Renaissance and Reformation

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Using movable type for printing in Europe led to increased

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rates of literacy in Europe

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The humanists' purpose for educating people was to

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create more well-rounded citizens

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Why did Dante write his masterpiece, the Divine Comedy, in vernacular?

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Ordinary citizens could read and understand it

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Renaissance painters wanted to imitate nature so that people who viewed their works would:

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consider their subjects to be real

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Leonardo da Vinci was a good example of Renaissance Italy's social ideal because he:

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was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician

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In which way were the Catholic and Protestant groups similar during the Reformation?

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Both groups believed in only one God.

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How did Luther communicate his concerns about the Catholic Church?

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He published the Ninety-five Theses.

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The English Reformation differed from the Reformation in the rest of Europe because it:

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was rooted in politics rather than religion

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The Italian states played a crucial role in politics because of: their economic power, their allegiance to the Pope, the high demand for Middle Eastern goods, their rule by hereditary monarchs

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their economic power

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What does the word renaissance mean?

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rebirth