Renaissance & Reformation Test

What action by the Church drove Martin Luther to post his 95 Theses?

• decorating churches
• getting rid of kings
• allowing bishops & priests to marry
• selling salvation through indulgences

What country is considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance

• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Russia

Match the following terms to their definitions

• Italian merchant & explorer

• Marco Polo

• Italian painter

• Medici Family

• Italian banking and political family

• Martin Luther

• German priest who posted the 95 Theses

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Inventor of the Printing Press

• Raphael

The age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called the

• Reformation
• Middle Ages
• Renaissance
• Medieval Enlightenment

According to the doctrine of predestination

• God determines the fate of every person
• Salvation can be achieved only by good works
• Salvation can be achieved only by faith
• political rulers had to obey papal authority

What invention helped diffuse ideas and provided more people the opportunity to read?

• mosaics
• printing press
• road sign
• newspaper

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted The Pieta?

• Gutenbuerg
• Machiavelli
• da Vinci
• Michelangelo

Which Italian city-state is considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Venice
• Milan
• Genoa
• Florence

A release from sin given by the Catholic church through payment

• fundamental

• indulgence

• predestination

• Transubstantiation

Luther was ___________ by Pope Leo III because of his criticisms.

• Promoted
• Excommunicated
• Killed
• Banished