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Renaissance
Part 2 of Unit Exam
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History
10th Grade
10/04/2009

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Term
Economy in Medieval Europe was ________ based while the economy in Renaissance was _____.
Definition

1.Agriculture

2.Urban,growing,capitalist

Term
Loyalty/Leadership in Medieval Europe was _____ _____ ____ while it was more _______ in the Renaissance.
Definition

1.Fragmented feudal society

2.Centralized

Term
Culture was dominated by ______ in Medieval Europe while in Renaissance, it was more _______.
Definition

1.Church/Religion

2.Secular

Term
A renewal of life, vigor, interest, and rebirth describes the?
Definition
Renaissance
Term
What caused Italy to receive so much trade and commerce in its Geography?
Definition
It was the natural gateway between the East/West
Term
What helped build up the urban cities in the Italian city-states?
Definition
Trade (which also led to more education/travel)
Term
If you were living back during the Italian Renaissance, would you say "I live In Italy" or "I live in Florence"? Explain.
Definition
1."I live in Florence" because people said which city-state they lived in (so it could be any other city-state; not just Florence)
Term
What is the difference between Despotism and an Oligarchy?
Definition
Despotism is ruled by one absolute ruler while an oligarchy is ruled by a small group of people
Term
What provided the opening for Oligarchies to establish in cities and expland their power to where they independently ruled the states?
Definition
HRE and Pope fighting
Term

Supporters of the HRE were called _____

Supporters of the Pope were called ______

Definition

1.Ghibeline

2.Guelf

Term
T/F. Oligarchies became more common then despotism.
Definition
False, Despotism became more common since there would be many arguments in an oligarchy
Term

What were the causes of the Ciompi Revolt 1378?(3)

What city-state was it in?

Who won?

Definition

1A) Old vs. New rich

1B)Black deatth panic

1C)Economic collapse of banks

 

2)Florence

3)Poor reigned for 4 years

Term
Florence's famous despot was? He did what to the despotism in Florence? (He ______ it.)
Definition

1.Cosimo de Medici

2.disguised

Term
What is a signoria?
Definition
governing council made up of representatives from major clothing guilds
Term
Medici's grandson was ______, and how did he rule Florence?
Definition

1.Lorenzo

2.Absolute power; made despotism obvious

Term
What was the purpose of a Podesta?
Definition
keep social groups weak enough so they can't challenge the prince/ruler
Term
What 3 authorities did a Podesta have?
Definition
military, executive, judicial
Term

The condottieri was a ______ ___ used by the _____.

T/F. They were paid.

 

Definition

1.mercenary army

2.Podesta

3.True

Term
What were 2 ways Italian City-States managed to avoid warfare between each other?
Definition

1.Emphasized Diplomacy

2.Established embassies and had ambassadors

Term
Overall, Florence was ruled by a _____, Milan was ruled by a ______, and Venice was ruled by a _____.
Definition

1.despotism

2.despotism

3.republic

Term
Because of all the wealth in Italy, there were tremendous achievements in?
Definition
The Arts
Term

Scholasticims was established by and for the?

It's goal was to reach the?

It said the new discovery fit with Church _____.

Definition

1.Church

2.The highest possible truth

3.teachings

Term
In Medieval Europe, everything was prepared for the life to come while in the Renaissance everything was more?
Definition
Secular and based on the here and now.
Term
Humanism revolved around the ____ & ____ classics, and they hoped to establish ____ values that were ignored in Medieval Europe.
Definition

1. Latin, Greek

2.Older

Term
What was the Liberal Arts Program of Study called? It consisted of?
Definition

1. Studia Humanitas

2. grammar, poetry, philosophy, politics, history

Term

Who wrote "Vita Nuova" and "Divine Comedy"?

It was written in _____ and demonstrated ______.

Definition

1.Dante Alighieri

2.Italian, Scholasticism (reason/faith)

Term

Who was the father of humanism?

Was he for or against Scholasticism?

Definition

1.Petrarch

2.Against

Term
_____ ______ was no longer subordinate to theology.
Definition
Moral Philosophy
Term

Johann Gutenberg was most famous for?

This invention led to the spread of?

Definition

Inventing Movable Type

Humanistic Ideas

Term
In 1457-1458, what was published in Mainz, Germany?
Definition
The first printed Bible
Term
Who wrote the "Decameron"? What was it about?
Definition

1.Boccaccio

2.Plague and how people acted during the Plague

Term
T/F. To be wise, speak eloquently, understand what is good, and practice virtu are the higer purposes of humanism.
Definition
True
Term
Plato had expressed a very _______ view of human nature
Definition
flattering
Term
Who wrote Oration on the Dignity and Potential? These writings were very ______.
Definition

1. Mirandola

2. Platonic

Term
What was the type of humanism that pertained to a city and prepared leaders in politics called?
Definition
Civic Humanism
Term
In Civic Humanism, it was believed that education should promote ______ _____ & _____ ____.
Definition

1. human virtue

2. public service

Term

Who wrote the Book of the Courtier?

This person stressed the characteristics for the ideal "Renaissance Man".

What was a Renaissance Man?

Definition

1. Castiglione

2. Well Rounded person (wise/good manners too)

Term
What was the quintessential political treatise of the 16th century?
Definition
Machiavelli's The Prince
Term

The Prince stressed that "the _____ justify the _____."

