Land-Based Empires Test Review

Which of the following is NOT a reason the Renaissance began in Italy?

• Its location on the Mediterranean Sea allowed it to establish an extensive trading network.

• Many city-state leaders gained wealth from trade and were able to pay artists large sums of money.

• The Catholic Church, which was based in Rome, promised artists eternal life for all artists who worked for them.

• Many artists and wealthy patrons wanted to bring back ancient Roman and Greek culture because of its importance in the humanities.

Johann Gutenberg created this, which allowed the Bible and other works of literature to be printed and sold at affordable rates.

• Copying machine

• Copy Block

• Distribution Center

• Printing Press

This religion was once punishable by death in Rome and eventually becomes not only the religion of the Roman Empire, but prominent religion of Europe.

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Buddhism

This area was the key location for the development and expansion of the Northern Renaissance as it was a thriving center of trade made up of multiple towns and cities.

• Italy

• Durham

• Flanders

• Baghdad

Why did the Protestant Reformation occur?

• Germanic monks wanted their own power in the Church and decided to take it from Rome.

• Protestants were upset with some of the non-secular [not religious] practices of the Roman Catholic Church and wanted reform.

• Islam forced the Roman Catholic Church to find a way to divide and conquer their Islamic rivals.

• The Wookiees decided to attack Europe prompting the need for a reformation.

Where does the Renaissance start?

• It starts in Germany’s religious community.

• It starts in the Islamic Empires.

• It starts in Italy.

• It starts in America.

The selling of these items that would guarantee certain privileges or benefits like entry into heaven for Christians, were a main reason why reformers of the Church started the Reformation.

• Indulgences

• Bibles

• Pokémon Cards

• Art

• Tapestries

Choose the best description for the term “Renaissance.”

• It means to correct the mistakes of the past.

• It means religious freedom for all men.

• It means rebirth of polytheistic religions.

• It means rebirth or revival of classical Roman and Greek ideals.

This artist famously painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, but was also an inventor and dabbled in botany, anatomy, architecture, and engineering to name a few.

• Titian

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Erasmus

• Albrecht Durer

This man went to Switzerland to create a Protestant society based off religion and the idea that people are either saints or sinners and have their lives predetermined at creation.

• John Calvin

• Pope Paul III

• Henry VIII

• Spartacus