The Renaissance

Renaissance art was strongly influenced by ancient Greek and Roman...

Architecture

A Renaissance writer considered one of the greatest poets of all time is...

Dante Castiglione

Unlike during the Medieval period, church leaders commissioned works of art during the Renaissance to...

Decorate religious spaces

In the Prince, Machiavelli argues that leaders maintain power through...

Fear and cruelty

During the 1500s, many Jesuits became...

Missionaries

What happened to American Indians after 1492?

Most perished from disease

Which answer best describes the effects of the slave trade on the African people?

The population declined as a result of forceful removal from the continent and being killed in war

In what country did the Renaissance begin?

Italy

The focus on the visible world in Renaissance art was called what?

Naturalism

Which statement best explains the importance of the Age of Discovery?

The Age of Discovery was the beginning of globalization

What caused Europe's population to increase, to provoke its interest in trade, and provided its population with large amounts of gold and silver?

The Columbian Exchange

Which best explains how wealthy residents of Italian cities contributed to the Renaissance?

Wealthy residents brought work of art, which supported artists.

Which statement about women's power during the Renaissance is true?

Women had little political or economic power

Though the Aztecs held the most powerful empire in Central America, which Spanish advantage contributed to the Aztec's defeat?

advanced weapons