Renaissance & Reformation

Who improved the process of moveable type with their creation of the printing press?

• Johannes Gutenberg
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Sir Isaac Newton

What was the name of the 16th century movement that criticized the Catholic Church for it's sole use of Latin, indulgences, behavior of priests, etc.

• scientific revolution
• protestant revolution
• counter reformation
• catholic reformation

People such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sir Isaace Newton, Michelangelo, Gutenberg, and Shakespeare made the period known as the Renaissance...

• a time of war
• a time of dictatorships
• a time of creativity
• a time of diplomacy

Humanism includes the ideas:

• the individual is important, the body is beautiful, greeks & romans are inspirational
• greeks and romans are not inspirational
• the state is more important than individual liberty
• the state is more important than God

Paintings from the Renaissance use the tactic of:

• light
• shadow
• perspective
• all of these

Martin Luther's ideas sparked:

• the Renaissance
• the Protestant Reformation
• The Counter-Reformation
• The Catolic Reformation

Dante and Petrarch emphasize the importance of the individual in their writings. Their writings include elements of the philosophy of:

• Humanism
• realism
• classicism
• protestantism

Which of these MOST influenced the spread of ideas during the Renaissance:

• the printing press
• Luther's conversion to Protestantism
• The Counter-Reformation

The selling of indulgences angered many and sparked the

• Renaissance
• Protestant Reformation
• Counter Reformation
• Enlightenment

The Renaissance began in Florence, Italy in part because it was such a wealthy center for trade in the Medieval period.

• true
• fals