Renaissance and Reformation Test

How was the Ottoman Empire affected by the end of World War I?

• It lost territorial holdings outside Turkey.

• Its self-defense forces were demobilized.

• It was forced to pay reparations to Germany.

• Its military industries were nationalized.

Use the information in the list to answer the question.

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• Dante Alighieri

• Miguel de Cervantes

• William Shakespeare

• Niccolò Machiavelli

Which is the BEST title for this list?

• Famous Renaissance Painters

• Rulers of Renaissance Florence

• Renaissance Patrons of the Arts

• Great Authors of the Renaissance

In Europe in the 1300s, there was an interest in humanist ideas about classical learning. This interest led to which historic movement?

• the Crusades

• the Renaissance

• the Great Schism

• the Counter Reformation

The Italian Renaissance was a time of renewed interest in classical ideas and achievements associated with the culture of which ancient nation?

• China

• Egypt

• Greece

• India

Use the passage below to answer the question.

During the Middle Ages, merchants from the Islamic world not only provided Europeans with exotic goods, they also introduced Europeans to new innovations from Asia. One Chinese innovation helped spark the Renaissance in Europe by making it easier to spread knowledge.

Which innovation does this passage describe?

• the formula for ink

• the art of calligraphy

• the process of making paper

• the technique for binding books

Renaissance painters developed which technique to improve realism in their works?

• mixing colors

• showing perspective

• using religious themes

• including human figures

Use the information in the list to answer the question.

Voices of Reform

• John Wycliffe (ca. 1330–1384)

• Desiderius Erasmus (1469–1536)

• Martin Luther (1483–1546)

The people listed would MOST likely agree with which statement?

• The Catholic Church should place less importance on its wealth.

• The Catholic Church should raise more money by selling indulgences.

• The pope should have more power to decide matters in the Catholic Church.

• The Bible is less helpful than Catholic Church officials in guiding people’s faith.

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 religious leader started the Protestant Reformation?

• John Calvin

• Martin Luther

• King Henry VIII

• William Tyndale

Use the list below to answer the question.

•Decline in papal authority

•Rise in nation building

•Increase in Enlightenment thinking

Which phrase BEST describes the results in this list?

• establishment of caliphates in the Middle East

• spread of Reformation ideas in Europe

• invasion of Vikings from Northern Europe

• expansion of global trade in Southeast Asia