Renaissance Review

Galileo made improvements to which invention?

• microscope

• telephone

• computer

• telescope

Who invented the printing press?

• Avery Arp

• Johann Gutenberg

• George Johnberg

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Why was the printing press so important to the Renaissance?

• spread knowledge and ideas faster, more people learned to read

• comic books were easily printed

• artists could reprint paintings

• kings could print more money

Who started the Reformation?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Mr. Peabody

• Martin Luther

• Pope Julius

What did Martin Luther nail to the door of the Catholic Church

• 99 problems

• 84 election results

• 95 Theses

• Track and Field times

Martin Luther disagreed with the selling of indulgences, what were indulgences?

• selling forgiveness, for future sins

• selling boxes of chocolate

• Collecting for the poor

• Building a new church

Copernicus discovered that...

• Earth revolves around Saturn

• The Sun is the center of the universe.

• Earth is the center of the universe.

• Copper can conduct heat.

Who discovered North America in 1492?

• Neil Armstrong

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

What does Renaissance mean?

• more art and thinking

• rebirth

• age of Ren

• smelly roses

Which Renaissance invention greatly increased the communication of ideas across Europe

• eyeglasses with curved lenses

• submarine for underwater travel

• printing press with movable type

• portable mechanical clock