AP Euro – Questions With Correct Solutions
Renaissance Correct Answer - A French word meaning
"rebirth", used to describe the rebirth of the culture of classical
antiquity in Italy during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
Patronage Correct Answer - Financial support of writers and
artists by cities, groups, and individuals, often to produce specific
works or works in specific styles
Communes Correct Answer - Sworn associations of free men in
Italian cities led by merchant guilds that sought political and
economic independence from local nobles
Popolo Correct Answer - Disenfranchised common people in
Italian cities who resented their exclusion from power
Signori Correct Answer - Government by one-man rule in
Italian cities such as Milan; also refers to these rulers
Courts Correct Answer - Magnificent households and palaces
where signori and other rulers lived, conducted business, and
supported the arts
Humanism Correct Answer - A program of study designed by
Italians that emphasised the critical study of Latin and Greek
literature with the goal of understanding human nature
Virtu Correct Answer - The quality of being able to shape the
world according to one's own will
Debate About Women Correct Answer - Debate among writers
and thinkers in the Renaissance about women's qualities and proper
role in society
,New Christians Correct Answer - A term for Jews and Muslims
in the Iberian Peninsula who accepted Christianity; in many cases
they included Christians whose families had converted centuries
earlier
Georgia Vasari Correct Answer - A 16th century painter,
architect, and writer, used the Italian word "rinascita", meaning
"rebirth", to describe the era in which he lived
Individualism Correct Answer - People wanting person credit
for their own achievements, opposed the medieval ideal of all glory
going to god
City-state Correct Answer - A city that with its surrounding
territory forms an independent state
Printing press Correct Answer - Allowed new cultural trends
to spread to other parts of Europe
Northern Renaissance Correct Answer - Dealt with religious
concerns related to the Renaissance
Protestant Reformation Correct Answer - A 16th century
religious movement that challenged the authority of the Catholic
Church
Holy Roman Empire Correct Answer - Controlled northern
Italy during the Middle Ages
Ciompi Revolt Correct Answer - A violent struggle by the
popolo against the government to express their dissatisfaction with
the economic and political order
,Medici Correct Answer - Used the wealth gained from banking
to establish themselves first as the behind-the-scenes rulers of the
Florentine republic ad later as hereditary dukes of the city
Papal States Correct Answer - Territories in central Italy under
the direct sovereign rule of the Pope
Patrons Correct Answer - Wealthy Italian merchants who
insisted on the development of secular art forms that would
represent them and their accumulated wealth
Francesco Petrarch Correct Answer - Founder of humanism
"Dark Ages" Correct Answer - Phrase coined by Petrarch to
describe the cultural decline that took place following the collapse of
the Roman world in the 5th century
Civic humanists Correct Answer - Viewed Cicero's involvement
in political causes as justification to use their own classical
education for the public good, served Florence as diplomats, or
working in the chancellery office
Pico della Mirandola Correct Answer - Wrote "Oration on the
Dignity of Man", expressed that we can train our minds to make use
of our abilities to reason to get beyond the limits imposed by our
senses
Florentine Platonic Academy Correct Answer - Sponsored by
Cosimo d'Medici, merged platonic philosophy with Christianity
Neoplatonism Correct Answer - Created by merging platonic
philosophy with Christianity
, Castiglione's "The Courtier" Correct Answer - Described the
ideal man of the age, a man who knew several languages, was
familiar with classical literature, and was also skilled in the arts
Lorenzo Valla Correct Answer - Working in the Vatican
libraries, realized that languages can tell a history all of their own
Leonardo Bruni Correct Answer - Created an educational
program for women
Christine de Pisan Correct Answer - An Italian who was the
daughter of the physician to the French King Charles V, received a
fine humanist education, wrote "The City of Ladies"
Filippo Brunelleschi Correct Answer - Built a dome over the
cathedral of Florence, the first dome to be completed in Western
Europe since the collapse of the Roman Emoire
Fresco Correct Answer - A mural painting technique where
pigments are applied to wet plaster, allowing the colours to become
an integral part of the wall as it draws
Chiaroscuro Correct Answer - The use of contrasts between
light and dark to create three dimensional images
Single-Point Perspective Correct Answer - A style in which all
elements within a painting converge at a single point in the distance,
allowing artists to create more realistic settings for their work
High Renaissance Correct Answer - End of the 15th century,
the center of the Renaissance moves from Florence to Rome
Michelangelo Correct Answer - Highly skilled artist, famous for
