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7th Chapter 11 Study Guide
1. Describe how Brunelleschi combined art and mathematics.
He found a way to build a dome supported by walls of a cathedral.
2. How are classical and Renaissance statues alike?
Both feature figures with clothing that is still and without motion.
3. How did the growth of trade effect mapmaking?
As trade increased, Renaissance scholars used measurements taken by merchants to make
accurate maps.
4. How did the Mongols help increase trade between Europe and Asia?
By making the Silk Road sage to travel again.
5. How did the Turk’s conquest of the Byzantine Empire contribute to the
Renaissance?
Scholars fled to Italy with ancient Italian and Greek writings that had
thought to have been lost.
6. How do prices affect trade?
When prices are low trade increases.
7. How do the ideas of the Middle Ages differ from the ideas of the
Renaissance?
Both periods had thinkers who were interested in religion, but Renaissance thinkers were
interested in other ideas.
8. How would one characterize Dante’s The Divine Comedy?
Dante used the vernacular, or common language to describe Italian society.
9. How would you describe “perspective” when referring to paintings?
People in front of the painting are portrayed larger than those in the back; Straight lines
appeared as diagonal; Distant places painted in hazy colors.
10. How would you describe Cosimo dé Medici?
A powerful ruler of Florence who valued education and culture.
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11. Put the following events in order –
2 - Khublai Kan appoints Marco Polo to be a government official
4 - Marco Polo and his family travel from Venice to China
3 - Marco Polo visits India and Southeast Asia
1 - The Mongol dynasty takes over China and makes the roads safer.
12. What are the different ideas about “humanism”?
Ancient Greek and Roman writings were sources of inspiration; poetry, history, and public
speaking were important subjects to study; talented writers and artists were honored.
13. What caused scholars to long for a renewal of classical culture?
The discovery of classical writings, such as the work of Plato and Thucydides.
14. What changes occurred when the translation of the Bible from Latin
to vernacular language?
More people learned to read.
15. What current invention is similar to the printing press during the
spread of Renaissance ideas?
The internet affects the spread of ideas today.
16. What did Dante and Desiderius Erasmus have in common?
Both wrote about problems they observed in their societies.
17. What did Petrarch’s important ideas help people understand?
History and his ideas affected education for many years.
18. What does “vernacular” mean?
The language used by people in everyday life.
19. What had a major role in spreading Renaissance ideas from Italy to
northern Europe?
The universities.
20. What important feature did Venice and Genoa share?
Both were important port cities on the Mediterranean Sea.
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21. What major body of water allowed the port cities of Genoa and Venice
to thrive?
The Mediterranean Sea
22. What was one difference between humanism in Italy and humanism in
northern Europe?
Scholars in Northern Europe were more interested in history of Christianity.
23. What was one effect of Marco Polo’s journey to China?
He was made a government official.
24. What was Venice famous for?
Producing glass.
25. What were Northern European artists known for?
Lifelike detail in painting plants and animals
Scenes that showed the everyday lives of workers and farmers
The use of oil paint
26. Where were ancient Latin texts discovered?
In monasteries in Europe.
27. Which artist made prints that are famous for realistic detail?
Albrecht Dürer
28. Which is Machiavelli have an effect on – art, literature,
politics,
religion?
29. Which Italian port was the wealthiest?
Florence.
30. Which of Cosimo dé Medici’s personal values brought about the
Renaissance?
The wish that Florence should be the world’s most beautiful city.
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31. Which subject was considered the most important during the
Renaissance?
Classical writings of ancient Greece and Rome.
32. Which word best summarizes the Renaissance – astronomy,
change,
monarchy, perspective?
33. Who did Leonardo da Vinci use science to make his art more realistic?
Studied and sketched human bones and muscles.
34. Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Who was Miguel de Cervantes and what is he best known for?
Don Quixote
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