Topic 15 lessons 1-6

Why did the growth of trade and industry weaken feudalism?

• Peasants left manors to find jobs in towns

• the rise of a merchant class weakened the power of monarchs

• feudal manors switched from farming to making goods

• farming stopped being profitable because merchants imported food

What was the result of the Battle of the Spanish Armada?

• Spanish domination of the seas came to an end

• Spain and England went to war

• England overthrew the Spanish monarchy

• England became a Protestant nation

Which belief did Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism all share?

• Priests interpret the bible and Church teachings for people

• Salvation after death

• Only God can grant salvation

• God predetermines who will be saved

What is the title of Topic 15?

• Struggle in Medieval Europe

• Life in Medieval Christiandom

• Renaissance and Reformation

• Global Convergence

Which of the following is a major reason that Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• City-states in Italy were centers of trade and commerce

• Italian scholars had preserved much of the learning of ancient Rome

• many of the great writers of the Renaissance were Italian

• Feudalism had been stronger in Italy than in other places

Who said "I am hotblooded by temperament and my pen gets irritated easily" ?

• Martin Luther

• Pope George

• King Arthur

• John Calvin

Why did Henry VIII come into conflict with the people?

• henry wanted England to become a Protestant nation

• Henry wanted to remove the pope as head of the Church

• The pope refused to annul Henry's marriage and allow him to remarry

• The pope was angry about England's defeat of the Spanish armada

What did the development of linear perspective allow artists to do?

• show human anatomy more accurately

• paint three-dimensional images on a flat surface

• create more exact technical drawings

• build domes with precise mathematical proportions

Renaissance architects designed structures that were considered beautiful because of their

• ornate religious imagery

• simplicity of design

• revival of medieval models

• harmony and proportion

What were the 95 Theses?

• a translation of the New Testament into English by William Tyndale

• an argument by Martin Luther challenging the authority of the Catholic Church

• a decree issued by the Diet of Worms that declared Martin Luther an outlaw

• a book written by John Calvin that set out the basic ideas of the Protestant faith