Renaissance, Reformation, and Discovery quiz

Christopher Columbus wanted to explore because...

• He wanted to prove the world was flat

• He wanted to reach Asia by sailing West

• He wanted to beat Leif Erickson to the New World

• All of the above

Tudor King of England who launched the English Reformation because the Roman Catholic Church opposed his actions of divorcing Catherine of Aragon and marrying Anne Boleyn. Also: severed ties with Rome and allowed the Bible to be printed in English legally for the first time.

• Henry the Navigator

• Henry VIII

• Elizabeth I

• King James II

Which of the following would have best prepared the natives for the Columbian Exchange?

• Horses

• Access to European crops

• Immunity to European diseases

• An understanding of European religions

Due to its geographical location, and the numerous merchants and urban centers this nation was associated with the origins of the Renaissance

• France

• Greece

• Italy

• Spain

A movement in Europe that marked the rebirth or revival of interest in classical Greek and Roman art, literature and learning was called . . .

• Middle Ages

• Age of Exploration

• Reformation

• Renaissance

The pope drew a line of demarcation that separated colonization in the new world between Spain and

• Portugal

• France

• England

• Brazil

Henry Hudson and Walter Raleigh helped explore and settle  regions in modern day the U.S. for what nation

• England

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

Columbus’ voyage differed from the Vikings’ because . . .

• Colubus sought only gold

• It established a more permanent link between New World and Old World

• Columbus was aware of the New World

• None of the above

Which of the following was not a scientist attempting to explain the earth’s position in the universe

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicholaus Copernicus

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Isaac Newton

Which of the following is NOT a Protestant religion

• Catholicism

• Church of England

• Lutheranism

• Calvinism