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Example Question #31 : 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
James Watt is generally remembered as the inventor of __________.
automobiles
the factory system
the steam engine
the railroad
laissez-faire capitalism
the steam engine
James Watt was a Scottish inventor who helped perfect the Newcomen Steam Engine in the 1770s. Although he did not actually invent the steam engine, he is generally remembered as having done so. His adaptations to the steam engine created the necessary machinery that led to the Industrial Revolution.
Example Question #32 : 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
The Industrial Revolution arose first in __________.
the United States
England
Germany
France
Russia
England
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the early nineteenth century. Due to England's relative wealth, agricultural prosperity, surplus of workers, colonial holdings, and history of capitalist democracy, the prerequisites for the Industrial Revolution were heavily concentrated there. The Industrial Revolution quickly spread from England around Europe and to North America.
Example Question #1 : Italy And The Renaissance
The Last Supper can be attributed to which Renaissance artist?
Cosimo de Medici
Dante
Leonardo da Vinci
Michaelangelo
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci is often considered the ultimate "Renaissance man," a term that suggests being supremely skilled in many different areas of life, particularly artistically and intellectually. Perhaps Da Vinci's most famous work is The Last Supper.
Example Question #1 : Italy And The Renaissance
Which of the following was not an Italian city-state during the Italian Renaissance?
The United Provinces
The Republic of Florence
The Duchy of Milan
The Papal States
The Kingdom of Naples
The United Provinces
During the Italian Renaissance, the country we now know as Italy was divided up into several independent city-states. All of the answer choices were city-states except for the United Provinces. The United Provinces refers to territory in what is now the Netherlands and Belgium during the time when this territory was under Spanish control.
Example Question #3 : Italy And The Renaissance
Cosimo de Medici was the ruler of __________.
Berlin
Naples
Florence
Geneva
Milan
Florence
Cosimo de Medici was the ruler of Florence throughout a large period of the Italian Renaissance. He is renowned as a patron of the arts who encouraged the Renaissance to flourish in his city-state.
Example Question #2 : Italy And The Renaissance
The Sistine Chapel and David are works of art and architecture that are attributed to which Renaissance artist?
Albrecht Durer
Jan van Eyck
Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
The Sistine Chapel and David are two of the most famous works of the famous Renaissance artist and sculptor Michelangelo.
Example Question #5 : Italy And The Renaissance
The Renaissance most likely evolved first in Italy due to __________.
the wealth of the Papacy
Italy's cultural legacy of artistic and scientific accomplishment
Italy's political and religious unity
Italy's urban society and emerging middle class
Italy's extensive mercenary class that protected the cities from barbarian raids
Italy's urban society and emerging middle class
Italy's relatively large urban society and emerging middle class allowed for a large number of individuals to be free to pursue artistic or scientific pursuits. This was in contrast to most of the rest of Europe and the world, where the vast majority of people had no free time for pursuits unrelated to simply surviving. This allowed the Renaissance to flourish first in Italy.
Example Question #6 : Italy And The Renaissance
The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio, tells a series of stories about __________.
The Italian Renaissance
The Hundred Years' War
The Black Death
Greek mythology
The Roman Empire
The Black Death
The Decameron was written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the fourteenth century. It is considered one of the most important works of early Humanism and the Italian Renaissance. It is centered around a series of tales about the Black Death. The Black Death was a devastating plague that hit Europe in the fourteenth century and led to widespread death and suffering. By some estimates as many as a third of all Europeans perished as a direct result of the Black Death. It would take almost two hundred years for population levels to recover.
Example Question #3 : Italy And The Renaissance
The Medici rose to prominence in which Italian city-state?
Naples
Milan
Florence
The Papal States
Venice
Florence
The Medici rose to prominence in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in Florence. The Medici were a banking family, and in the fifteenth century, the Medici Bank was the largest in Europe. The Medici are significant because they were frequent and enthusiastic patrons of the early Renaissance in Italy. They funded artistic works and spectacular architectural wonders.
Example Question #4 : Italy And The Renaissance
The School of Athens is one of the most famous works of which Renaissance artist?
Leonardo da Vinci
Petrarch
Raphael
Jan Van Eyck
Michaelangelo
Raphael
The School of Athens is one of the most famous Renaissance paintings, and it is still considered a masterpiece today. It was painted by the Renaissance artist, Raphael, in the early sixteenth century. The fresco can be found in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
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