Renaissance and Reformation Review

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Which Renaissance figure most helped scientists better understand the human body through art?

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Which religious leader started the Protestant Reformation?

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Martin Luther

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The Italian Renaissance was a time of renewed interest in classical ideas and achievements associated with the culture of which ancient nation?

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Greece

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What practice did Martin Luther argue against in his Ninety-Five Theses?

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selling indulgences

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Which of these describes a major difference between Martin Luther’s beliefs and the beliefs of the Catholic Church?
Baptism alone allows sinners to achieve grace.
Sinners may achieve salvation through faith alone.
Only by receiving communion may sinners be saved.
Only priests should be allowed to interpret scripture.

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Sinners may achieve salvation through faith alone.

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Which advance helped spread the ideas of the Protestant Reformation? Options: Michelangelo’s architectural achievements, Gutenberg’s moveable type printing press, Galileo’s invention of the reflecting telescope, Da Vinci’s drawings of human anatomy

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Gutenberg’s moveable type printing press

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What development helped to make books less expensive in Europe after the mid-1400s?

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the printing press

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Which of the following best defines the Renaissance? Options: a movement in the 1500s and 1600s during which religious leaders broke away from the Catholic Church in Europe, a European movement from 1800 to 1850 that emphasized the imagination and feelings, a period from the 1300s to 1500s that brought new beliefs, culture, and art to Europe, a European period in the 1600s and 1700s that focused on the value of reason

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a period from the 1300s to 1500s that brought new beliefs, culture, and art to Europe

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Which statement best explains why the Renaissance first developed in cities like Florence and Venice? They had monasteries where ancient works were kept. They were economic centers where people exchanged goods and ideas. They were governed by a united kingdom that spent money on the arts. They had universities where scholars studied and taught.

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They were economic centers where people exchanged goods and ideas.

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In Europe in the 1300s, there was an interest in humanist ideas about classical learning. This interest led to which historic movement?

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the Renaissance