Renaissance Reformation and Enlightenment

What does the word renaissance mean?

• recreate

• reemerge

• rebirth

• reinvent

When did the Renaissance occur?

• 1300s–1600s

• 1300s–1500s

• 1200s–1600s

• none of these

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Milan

• Italy

• Britain

• Florence

During the Renaissance, people became interested in

• mathematics.

• the ancient Greeks and Romans.

• Petrarch.

• gold.

What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?

• the printing press

• the caravel

• the telescope

• eyeglasses

Who was Johann Gutenberg?

• the inventor of the telescope

• the inventor of the printing press

• the founder of the laws of planetary motion

• a religious reformer

Why were Copernicus’ proposals about the solar system so unique?

• People believed that Earth was the center of the universe.

• People believed that the Moon was the center of the universe.

• People believed that the Sun was the center of the universe.

• People believed that Earth was flat.

In what field is Vesalius famous?

• astronomy (space)

• anatomy (body)

• Latin literature

• sculpture (carved pictures)

Why did Luther disapprove of indulgences?

• He felt the church was not charging enough.

• He felt that faith alone was the only path to salvation.

• He believed the Pope was corrupt.

• all of the these

What was the church's response to Luther's ideas?

• Luther was excommunicated.

• Luther was sainted.

• Luther was stripped of his ministerial vestments.

• Luther was put to death.