Humanism

What did Humanists believe

• Focus only on Religion
• Abandon all religious thought
• Balance religion and human nature
• Thought all humans were sinful

Humanists believed you were born into your role and couldn't change your social position.

• True
• False

Humanists believed all people could control their own lives and achieve:

• Independence
• Weath
• Power
• Greatness

Humanists never questioned the church.

• True
• False

Humanists thought the church and government should be ruled together.

• True
• False

Humanists thought you should question everything.

• True
• False

Humanists beliefs about the individual were very similar to medieval beliefs about the individual.

• True
• False

Humanists prized individual achievement more that a person's class or family.

• True
• False

What was the Renaissance?

• a rebirth of Mesopotamian culture
• a rebirth of Greek and Egyptian culture
• a rebirth of Roman and Harrapan culture
• a rebirth of Greek and Roman culture

Which of the following best describes what humanism is?

• Celebrating the individual
• The do's and don't of life
• The end justifies the means
• God before all else