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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.

Who is considered the father of humanism?

• Petrarch

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Gutenberg

Why were the Medicis important to the Renaissance?

• The commissioned many expeditions.

• They started a university in Florence.

• They believed in the teachings of Luther.

• They were patrons of the arts.

What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?

• the printing press

• the caravel

• the telescope

• eyeglasses

What did an indulgence grant a person?

• a pardon for sin

• money for food

• an interview with a priest

• a guarantee into heaven

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

People who wanted the Catholic Church reformed (changed) were called?

• Lutherans

• Calvinists

• protesters

• Protestants