 

In other words, rulers had to be ______ (lion) and _____ (fox)

Definition

1. ends, means

2. aggressive, wise

 

*better to be feared than loved

Term
What is Patronage?
Definition
Basically, support for something
Term
Patronage came from ______ merchant families and the local _______.
Definition

1.wealthy

2.churches

Term
______ became the center of Renaissance art in the cinquecento because?
Definition
Rome because Florence declined and the head of the church was in Rome; church spent huge sums on art patronage
Term
Pope Alexander VI did what?
Definition
Spent huge sums on art patronage
Term
What were 3 new ideas in painting?
Definition

1.Perspectice- 3d on 2d surfaces

2.Chiarascuro- dark/light color shading

3.Frescoes- wall paintings

Term
In Medieval Europe, the art was stylized in faces and flat while the Renaissance art expressed unique _____ ______.
Definition
Individual characteristics (more emotion on faces)
Term
Renaissance sculptures were often ____-______, and many sculptures glorified the _____ body and many portrayed ____ figures.
Definition

1.free-standing

2.human

3.nude

Term
T/F. Both sculpture and architecture were influenced by Greek and Roman techniques.
Definition
True
Term

Renaissance architecture used a type of architecture called ____ ____ ____ which was triangular.

Architecture was also simple, balanced, and ______.

Definition

1.Greek Temple Architecture

2.Symmetrical

Term
Renaissance architecture contrasted sharply with the ____ style of the _____ _____.
Definition

1.Gothic

2.Middle Ages

Term
What marked the beginning of the high Renaissance in 1502?
Definition
Bramante's Tempietto
Term

Who was known as the quintessential Renaissance man, and what was he most famous for?

In this art work, he developed the technique of?

Definition

1.Leonardo da Vince, Mona Lisa

2.Sfumato

Term

Who was the painter who painted School of Athens and had Plato and Aristotle in the center?

His sculptures are painted in __________ stance.

Definition

1.Raphael Santi

3.Contrapposto

Term

Michaelangelo Buonarroti sculpted ____ and ____, and 

 he painted the _____ _____ ceiling, and he designed St. Peter's cathedral in the _____.

Definition

1.Pieta and David

2.Sistine Chapel

2.Vatican

Term
What are the 3 main reasons for the decline of Italian City States?
Definition

French Invasions

Decline of Florence

Fighting between Spain and France

Term
The Treaty of Loti put ____ and _____ into an alliance with Florence who were against _____ and Papal States to establish a balance of power.
Definition

1.Milan

2.Naples

3.Venice

Term
Milan's despot was _______ who told French King Charles VII to invade ____ which caused the Treaty of Loti to _____ making Naples and Florence working together.
Definition

1.Ludovico

2.Naples

3.end

Term
Who oversaw a theocracy in Florence after the Medicis were overthrown in 1494?
Definition
Girolamo Savonarola
Term
Savanaroala became a puppet of the _____ which later caused him to be burned at the stake when?
Definition

1.French

2.France was removed from Italy in 1498

Term

The Spanish were afraid of a _____-_____ alliance which made Spain alliance with ____, the _____ ____, and the Holy ____ _____.

 

(woah, that's a lot of blanks haha)

Definition

1.French-Italian

2.Venice, Papal States, Roman Empire

Term
T/F. Northern Renaissance Art was exactly the same as Italian Renaissance Art.
Definition
False, Northern Renaissance art didn't stress religion as much and used everyday people and death
Term
Who was the Foremost Northern Renaissance Artist?
Definition

Durer (Knight, Death, and Devil)

 

 

(u should have the two dots over it)

Term
In Northern Renaissance, what 2 things were emphasized compared to Greco-Roman influences in the Italian Renaissance?
Definition

1. Early church writings

2. education/power of human intellect

 

Term
Who was most famous and the most celebrated of all Northern Humanists?
Definition
Erasmus
Term
Erasmus wrote ___ ___ ___ ____. This criticized the ____ and _____ of church leaders and clergy and "_____ the egg that _____ would hatch."
Definition

1.In Praise of Folly

2.immorality, hypocrisy

3.layed, Luther

Term
Who wanted a Utopian society free of accumulation of property?
Definition
Sir Thomas More
Term
Sir Thomas More said that in order to acheive harmony, people had to?
Definition
be willing to sacrifice their individual rights for the common good.
Term
Who was the French Renaissance Writer that portrayed confidence in human nature?
Definition
Francois Rabelais
Term
Whose works reflected the Renaissance ideas of classical Greek/Roman Culture, individualism and humanism?
Definition
Shakespeare
Term
Cervantes wrote? This was critical of excessive ____ _____.
Definition

1.Don Quixote

2.religious idealism

Term
Women had increased access to ______ in the Renaissance, but Upper class women were to make themselves ____ for their ____ according to ________.
Definition

1.education

2.pleasing

3.husband/men

4.Castiglione

Term
What was the sexual double standard for women?
Definition
weren't allowed to have sex before marriage, but men were allowed to. (that makes a lot of sense -_- whatever)
Term

Who was the 1st Feminist?

What did she write?

Who was the 1st Lady of the Renaissance?

What did she show women?

Definition

1.Christine de Pisan

2.Treasure of the City of Ladies

3. Isabella de' Este

4.Showed them to break away from their ornamental roles since she ruled Mantua in Italy after her husband's death

Term
Artemesia Gentileschi was the 1st female ____ to gain recognition in the post- Renaissance era.
Definition
artist
Term
Female artists were consigned to _____ painting and ____ ____ at this time.
Definition

1.portrait

2.imitative poses

Term

T/F. There was much advancement from Middle Ages for lowerclass women.

 

What were Dowries?

Definition

1.False, there wasn't

2.money, goods, or estate that woman brings to her husband in marriage

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