Semester 1 Exam Review Honors

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

• Arts and learning

• Christian devotion

• Good health

• Chivalry and tournaments

Why is the Medici family famous?

• They were artists during the Renaissance

• They were writers

• They were religious reformers

• They were patrons and supporters of the arts

What was the first book that Gutenberg printed on his printing press?

• Romeo and Juliet

• The Prince

• Gravitopia

• The Bible

Who were Erasmus and More?

• Flemish painters

• Christian humanists

• Patrons of the arts

• German Sculptors

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

• He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist

• He lived in Italy during the 1500s

• He painted the Mona Lisa while having scientific discussions

• He used perspective in all of his paintings

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

• Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher office

• 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 go to heaven

• Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children

What was one of John Calvin's major teachings?

• humanism

• Adult baptism

• Indulgences

• Predestination

Who was the Catholic Reformer who founded the Jesuit order?

• Pope Paul III

• Katarina Zell

• Girolamo Savonarola

• Ignatius of Loyola

How did Italy's location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Ideas could be spread easily by means of Italy’s fleet.

• Italy was protected from the rest of Europe by the Alps.

• Italy had access to Roman ruins and ancient manuscripts from Constantinople

• The bubonic plague had not reached the southern tip of Europe.

What was the devshirme system designed to do?

• Turn Christian boys into Muslim soldiers

• Make the tax system more fair

• Do away with rivals to the throne

• Divide political power equally between Christians and Muslims