Chapter 11: Renaissance, Reformation, Counter Reformation Te

The information in the map suggests that the Black Death spread to Europe as a result of contact with —

• merchants from West Africa
• explorers from the Americas
• barbarians from Scandinavia
• traders coming from Asia

What is the most likely source of this quotation?

• Machiavelli's recommendations to rulers in The Prince.
• Da Vinci's description of his new painting style in works like the Mona Lisa
• Luther's failure to submit to the Pope's demands at the Diet of Worms.
• Arguments of Galileo at his trial for accepting the views of Copernicus.

^{In the 1500s, Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, Henry VIII's "Act of Supremacy," and John Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion" contributed to —}

• a decline in the power of the Catholic Church
• an increased sense of nationalism in Tudor England
• the growing power of the feudal nobility in Europe
• a major conflict with Eastern Orthodox Christians

Which change to Christian church practices was suggested by Martin Luther?

• increasing the sale of indulgences
• installing statues of saints in churches
• printing the Bible in the vernacular so all could understand it

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

• England established permanent control over much of France.
• The Black Death spread from France to England
• England and France failed to benefit from Renaissance culture
• A greater reliance on new weapons reduced the importance of knights.

In 1517, Martin Luther was dissatisfied with the Catholic Church because he —

• thought the Church lacked structure
• disagreed with the sale of indulgences
• blamed the Church for not curing people who had the plague
• believed that kings should have more power to appoint clergy

These events are most closely related with _

• the Crusades and the control of the Holy Land
• Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
• Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance
• Copernicus and his theory that the Earth rotated around the sun

The major goal of the Counter-Reformation was to —

• reinstate the power of the Roman Catholic Church
• reduce the authority of absolute monarchs 
• encourage new ideas in science and philosophy
• reach a compromise with European Protestants

The ideas presented in this passage by Luther contributed directly to the — 

• Mandate of Heaven
• Protestant Reformation
• Renaissance
• Code of Hammurabi

Which conclusion can be reached from the events on this timeline?

• The plague primarily affected China.
• The interaction of people through trade spread the plague
• Port cities were relatively untouched by the plague
• The plague started in Western Europe.