Renaissance and Reformation

What was a major characteristic of the Renaissance in Europe?

• Secular achievements were emphasized.

• Most literature was written in Arabic.

• Suffrage was granted to men and women.

• Most ancient Greek and Roman ideas were rejected.

A major reason that the Renaissance began in Italy was that-

• Italian city-states had grown wealthy from trade between Europe and Asia

• farmers produced great agricultural surpluses on vast plains

• merchants supported the Green Revolution

• many European scholars had migrated to this area

Being a “Renaissance Man,” means someone who-

• Practiced and excelled in a variety of activities or crafts.

• Was motivated primarily by the desire for economic gain.

• Was not interested in religion or spiritual questions.

• Spoke and read many different languages.

Reformer of the church who called for the Bible to be translated from Latin into the vernacular, or language of ordinary people?

• Shakespeare

• Gutenberg

• More

• Erasmus

Which of the following does not represent a cause of the Reformation?

• The secularization of many religious institutions

• The increased contact with the Islamic Empire via the Crusades

• Clerical abuses

• The sale of indulgences

The correct order of Henry’s successors is-

• Mary I, Elizabeth, Edward VI

• Mary Queen of Scots, Mary I, Elizabeth

• Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, Edward VI

• Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I

Which English monarch had thousands of Protestants burned at the stake?

• Elizabeth

• Mary

• Henry VIII

• Edward VI

Which individual’s work had the greatest impact on the spread of Martin Luther’s ideas?

• Galileo Galilei

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• William Shakespeare

• Johannes Gutenberg

Prior to the Protestant Reformation, the medieval church in western Europe was

criticized for-

• sponsoring explorations to the Middle East

• allowing the Bible to be printed and distributed to the people

• being too concerned with worldly power and riches

• refusing to sell indulgences to peasants

In the 1530s and 1540s, Pope Paul III became the leader of the Catholic Reformation. What was one of his main objectives during the reform movement?

• to discredit Protestant religious leaders.

• to gain papal control of the Church of England.

• to bring a new leader to power in England.

• to revive the moral authority of the Church.