Unit 2 Practice Quiz

Which of these Bible verses did the Catholic Church use to promote a geocentric universe?

• Psalm 104:5, "He set the Earth on its foundations; it can never be moved."

• Exodus 20:8, "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy."

• Joshua 10:13, "So the sun stood still and the moon stopped..."

• Matthew 5:16, "Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds..."

Which of these things did NOT change during the Reformation?

• Control of the Catholic Church

• Literacy in Europe

• New Religions

• Discrimination Against Jews

Which of these increased in Europe directly because of the Printing Press (movable printed type)?

• Participation in Government

• Wealth for Peasants

• Rates of Literacy

• Land Ownership for Nobles

Which of these does Humanist art do?

• Celebrates Religion

• Uses Flat Perspective

• Fit in Small Spaces

• Uses 3D Perspective

Which of these was NOT part of Renaissance artwork?

• Naturalism (drawing nature with detail)

• Humanism (drawing humans with detail)

• Perspective Drawing

• Flat Drawing

Isaac Newton felt he owed his discoveries to the great thinkers who came before, so he said...

• "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants."

• "Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion."

• "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction."

• "To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation."

Why was the Catholic Church so hostile to Copernicus and Galileo?

• They didn't get permission from the Pope to study the universe.

• If the Church was wrong about the center of the universe, it could be wrong about other things too...

• The Church thought Copernicus & Galileo were Jewish, so their beliefs were rejected.

• The Church thought Copernicus & Galileo had converted to Islam, so they were declared heretics.

Which of these things is an element of PRE-Renaissance architecture?

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Which invention led to more books, more people reading, and books in more languages?

• The Telescope

• The Printing Press

• The Ballpoint Pen

• The Graphite Core Pencil

Match the following historical changes to their results.

• Establishment of new churches

• The Renaissance

• Spread of new ideas

• Scientific Revolution

• Revival of classical ideas

• Protestant Reformation