Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution

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

A direct impact that the printing press had on 16th-century Europe was that it encouraged the

• spread of ideas

• beginnings of communism

• establishment of democracy

• development of industrialization

What was one ideal of Renaissance humanism?

• training as a knight and practicing chivalry

• obeying divine right monarchy and the church

• living apart from the world and taking monastic vows

• investigating areas of interest and fulfilling one’s potential

Which period in European history is most closely associated with Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, William Shakespeare, and Nicolaus Copernicus?

• Early Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• Age of Absolutism

• Enlightenment

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

The Heliocentric Model believes that

• Earth rotates on axis and orbits around the sun

• Earth is center of universe

• There is no center of universe

• There are no other planets than planet Earth

Which individual is correctly paired with an individual who further developed his ideas?

• Pope Urban II → Martin Luther

• Nicolaus Copernicus → Galileo Galilei

• Hernando Cortez → Simón Bolívar

• Louis XVI → Maximilien Robespierre

Which pair of ideas were central to the Scientific Revolution?

• social stability and economic self-sufficiency

• observation and experimentation

• technology and military expansion

• scarcity and interdependence

Which statement about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate?

• The existence of natural laws was rejected.

• Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe.

• New ideas supported the geocentric theory of Ptolemy.

• The Bible was used to justify new scientific findings.