Renaissance and Reformation

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

• Christian Devotion
• Good health after the plague
• Classical art and learning
• Chivalry and tournaments

The study of classical texts caused humanists to focus on what subject?

• an understanding of early Christianity
• an understanding of ancient Muslim values
• Roman law and governments
• human potential and achievements

In 1559, the Anglican Church became the official church of England

• True
• False

What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance man"?

• someone who specialized in a particular field of study
• someone who supported and appreciated the arts without creating art
• someone who enjoyed worldly pleasures
• someone who excelled in many areas of study

What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?

• It led to the development of public libraries
• It increased literacy and the use of the vernacular.
• It led to a renewed study of Latin and Greek
• Gutenberg used his wealth from the invention to support artists.

For what is the Medici family famous?

• for being artists
• for being writers
• for being religious reformers
• for being rulers and supporters of the arts

The name Anabaptist is from the Greek for baptize again.

• True
• False

Which of the following was one of Luther's main beliefs?

• All people with faith were equal.
• Men and women are naturally sinful.
• Good works were required for salvation.
• Christians needed to be baptized again as adults.

The Peace of Augsburg ended a war between supporters of which two groups?

• Catholic and Protestant German princes
• Roman Catholics and Anglicans
• England and Spain
• French Catholics and Huguenots

Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?

• Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices
• The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.
• Charles V told his people that buying indulgences was a way to earn a way to heaven
• Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children.