Unit 1 Study Guide

Which is NOT a significant feature of European Renaissance culture?

• humanism (human's abilities)

• secularism (non-religious)

• indulgences (payment for sins)

• classicism (emphasis on classic Greece and Rome)

What do we call a person who has a wide range of abilities, interests and innovations, especially in the arts and sciences?

• Medieval Man

• Renaissance Man

• An explorer

• A Mona Lisa

What is a similarity between the European Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation?

• pope was in charge

• return of the Greek culture and religion

• fall of monarchs

• people questioned tradition

What led to a decline in religious unity and the power of the Catholic Church in Western Europe?

• Protestant Reformation

• Age of Exploration

• missionaries

• Catholic/Counter Reformation

What was a major EFFECT of the Protestant Reformation in Western Europe?

• realism and linear perspective in art

• division between Catholics and Protestants

• corruption of church leaders

• the invention of the printing press

Who began the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses to the door a church in Germany?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Pope Gregory IX

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Martin Luther

What was an unpopular church practice that Martin Luther protested in his 95 Theses?

• Jesus being God's son

• the treatment of non-Christians

• indulgences

• taking care of the poor

What emphasizes the value and abilities of the individual?

• linear perspective

• realism

• humanism

• reform

Which painting is an example of the Renaissance realism movement?

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Which is an example of spreading classicism during the European Renaissance?

• copies of the Bible

• reproducing Greek and Latin (Roman) texts

• copying Islamic architecture

• reproducing Aztec and Incan pictographs