Unit 4 Renaissance and Reformation Pre-Test

The Reformation was a major historical turning point because it

• caused a reinstatement of Catholic authority.

• increased interest in the study of Islam.

• encouraged individual interpretation of sacred scriptures.

• increased the popularity of secularism.

How were the works of Leonardo da Vinci an example of the importance of the Renaissance?

• Patrons became less influential.

• Subjects became more secular.

• Colors and brushstrokes become more simplistic.

• Perspective and dimension were emphasized in paintings.

Which phrase BEST completes this table?

• The Second Great Awakening

• The Great Schism

• The First Great Migration

• The Protestant Reformation

Use the list below to answer the question.

Characteristics of the Renaissance

•Cultural achievements were financed by cities.

•Classical texts and art were valued and studied.

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Which statement BEST completes this list?

• Kings gave authority to religious leaders.

• People chose to enter monasteries.

• Legislative bodies began to tax churches.

• People embraced secular ideas.

What was one major effect of the invention of the printing press?

• It helped Catholic leaders increase power.

• It helped facilitate the spread of religious ideas.

• It helped popularize reforms in the Catholic Church.

• It helped introduce new leadership roles in the church.

What was one direct result of the reforms described below?

Reforms of Protestant Reformation

• Religion should be personal, immediate, and based on faith

• Focus on the scriptures and abolish ritualistic ceremony

• Increase literacy so all could read the Bible in their own language

• expansion of a traditional economic system

• end of absolute monarchies

• development of new faiths

• acceptance of radical political groups

Which statement BEST explains how corruption in the Catholic Church affected Europeans during the 1400s?

• Groups sought religious freedom in North America

• Trade declined because of religious restrictions

• Monarchs began to lose control of land to the Church

• Individuals began to question the Pope’s authority

What is significant about this act?

Albeit the king’s Majesty justly and rightfully is . . . the supreme head of the Church of England, and so is recognized by the clergy of this realm . . . be it enacted, by authority of this present Parliament, that the king, our sovereign lord, his heirs and successors, kings of this realm, shall be . . . the only supreme head in earth of the Church of England. . . . —Act of Supremacy, Henry VIII, 1534

• It allowed the monarch to override laws passed by Parliament.

• It increased tensions during the Protestant Reformation.

• It improved political relations among the leaders of Parliament.

• It led to the events that prompted the Renaissance.

Which aspect of the Renaissance is shown in this information about Florence?

"The welling up of civic pride that overflowed in public building was brought on by that remarkable course of events from the end of the thirteenth to the beginning of the fifteenth century that transformed the Florentine state . . . During the century and a half at the building of the town hall and ending at the crowning of the cathedral with Brunelleschi’s cupola, Florence put its internal affairs into an impressive new order . . . and asserted itself as a major Italian power." —Richard A. Goldthwaite

• rising power of artists

• economic prosperity of city-states

• new techniques in religious sculpture

• increased use of the vernacular languages

Which statement best expresses an idea held by many Renaissance humanist philosophers?

• People should study worldly subjects as well as sacred matters.

• Governments should establish overseas empires.

• Individuals should withdraw from the world and study religion.

• Scholars should dedicate themselves to the study of life after death.