World History Midterm Review: Renaissance, Reformation & SR

One way in which the writers of the Renaissance were influenced by the writers of ancient Greece was that the Renaissance writers

• stressed the power of human reason

• promoted the religious doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church

• showed little interest in secular affairs

• produced few new scientific ideas

Which factor contributed to the beginning of the Renaissance in Italian cities?

• occupation by foreign powers

• interaction with Latin America

• surplus of porcelain from Japan

• location near important trade routes

17th-century scholars Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei faced serious challenges to their scientific theories because their ideas

• were based on the Bible

• contradicted traditional medieval Christian beliefs

• relied only on teachings from non-Christian cultures

• were not supported by scientific investigations

One similarity between Martin Luther, Henry VIII and Galileo is that they

• argued against the establishment of a theocratic state

• protested against the ideas of the Enlightenment

• died during the Reign of Terror

• challenged the teachings of the Catholic Church

Who invented the printing press?

• Francis Bacon

• Isaac Newton

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Martin Luther

The Renaissance was known mostly as a time of

• all out war in Europe

• a rebirth of culture and education

• great despair and disease

• artistic decline

The Gutenberg printing press

• had little effect on society during the Renaissance

• made it much easier to create copies of books and pamphlets

• was banned in Europe

• was invented by Da Vinci

A heretic is someone who

• is guilty of murder

• steals

• teaches something that contradicts the Church

• works within the Church to help the poor

After the Diet of Worms, Luther went on to

• live for many years

• translate the Holy Bible into German

• found the Lutheran Church

• all of these

Started the Anglican Church in England because the Pope wouldn't grant hs divorce?

• Henry VIII

• John Calvin

• Pope Paul III

• Martin Luther