someone else’s; he should only
contrive to avoid hatred, as was said.
This statement is taken from the written
work of
1. John Locke
2. Niccolò Machiavelli
3. Adam Smith
4. Ignatius Loyola
Which statement best expresses the
philosophy of Humanism?
1. God selects those to be saved.
2. The pope expresses the ultimate
word of God.
3. People have potential and can
improve themselves by learning.
4. A person’s life on Earth is merely
preparation for the afterlife.
A key feature of European Renaissance
culture was
1. an outlook emphasizing classicism,
secularism, and individualism
2. a reliance on the Pope and his
knights to maintain political stability
3. a shift in production from the
domestic system to the factory system
4. a way of thinking stressing humility
and Christian faith
Excerpt from Machiavelli’s The Prince:
“Here a question arises: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The
answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two
rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared
than in being loved…Love endures by a bond which men, being scoundrels, may break
whenever it serves their advantage to do so; but fear is supported by the dread of pain,
which is ever present.”
- What question does Machiavelli pose?
- According to Machiavelli, what is the best answer to his question?
- If a person must choose, what is best to choose – according to Machiavelli?
- According to Machiavelli, why is love a bond that is easily broken?
- According to Machiavelli, why is fear a stronger bond?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gutenberg’s Printing Press:
“Before Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440, books had to be copied
by hand. This was a slow, painstaking process that could take more than a year for each
book, and the people copying them often made mistakes. Very few books were published,
and they were available only to monks and scholars.
Gutenberg’s invention pulled together several different technologies. He combined block
printing, a Chinese technique brought to Europe by Marco Polo, with the press used to
make wine and olive oil. His great innovation was movable type – sets of letters made out
of metal. Instead of having to carve a solid block of wood for every single page, printers
could rearrange the letters and reuse the type to print new pages.
By 1500, printing shops were in every major city in Europe. They had produced more
than 8 million copies of books. Most of the books they put out were Bibles and religious
texts, but they also published romance novels, collections of art by the German printmaker
Albrecht Dürer, and classics by the Roman poet Ovid.” ~ Scholastic Magazine
- How did the printing press change world history? Why did it lead to the production of more
books and more readers?
The Renaissance – Why It Changed the World [The Telegraph]
The Renaissance – that cultural, political, scientific and intellectual explosion in Europe
between the 14th and 17th centuries – represents perhaps the most profoundly important
period in human development since the fall of Ancient Rome.
…The Renaissance changed the world in just about every way one could think of. It had
a kind of snowball effect: each new intellectual advance paved the way for further
advancements.
Italy in the 14th century was fertile ground for a cultural revolution. The Black Death had
wiped out millions of people in Europe – by some estimates killing as many as one in three
between 1346 and 1353.
By the simplest laws of economics, it meant that those who survived were left with
proportionally greater wealth: either from fewer people inheriting more, or simply by
virtue of supply and demand – with fewer workers available, wages naturally rose.
At the top of Italian society was a new breed of rulers, keen to demonstrate their wealth in
a way that set them apart. Families such as the Medici of Florence looked to the Ancient
Roman and Greek civilizations for inspiration – and so did those artists who relied on their
patronage.
Italy was flooded with “lost” classics from the ancient world, and artists such as Leonardo
da Vinci, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello took their tales, heroes and gods
as a starting point to creating extraordinary art.
Renaissance art did not limit itself to simply looking pretty, however. Behind it was a new
intellectual discipline: perspective was developed, light and shadow were studied, and the
human anatomy was pored over – all in pursuit of a new realism and a desire to capture
the beauty of the world as it really was.
If the Renaissance was about rediscovering the intellectual ambition of the Classical
civilizations, it was also about pushing the boundaries of what we know – and what we
could achieve.
Even as the artists were creating a bold new realism, scientists were engaged in a
revolution of their own. Copernicus and Galileo had developed an unprecedented
understanding of our planet’s place in the cosmos, proving that the Earth revolved around
the Sun.
Advances in chemistry led to the rise of gunpowder, while a new model of mathematics
stimulated new financial trading systems and made it easier than ever to navigate across
the world.”
- How did the Renaissance change world history?