Common Assessment 7 (2020) Renaissance, Ref, Sci Rev.

Which of the following is a reason the Renaissance happened in Italy as opposed to other areas of Europe?

• Italy had remained powerful since the fall of Rome

• Italy had grown rich from trade

• the rich gold mines in Florence and elsewhere allowed the northern states to become independent of the Church.

• all of the above

What is a Renaissance man?

• Someone who enjoyed worldly pleasures

• Someone who excelled in many areas of study

• Someone who specialized in a particular field of study

• Someone who supported the arts without creating art

Which of the following characterized thinking in the Renaissance?

• A devotion to God and the upkeep of a strict social hierarchy.

• A return to classical learning and a belief in human potential.

• A reliance on Eastern traditions and the belief that

  life is suffering.

• A dark age devoted to hard work and little else.

Johannes Gutenberg created the....

• The copier
• Scribes
• Printing Press
• Best way get information out there

Why was the invention of the printing press important?

• Spread ideas farther and to more people
• Information was given to more
• Put scribes out of jobs
• Kept the newspaper business up and running

What caused luther's call for the Catholic Church to reform?

• He disagreed with the system of popes and religious leaders
• The Church did not stress enough faith and good works
• The emperor made him an outlaw by the Edict of Worms
• The widespread selling of indulgences, among other abuses, angered him.

Martin Luther believed that salvation could be achieved through...

• the purchase of indulgences

• good works

• faith and emphasis on the Bible

• reading and good works

What was the Protestant Reformation?

• an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
• an attempt to reform the Catholic practices that were considered corrupt.
• a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.
• an attempt to overthrow the King of England and replace his authority with the Pope's.

Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church because

• he felt he did not have to pay taxes to the church

• he believed he could do a better job than the Pope.

• he wanted to form his own church after seeing the accomplishments of Martin Luther

• the church would not grant him a divorce from Catherine.

When something is written in "local language" it is considered

• Local

• Vernacular

• English

• Latin