Renaissance and Reformation Quiz Review

Which period is associated with these statements?

• French Revolution

• Renaissance

• Early Middle Ages

• Enlightenment

Which factor contributed to the beginning of the Renaissance in Italian cities?

• occupation by foreign powers

• interaction with Latin America

• surplus of porcelain from Japan

• access to important trade routes

“. . . and in the actions of men, and especially of princes, . . . the end justifies the means.”

Which philosopher most likely wrote this statement?

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Niccolò Machiavelli

• Voltaire

• John Locke

In his book The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli advises that a wise ruler is one who

• keeps taxes and food prices low

• encourages education and the arts

• allows advisors to speak their minds

• does what is necessary to stay in power

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

Which action could be considered an effect of the Protestant Reformation?

• posting of the Ninety-five Theses

• decline in the power of the Roman Catholic Church

• sale of indulgences

• end of religious warfare

• Luther posted the Ninety-Five Theses.

• Calvin preached the theory of predestination.

• Henry VIII signed the Act of Supremacy.

These events occurred during the

• Crusades

• Neolithic Revolution

• Protestant Reformation

• Glorious Revolution

A major goal of the Counter-Reformation was to

• reinstate the power of the Roman Catholic Church

• reduce the authority of absolute monarchs

• encourage new ideas in science and philosophy throughout Europe

• compromise with European Protestants

“Kings and Princes coin money only out of metals, but the Pope coins money out of everything, -- indulgences, ceremonies, dispensations, pardons; all fish come to his net.” -- Martin Luther, 1519

In this passage, Martin Luther presents his

• objections to practices of the Catholic Church

• plan for economic change in Central Europe

• objections to using only metals as the basis for money

• justification for the dethroning of an absolute monarch

In Spain, an effect of the Inquisition during the 16th century was to

• prevent the introduction of Protestant religions

• reintroduce Moorish culture to the Iberian Peninsula

• encourage the development of the Industrial Revolution

• implement the ideas of the Renaissance in major cities