Renaissance & Reformation Review

What is the most likely source of this quotation?

• Machiavelli’s recommendations to the 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 of the feudal nobility in Europe

• a major conflict with Eastern Orthodox Christians

What change to Christian church practice was suggested by Martin Luther?

• increase the the sale of indulgences

• installing statues of saints in churches

• saying the mass in Latin so the faithful would hear it

• printing the Bible in the language so all could understand it

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 not have more power to appoint clergy.

One major characteristic of the Renaissance was that the-

• manor became the main center of economic activity

• Catholic Culture lost all its influence in Europe

• classical culture of Greece and Rome were studied and imitated

• major language of the common people was Latin

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

Which statement expresses a belief by most Renaissance humanist philosophers?

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

• Governments should establish overseas empires.

• People should withdraw from the world to worship Dog.

• Scholars should follow Church teachings without question.

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

• Mandate of Heaven

• Protestant Reformation

• Renaissance

• Code of Hammurabi

Which innovation had the greatest impact of the Protestant Reformation?

• establishment of the movable-type printing press

• introduction of porcelain

• use of the magnetic compass

• construction of triangular sail.

Which individual’s work had the greatest impact on the spread of Martin Luther’s ideas

• Galileo Galilei

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• William Shakespeare

• Johann Gutenberg