MCHS-Unit IV Renaissance Review

Who declared himself the head of the English Church?

• Henry VIII
• John Knox
• Martin Luther
• Emperor Charles V

To become known as an important patron, one most needed to be

• Wealthy
• Creative
• Religious
• Intellectual

____________________ is a person who supports artists, especially financially.

• Utopia
• Patron
• indulgent
• Secular

On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?

• Spain
• England
• Italy
• Germany

Humanism...

• emphasized the Bible
• leads to happier lives
• encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
• focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 

Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry VIII were all

• Impressionist painters
• High ranking officials of the Catholic Church
• Leaders of the Protestant reformation
• Divine right monarchs

A major reason that the Renaissance began in Italy was that

• Farmers produced great agricultural surpluses on great plains
• Italian city- states had grown wealthy from trade between Europe and Asia and therefore had a wealthy class that invested in the arts
• Legislative bodies began to tax churches
• A socialist form of government

European society during the Renaissance differed from European society during the Middle Ages in that during the Renaissance

• The church had no influence
• The emphasis on individual worth increased
• Economic activity decreased
• Art no longer contained religious themes

The Catholic Church advocated for freedom of press and supported Protestant reformation authors like Martin Luther, John Calvin and scientists like Nicholas Copernicus.

• True
• False

During the Renaissance, people had NO interest in the classical learning of Ancient Greece and Rome

• True
• False