RHS WH Unit 7 Review

Which fundamental artistic technique still used today was developed in the Renaissance?

• Chiaroscuro

• Contrapposto

• Foreshortening

• Linear Perspective

Which description best reflects the relationship between religion and the secular world during the Renaissance?

• Protestant emphasis on the individual’s personal relationship with God was seen in the size of new churches being built

• Renewed interest in the Classical Greek and Roman texts led to closer ties between the Catholic Church and secular institutions

• The relationship between politics and religion became strained, and the political influence of the Catholic Church weakened

• Humanist writers and philosophers whose ideas fostered individual expression and intellectual freedom supported the Catholic Church

Many of the literary works of the Renaissance reflect the cultural changes taking place during that time by...

• arguing to end the enslavement of people

• criticizing the power of the Catholic Church

• emphasizing the importance of the individual

• elevating women characters to equal status with men

Which factor contributed most to the development of the Renaissance in Italy?

• City-states in Italy had become wealthy from trade

• Nobles in Italy had been military leaders in the Crusades

• The Catholic Church provided political stability to the region

• The region had become politically unified under one Italian king

The most immediate cause of the Reformation included...

• Erasmus’ publishing of The Praise of Folly

• Martin Luther’s posting of the Ninety-five Theses

• John Calvin’s establishment of a theocracy in Geneva

• Henry VIII’s plea to Pope Clement VII for an annulment

A new theological doctrine that emerged from the Protestant Reformation included the idea of...

• good works

• salvation by grace

• sacramental traditions

• indulgences for forgiveness

The Act of Supremacy of 1534 changed the religious patterns in England by...

• protecting the monasteries in England from Papal abuses

• allowing for the spread of the Lutheran religion to England

• making the monarch the head of the Christian church in England

• installing the Archbishop of Canterbury as the spiritual leader of England

In his work Summa Theologica Thomas Aquinas attempted to answer questions about matters of faith and doctrine in Catholicism by...

• Using satire and comedy to provide memorable explanations of complex theological ideas

• Creating a panel of legal and religious scholars to decide major questions of church theology

• Developing a system of church law based on family and religious customs of the Roman Empire

• Combining ideas of Greek and church philosophers to explain that faith and religion do not conflict

The Crusades helped to contribute to the beginning of the European Renaissance by —

• introducing the Europeans to Islamic art

• destroying the libraries of Muslim scholars

• facilitating the revival of trade with the East

• inciting a rebellion against the Catholic Church

How did the Catholic Church respond to the religious changes brought about by the Reformation?

• It allowed Catholic priests to marry

• It launched a Counter-Reformation

• It replaced the Pope with a new leader

• It issued an English translation of the Bible