Renaissance and Reformation Unit Review

Which event was caused by a plague that was brought to Europe on trade ships from Asia kill about a 1/3 of Europe's population?

• Crusades

• Great Famine

• Black Death

• Hundred Years War

Which event caused a rebirth of trade and weakened feudalism through the death or bankruptcy of many nobles.

• Crusades

• Great Famine

• Great Schism

• Hundred Years War

What event caused a food shortage that weakened feudalism because peasant were allowed to earn their freedom from their lord?

• Black Death

• Great Famine

• Hundred Years War

• Great Schism

What event weakened the authority and prestige of the church because of a disagreement over who the Pope should be?

• Great Famine

• Crusades

• Black Death

• Great Schism

Which of the following events decreased the power of the nobles because Kings developed large standing armies and the introduction of gunpowder made knights useless?

• Hundred Years War

• Black Plague

• Crusades

• Great Schism

What do the Black Plague, Crusades, Hundred Years War, Great Famine, and the Great Schism have in common?

• They all promoted an increase in trade.

• They all led to technological advances that changed the world.

• They all helped bring an end to the middle ages in different ways.

• They all resulted in large amounts of death and misery.

During the Renaissance, there was a revival of interst in

• the church

• agriculture

• Greek and Roman Civilizations

• individual achievement

The artistic technique developed during the Renaissance that made paintings appear 3D.

• Perspective

• Technicolor Artistry

• Cross Hatch Shading

• Illusion of 2D

What is one way European society changed thanks to the printing press?

• People quit the feudal system to find work else where

• More people learned to read

• Literacy declined during the Renaissance

• People began writing scripts for movies

Why was the Printing press so important during the Renaissance?

• It Renaissance ideas spread faster

• People began printing newspapers in America

• People began writing mean articles about Kings

• The bible was only printed in Latin