Chapter 11

Question 1

Why was Florence considered a Renaissance center?

Answer 1

Because it was the center of commerce and banking

Question 2

What caused feudalism to decline?

Answer 2

Trade and industry grow, and peasants migrated to towns for more freedom

Question 3

The Renaissance was known for growth in what?

Answer 3

secular learning

Question 4

______ focuses on the study of human beings and the world around them - invented by petrarch

Answer 4

Humanism

Question 5

_____ believed that religion wasn’t the center of human events and showed that life is an opportunity for enjoyment

Answer 5

Secularism

Question 6

_____ focuses on a single person’s actions rather than a group. Shows that mankind decides what’s important

Answer 6

Individualism

Question 7

Vernacular language was _____ and _____ ; these 2 languages were also used for study

Answer 7

French and Italian

Question 8

Art changed from religious devotion to what?

Answer 8

Worldy concerns

Question 9

Pope Gregory XIII changed the _____ calendar to the _____ calendar

Answer 9

Julian to Gregorian

Question 10

Why was Italy the “Birthplace of the Renaissance?

Answer 10

Because they divided into city states and were in the center of trade routes connecting Asia and Africa.

Question 11

The development of _____ increased literacy and helped spread ideas

Answer 11

printing

Question 12

who wrote the book “Utopia”?

Answer 12

Sir Thomas More

Question 13

Who believed that people should look to Jesus and to live a normal Christian life – no empty rituals. he also wrote the book “In Praise of Folly” which used satire

Answer 13

Erasmus

Question 14

Who was a french humanist that wrote humorous stories to criticize traditions in religion?

Answer 14

Rabelais

Question 15

Who brought back painting and engraving techniques from Italy to the north?

Answer 15

Durer

Question 16

First, the printing revolution started with….. and later made paper out of….

Answer 16

Block printing

Linen rags

Question 17

The 3rd step in the printing revolution was making…..

Answer 17

oils for use in painting and printing

Question 18

Who invented the moveable printing press?

Answer 18

Gutenberg

Question 19

since people were freely expressing themselves and talking bad about the church, what did the church have to do?

Answer 19

censor the publication of some works and ideas

Question 20

What 2 things helped shape western ideas of beauty?

Answer 20

Art and Architecture

Question 21

Discoveries about the _____ marked the start of the scientific revolution

Answer 21

universe

Question 22

People turned to _____ to discover the rules of the universe

Answer 22

reason

Question 23

What was a new scientific tool created during the Renaissance?

Answer 23

telescope

Question 24

The heliocentric theory was considered ______ by the catholic church

Answer 24

herecy

Question 25

Most civilizations limited trade to keep gold and silver, also called

Answer 25

Mercantilism

Question 26

What was the best way for a nation to become wealthy?

Answer 26

Through free trade

Question 27

what is it called when the government isn't extremely involved?

Answer 27

Free market economy

Question 28

Who was a powerful banking family?

Answer 28

the medici family

Question 29

why were nobles and peasants attracted to towns?

Answer 29

to gain wealth

Question 30

The Medici family was a _____family and _____ of the arts

Answer 30

banking family and patron of the arts

Question 31

What is the importance of " The school of Athens " by Raphael?

Answer 31

shows the importance of classical ideas in Renaissance art

Question 32

What is a machiavellian?

Answer 32

someone who tries to achieve something by deceiving others

Question 33

What is the difference between medieval and Renaissance literature?

Answer 33

it was written in the vernacular (French and Italian)

Question 34

The book Utopia by Sir Thomas More was governed by what?

Answer 34

reason

Question 35

who is called "Leonardo of the north" and brought back painting and engraving techniques from Italy

Answer 35

Albrecht durer

Question 36

What are 3 examples of modern Greek and Roman architecture?

Answer 36

Domes, round arch, columns

Question 37

Who discovered the rules of linear perspective?

Answer 37

Fillippo Brunelleschi

Question 38

What were 3 new tools made during the scientific revolution?

Answer 38

Microscope, telescope, barometer

Question 39

Who discovered that planets move in an elliptical orbit?

Answer 39

Johannes Kepler

Question 40

Europe got a lot of classical works and knowledge from ....

Answer 40

Greek and Muslim scholars

Question 41

Who thought that the universe could be explained entirely from mechanical laws?

Answer 41

Rene descartes

Question 42

Enlightenment thinkers wanted to improve what?

Answer 42

human life and social + economic life

Question 43

What do Jonas, Gabriel, and the Giver all have in common?

Answer 43

pale eyes

Question 44

what comfort object does Lily have?

Answer 44

An Elephant

Question 45

what comfort object does Gabriel have

Answer 45

Hippo

Question 46

What are comfort objects?

Answer 46

Stuffed animals

Question 47

What is Jonas amazed with when he enters the Receiver's dwelling?

Answer 47

The amount of books

Question 48

When do people receive their assignments?

Answer 48

age 12/ the ceremony of Twelve

Question 49

Why do birthmothers never see their children?

Answer 49

Because they are taken to a Nurturing center so the parent won't become attached to he/she

Question 50

how is the chief elder determined?

Answer 50

elected once every 10 years