Unit 4 Test Review

The creation of the printing press allowed books to be printed five hundred times faster. Which statement is most likely true using this information?

• Fewer people learned to read after the creation of the printing press.

• The same number of people could read after the creation of the printing press

• More people learned to read after the creation of the printing press

• The printing press had no effect on the number of people who could read.

What is meant by Machiavelli’s belief that “the end justifies the means”?

• Leaders may use any method to achieve what is best for the state.

• The public always acts in its own best interest.

• Pleasing all the people at any given time is possible.

• Leaders must always act for the common good.

Where does the Renaissance start?

• It starts in Germany’s religious community.

• It starts in the Islamic Empires.

• It starts in England.

• It starts in Italy.

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.

• Titan

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Erasmus

• Albrecht Durer

Which of the following statements is true?

• The Italian Renaissance focused mostly on religious scenes while the Northern Renaissance focused on common people.

• The Italian Renaissance sculpted stone and the Northern Renaissance painted religious scenes.

• The Italian Renaissance painted realistic looking pictures while the Northern Renaissance painted religious pictures.

• The Italian Renaissance painted landscapes while the Northern Renaissance painted religious scenes.

These statements best reflect the idea that _________________. -The introduction of gunpowder helped bring an end to feudalism. -The printing press played an important role in causing the Reformation.

• environmental changes can affect human society.

• contact with other societies can lead to conflict and war.

• economic change can be slow and almost unnoticed.

• technological advances can lead to major change.

Which period is associated with these statements? -Leonardo DaVinci used movement and perspective in his work. -Machiavelli’s The Prince advised rulers on how to gain and maintain power. -Humanist scholars examined worldly subjects and classical culture.

• French Revolution

• Renaissance

• Early Middle Ages

• Enlightenment

Which of the following was not an issue the Catholic Church had to address in the Council of Trent?

• The core beliefs of Catholicism.

• The corruption spreading throughout the Church.

• How to counter the beliefs of Martin Luther and the Protestants.

• How to bring in more wealth and prestige for the Church and Pope.

What was the main reason the Catholic Church opposed Galileo’s teachings?

• They contradicted the Bible.

• They were scientifically incorrect.

• They were not popular among the people.

• They supported Protestant beliefs.

Instead of focusing on using religion only to understand the world, thinkers in the Scientific Revolution used which of the following to do so?

• Experimentation and observation of the natural world (Scientific Method).

• Taking ideas from other cultures around the world and making nothing new themselves.

• Trying to fit everything they were learning into the realm of biblical scripture.

• There was no understanding of the world without religion during this time.