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CMS 7th SS Ch 19
Chamberlain Middle School 7th Grade SS Chapter 19
Question | Answer |
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Which of the following describes one effect of Marco Polo’s journey to China? | Marco Polo was made a government official in China. |
Venice was famous for | producing glass. |
The Mongols helped increase trade between Europe and Asia by | making the Silk Road safe to travel again. |
One important feature that Venice and Genoa shared was that | both were important port cities on the Mediterranean Sea. |
Which event occurred first? | The Mongol dynasty takes over China and makes the roads safer. |
Which of the following best describes Cosimo de´ Medici? | a powerful ruler of Florence who valued education and culture |
How do prices affect trade? | When prices are low, trade increases. |
Machiavelli wanted to have an effect on | politics. |
How are classical and Renaissance statues alike? | Both feature realistic and lifelike poses. |
What was the most important feature of humanism in northern Europe? | Scholars combined humanist and religious ideas. |
Women in noble families helped spread Renaissance ideas in all of the following ways except | women were educated at the universities. |
During the late Renaissance, the practices of the Roman Catholic Church | weakened the church’s influence. |
The Catholic Church tried to prevent the spread of Protestantism in all of these ways except | by allowing Jesuits to use weapons against Protestants. |
Why was the Catholic religion strong in Spain? | People who were not Catholic were thrown out, converted, or killed. |
Which effect of the Reformation has had the greatest influence on American society? | A system of government developed in which people could rule themselves. |
Renaissance artists used a new technique called ____________________ to create the appearance of depth and distance on a flat surface. | perspective |
____________________ was a true Renaissance person: besides his expertise as a painter, he was an inventor, a sculptor, an engineer, and an architect. | Leonardo da Vinci |
While the Italian Renaissance focused on Greek and Roman history, the Northern Renaissance focused on ____________________ history. | Christian |
The Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation was known as the ____________________ Reformation. | Catholic |
The decision by the king of Bohemia to impose Catholicism upon his subjects led to the ____________________. | Thirty Years’ War |
Founded the Jesuit order | Saint Ignatius of Loyola |
Developed a printing press | Johann Gutenberg |
French Protestants | Huguenots |
Referring to ancient Greek and Roman cultures | classical |
First major Italian poet to write in Italian | Dante Alighieri |
Dutch priest who emphasized devotion instead of ritual | Desiderius Erasmus |
Brought Catholicism to parts of India and Japan | Saint Francis Xavier |
Wrote over 30 plays, including Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare |
Executed for translating the Bible into English | William Tyndale |
Influential reformer who taught the idea of predestination | John Calvin |
What is federalism? | Federalism is the sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government. A sharp rise in federalism was one of the major effects of the Protestant Reformation. |
How were the ideas of the Middle Ages different from the ideas of the Renaissance? | While both the Middle Ages and the Renaissance had thinkers who were interested in religion, only the Renaissance had thinkers who were interested in other ideas as well. |
The Mediterranean Sea allowed the port cities of Genoa and Venice to thrive. True or False | True |
Machiavelli’s The Prince reflected the humanist tradition of idealism and the celebration of human decency. True or False | False |
Northern European artists were known for the use of classical Greek and Roman figures as the models for people. True or False | False |
One of the effects of the Renaissance was a growing distrust of the Catholic Church. True or False | True |
Martin Luther objected to the Church’s selling of indulgences because he believed that only members of the clergy could escape purgatory. True or False | False |