Unit 6: The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation

The study of classical texts caused humanists to focus on what subject?

• human potential and achievements
• an understanding of early Christianity
• an understanding of ancient Muslim values
• Roman law and government

Who were Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More?

• German painters
• Flemish painters
• patrons of the arts
• Christian humanists

What was the first full-sized book Gutenberg printed?

• Utopia
• Romeo and Juliet
• the Bible
• The Prince

In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?

• He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.
• He painted the Mona Lisa while holding scientific discussions.
•  He lived in Italy during the 1500s. 
• He used perspective in all of his drawings and paintings.

Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?

• Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices.
• The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.
• Charles V told his people that buying indulgences was a way to earn a way to heaven.
•  Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children.

Who declared himself the head of the English Church?

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

What form of government did John Calvin prefer?

• democracy
• monarchy
• autocracy
• theocracy

Who was the important Catholic Reformer who founded the Jesuit order?

• Katarina Zell
• Girolamo Savonarola
• Ignatius of Loyola
• Pope Paul III

What were John Wycliffe's main complaints about the Church?

•  three popes and the power of kings
•  use of Latin instead of English and excessive Church wealth
• papal authority and royal interference
• Church worldiness and papal authority

What was the most important effect of the Hundred Years' War?

• It caused the development of national identities in England and France.
•  It led to Joan of Arc becoming France's patron saint.
•  It destroyed formerly prosperous English towns and villages.
• It put an end to the three-field approach to farming.