TMU World History 2 Exam 1 With 100% Correct Answers 2024

TMU World History 2 Exam 1 With 100% Correct Answers 2024 Definition of "The Renaissance" - answerRebirth of learning Characteristics of "The Renaissance" - answer1. Revival of urban life 2. Commercial enterprise based on private capital 3. Banking 4. Systematic investigation of the physical world 6. Classical scholarship 7. Increased use of the vernacular in literature Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? - answer1. Italians preserved the belief that they were descendants of the ancient Romans 2. Italy had a more secular culture than the rest of the world 3. Italy had more contact with the Byzantines and the Muslims 4. Italy was rich because of trade Petrarch - answer"In Praise of Antiquity" Boccacio - answer"The Decammeron" Machiavelli - answer"The Prince" Lorenzo Valla - answerHumanist figure who exposed the Donation of Constantine as a forgery Baldassar Castiglione - answer"The Book of The Courtier" Desiderius Erasmus - answer"The Praise of Folly"; produced addition of New Testament in original Greek so that people could read the Bible for themselves Sir Thomas More - answer"Utopia"; Lord Chancellor of England