Reformation & Renaissance

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed
• Rebuilt
• Remade
• Rebirth

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Italy
• France
• England
• Germany

One reason why the Renaissance began in Italy?

• Italy was not impacted by the plague

• Italy was the last area impacted by the plague

• trade made Italian cities wealthy

• because it was the center of the Catholic Church

What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?

• wealthy patrons
• church officials
• government grants
• kings competing for prestige

Intellectual movement that focused on human potential and studying subjects like rhetoric, history, poetry, and grammar.

• Humanism

• Middle Ages

• Classical Era

• Crusades

-literacy rates rise.

-Shakespeare’s sonnets circulated.

-secular ideas spread.

Which innovation led directly to these developments?

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Paper currency

• Printing press

Which of the following best describes Luther's teachings?

• A person could gain salvation based on faith alone

• Priests were necessary to interpret the Bible

• No clergy member should marry

• The pope's word was more important than the Bible

What were Indulgences?

• Prayers performed after eating to much food

• Leaders within the Catholic Church

• Pardons for sins sold by the Catholic Church

• Positions within the Catholic Church sold to the highest bidder

What was The most immediate cause of the Reformation?

• Henry the VIII creating the Church of England

• Erasmus writing Praise of Follies

• John Calvin establishing Calvinism

• Martin Luther posting The 95 Theses

Which of the following best helped Martin Luther's ideas reach other parts of Europe? 

• The Bible
• The printing press
• Church Hierarchy
• The Diet of Worms