Modern World History Honors Midterm Review 2024

The Last Supper is an example of which of the following types of Renaissance representations:

• Non-secularism
• Humanism
• Secularism
• Vernacular

Why is Copernicus' map "revolutionary" for the period of the Scientific Revolution?

• It shows the sun at the center, which challenges the church idea that the earth was in the center
• It shows the earth at the center which all other astronomers had proven to be false.
• It shows the sun as at the center but three other "earth like" planets as also in possible orbit
• It shows the earth in the center of the center, which supported the idea that God had created the earth, then all the other planets

What was an important EFFECT of the invention of the printing press?

• Gutenberg used his wealth from the invention to support artists.
• It led to the immediate development of public libraries.
• It led to a renewed study of Latin and Greek
• It increased literacy and the use of the vernacular.

The intellectual and cultural movement known as humanism arose from the study of

• medieval scholarship
• original Christian writings
• classical Greek and Roman culture
• the contributions of the Tang and Song dynasties.

Martin Luther's great work which highlighted all of the ills of the Roman Catholic Church was called

• The Constitution
• Ninety-five Theses
• The Holy Bible
• Confessions of Luther
• The Divine Comedy

What was the significance the English Bill of Rights?

• It established a group of government ministers known as the cabinet.
• It allowed for the bloodless overthrow of King James II.
• It made clear the limits of royal power and the power of the people.
• It restored power to the monarch.

Who was the individual responsible for murdering Marat in his bathtub?

• Olympe de Gouges
• Charlotte Corday
• Marie Antoinette
• Mary Wollstonecraft

The group of extreme radicals led by Robespierre and members of the National Convention, was called?

• Jacobins
• Girondists
• Women

• Mountain

This individual published The Friend of the People in order to identify people who were potentially anti- revolutionary.

• Robespierre
• Louis XVI
• Danton
• Marat

Who said, ”Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.”

• Voltaire
• Wollstonecraft
• Locke
• Rousseau