World Studies Final Exam 2025

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

• Christian devotion

• art and learning

• chivalry and tournaments

• good health after the plague

The study of classical texts caused humanists to focus on what subject?

• human potential and achievements

• an understanding of early Christianity

• an understanding of ancient Muslim values

• Roman law and government

What was the first full-sized book Gutenberg printed?

• Utopia

• Romeo and Juliet

• the Bible

• The Prince

How did Italy's location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Ideas could be spread easily by means of Italy's fleet.

• Italy was protected from the rest of Europe by the Alps.

• Italy had access to Roman ruins and ancient manuscripts from Constantinople.

• The bubonic plague had not reached the southern tip of Europe.

A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who

• relies on realism.

• uses only natural light.

• uses a verse form of writing.

• writes in a local, rather than a classical, language.

The intellectual and cultural movement known as humanism arose from the study of

• medieval scholarship.

• original Christian writings.

• classical Greek and Roman culture.

• the contributions of the Tang and Song dynasties.

Who was the Elizabethan Age Named after?

• Elizabeth I

• Elizabeth II

• Mary Queen of Scotts

• Henry VIII

Where were William Shakespeare’s plays performed?

• The Globe Theater

• Radio City Music Hall

• Uno Theater

• Mr. Yocum’s Classroom

Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?

• Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices.

• The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.

• Charles V told his people that buying indulgences was a way to earn a way to heaven.

• Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children.

Who declared himself the head of the English Church?

• Henry VIII

• John Knox

• Martin Luther

• Emperor Charles V