Question 1
One of the foremost preoccupations of Italian Renaissance art was
A) the elimination of religious images in painting and sculpture.
B) the realistic portrayal of the human nude.
C) to reject the trend of realism and emphasize abstract artistic forms.
D) the exclusion of humans in favor of purely sacred images.
E) a refusal to study mathematical laws and anatomical structures.
Question 2
The development of printing in the fifteenth century
A) pertained predominantly to secular works, as theological works were still done by hand.
B) saw the invention of movable type by Nicholas Fabian.
C) ensured that literacy and new knowledge would spread rapidly in European society.
D) made communication and collaborative work between scholars more difficult due to competition.
E) had little impact until the eighteenth century.
Question 3
The United States purchased Alaska from
A) Great Britain.
B) Russia.
C) France.
D) Austria.
E) None of these are correct.
Question 4
The first western territory to give women the vote was
A) Utah.
B) Nevada.
C) Oklahoma.
D) Wyoming.
E) Colorado.
Question 5
Johannes Gutenberg was a key developer of
A) the water wheel.
B) the astrolabe.
C) the movable type printing press.
D) smokeless gunpowder.
E) the compass.
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