the David and Sistine Chapel
Renaissance Correct Answer - A French word meaning
"rebirth", used to describe the rebirth of the culture of classical
antiquity in Italy during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
Patronage Correct Answer - Financial support of writers and
artists by cities, groups, and individuals, often to produce specific
works or works in specific styles
Communes Correct Answer - Sworn associations of free men in
Italian cities led by merchant guilds that sought political and
economic independence from local nobles
Popolo Correct Answer - Disenfranchised common people in
Italian cities who resented their exclusion from power
Signori Correct Answer - Government by one-man rule in
Italian cities such as Milan; also refers to these rulers
Courts Correct Answer - Magnificent households and palaces
where signori and other rulers lived, conducted business, and
supported the arts
Humanism Correct Answer - A program of study designed by
Italians that emphasised the critical study of Latin and Greek
literature with the goal of understanding human nature
Virtu Correct Answer - The quality of being able to shape the
world according to one's own will
Debate About Women Correct Answer - Debate among writers
and thinkers in the Renaissance about women's qualities and proper
role in society
,New Christians Correct Answer - A term for Jews and Muslims
in the Iberian Peninsula who accepted Christianity; in many cases
they included Christians whose families had converted centuries
earlier
Georgia Vasari Correct Answer - A 16th century painter,
architect, and writer, used the Italian word "rinascita", meaning
"rebirth", to describe the era in which he lived
Individualism Correct Answer - People wanting person credit
for their own achievements, opposed the medieval ideal of all glory
going to god
City-state Correct Answer - A city that with its surrounding
territory forms an independent state
Printing press Correct Answer - Allowed new cultural trends
to spread to other parts of Europe
Northern Renaissance Correct Answer - Dealt with religious
concerns related to the Renaissance
Protestant Reformation Correct Answer - A 16th century
religious movement that challenged the authority of the Catholic
Church
Holy Roman Empire Correct Answer - Controlled northern
Italy during the Middle Ages
Ciompi Revolt Correct Answer - A violent struggle by the
popolo against the government to express their dissatisfaction with
the economic and political order
,Medici Correct Answer - Used the wealth gained from banking
to establish themselves first as the behind-the-scenes rulers of the
Florentine republic ad later as hereditary dukes of the city
Papal States Correct Answer - Territories in central Italy under
the direct sovereign rule of the Pope
Patrons Correct Answer - Wealthy Italian merchants who
insisted on the development of secular art forms that would
represent them and their accumulated wealth
Francesco Petrarch Correct Answer - Founder of humanism
"Dark Ages" Correct Answer - Phrase coined by Petrarch to
describe the cultural decline that took place following the collapse of
the Roman world in the 5th century
Civic humanists Correct Answer - Viewed Cicero's involvement
in political causes as justification to use their own classical
education for the public good, served Florence as diplomats, or
working in the chancellery office
Pico della Mirandola Correct Answer - Wrote "Oration on the
Dignity of Man", expressed that we can train our minds to make use
of our abilities to reason to get beyond the limits imposed by our
senses
Florentine Platonic Academy Correct Answer - Sponsored by
Cosimo d'Medici, merged platonic philosophy with Christianity
Neoplatonism Correct Answer - Created by merging platonic
philosophy with Christianity
, Castiglione's "The Courtier" Correct Answer - Described the
ideal man of the age, a man who knew several languages, was
familiar with classical literature, and was also skilled in the arts
Lorenzo Valla Correct Answer - Working in the Vatican
libraries, realized that languages can tell a history all of their own
Leonardo Bruni Correct Answer - Created an educational
program for women
Christine de Pisan Correct Answer - An Italian who was the
daughter of the physician to the French King Charles V, received a
fine humanist education, wrote "The City of Ladies"
Filippo Brunelleschi Correct Answer - Built a dome over the
cathedral of Florence, the first dome to be completed in Western
Europe since the collapse of the Roman Emoire
Fresco Correct Answer - A mural painting technique where
pigments are applied to wet plaster, allowing the colours to become
an integral part of the wall as it draws
Chiaroscuro Correct Answer - The use of contrasts between
light and dark to create three dimensional images
Single-Point Perspective Correct Answer - A style in which all
elements within a painting converge at a single point in the distance,
allowing artists to create more realistic settings for their work
High Renaissance Correct Answer - End of the 15th century,
the center of the Renaissance moves from Florence to Rome
Michelangelo Correct Answer - Highly skilled artist, famous for
the David and Sistine Chapel
