Renaissance and Reformation Quiz

What is humanism?

• The belief that the sun revolves around the Earth

• A philosophy that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings

• The practice of selling indulgences

• A type of government led by kings

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Which document did Martin Luther post that criticized the Catholic Church’s practices?

• Magna Carta

• 95 Theses

• Edict of Nantes

• Bill of Rights

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Who was the English monarch responsible for establishing the Church of England?

• Mary I

• Henry VIII

• Elizabeth I

• James I

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Who established the scientific method during the Scientific Revolution?

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus

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Who founded the Jesuits during the Catholic Counter-Reformation?

• Martin Luther

• St. Ignatius of Loyola

• John Calvin

• Henry VIII

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Which term describes the Renaissance focus on balancing faith and reason?

• Absolutism

• Humanism

• Feudalism

• Scholasticism

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What was one major cause of the Protestant Reformation?

• The invention of the printing press

• The Catholic Church’s selling of indulgences

• The discovery of the Americas

• The signing of the Magna Carta

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Which English monarch returned England to Protestantism after Mary I?

• Henry VIII

• Elizabeth I

• James I

• Edward VI

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Which scientist formulated the three Laws of Motion?

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• René Descartes

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What was the main goal of the Council of Trent?

• To start the Protestant Reformation

• To reform and revitalize the Catholic Church

• To establish the Church of England

• To write the Magna Carta

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