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JAT - Reformation Chapter 17 - Reading Guide 17-1

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Renaissance
d.
diplomacy
b.
Medici
e.
Niccolò Machiavelli
c.
secular
 

 1. 

the diplomat who wrote The Prince in 1513
 

 2. 

being more interested in this world than in religion
 

 3. 

the rich banking family from Florence
 

 4. 

the period from about 1350 to 1550 in Europe, means “rebirth”
 

 5. 

the art of negotiating or making deals with other countries
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 6. 

During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth of interest in
a.
art and learning.
c.
military strategies.
b.
science and medicine.
d.
getting to heaven.
 

 7. 

Because of Italy’s long coastlines, Italian city-states became wealthy through
a.
farming.
c.
fishing.
b.
shipbuilding.
d.
trade.
 

 8. 

Which of the following cities was most famous during the Renaissance?
a.
Florence
c.
Genoa
b.
Rome
d.
Milan
 

 9. 

Europe’s kings allowed the Italian city-states to remain independent so the kings could
a.
hire mercenaries.
c.
use their ports.
b.
borrow money from them.
d.
pay tribute.
 

 10. 

An Italian diplomat, ____, believed that because people were greedy and self-centered, keeping power by any means was the only way to rule.
a.
Marco Polo
c.
Niccolò Machiavelli
b.
Lorenzo dé Medici
d.
Kublai Khan
 



 
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