Age of Revolutions Unit 4 Test

Who was the most powerful group in Europe during the Dark Ages?

• Capetian Dynasty in France

• Saxon Kings in England

• Roman Kings in Italy

• Pope and the Catholic Church

What bad thing occurred in Europe during the Dark Ages led people to question the authority of their leadership?

• Disease (Plague)

• Starvation

• War (Crusades & Hundred Years War)

• All of the above

What key invention from the Renaissance helped ideas spread throughout Europe like never before?

• Typewriter

• Printing Press

• Car

• Horse Messengers

Which term refers to the idea that man is the center of his own universe, which sparked a focus on human achievements during the Renaissance?

• Reformation

• Humanism

• Revolution

• Enlightenment

Why was Martin Luther and a lot of other priests upset with the Catholic Church and their teachings?

• Thought the Pope didn’t have enough power

• Wanted the Church to start backing the civil rights movement and support his “I have a dream” speech

• Criticized the Pope for selling indulgences & believed the Church was straying away from the bible’s teachings

• Felt that they were teaching racist ideals

What happened to Martin Luther after he was kicked out of the Catholic Church for writing his 95 theses (arguments against the Church)?

• He was put on house arrest for heresy (breaking religious law)

• He began practicing Judaism instead

• He started his own Protestant version of Christianity

• All of the following are correct

How did the scientific revolution challenge authority?

• Challenged the church’s credibility on past works by developing the scientific method which allowed people to ask their own questions about how the universe worked and explore it further

• Challenging traditional knowledge by doubting previous work and investigating it to find errors

• Challenged the Church’s astronomical theory by supporting the heliocentric theory that said the Sun is the center of the solar system

• All of the following are correct

Who is known as the father of modern science and invented the telescope?

• Isaac Newton

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Michelangelo

How did the Enlightenment impact the United States of America?

• Its ideas helped structure many aspects of America’s government and society that are still in place today.

• It led to an outbreak of disease in America.

• It followed Thomas Hobbes’ ideas and turned America into an absolute monarchy.

• It had no impact on America.

Which of the following was a major cause of the American revolution?

• Britain wanted to ban slavery

• British King taxing the American colonies (taxation without representation)

• Racism

• Britain was broke and couldn’t support the colonies anymore