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WorksheetsChapter 1: The Renaissance and the Reformation Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What historical era preceded (came before) the Renaissance?
a)
The Dark Ages
b)
The Enlightenment
c)
The Bronze Age
d)
The Global Age
2.
Which is true of the Renaissance?
a)
The Roman Empire returned to power.
b)
Education, Art, and Culture became important again.
c)
Religious freedom became common in Europe.
d)
Centaurs roamed the earth.
3.
Which present-day European nation became the center of the Renaissance?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Germany
4.
What Italian city-state in particular became the most powerful in Europe?
a)
Venezia (Venice)
b)
Firenze (Florence)
c)
Napoli (Naples)
d)
Sicilia (Sicily)
5.
What banking-merchant family took control of the politics, economy, and culture of Florence?
a)
Medicis
b)
Mussolinis
c)
Da Vincis
d)
Fieres
6.
During the Renaissance, which two "classical" cultures were revered and studied?
a)
Greek & Roman
b)
Greek & Persian
c)
Persian & Egyptian
d)
Roman & Egyptian
7.
What is a Renaissance sponsor of the arts called?
a)
Philosopher
b)
Governor
c)
Patron
d)
Merchant
8.
Who created the printing press?
a)
Albrecht Duerer
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)
Johannes Gutenberg
d)
Martin Luther
9.
What Northern European city became crucial to the Renaissance spreading to the region?
a)
Flanders
b)
Brussels
c)
Worms
d)
Berlin
10.
If we were English during the Renaissance, what language would be our vernacular?
a)
Latin
b)
English
c)
Greek
d)
Gaelic
11.
Who was the first English author to write in the vernacular; creating many famous works.
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Geoffrey Chaucer
c)
Alaister Crowley
d)
William Blake
12.
Of what church are we speaking when we say, "The Church"?
a)
Roman Catholic
b)
Anglican
c)
Lutheran
d)
Eastern Orthodox
13.
What official is the head of the Roman Catholic Church?
a)
The Pope
b)
The Sheik
c)
Caesar
d)
Bishop of Canterbury
14.
What Catholic practice allowed sinners to pay money in exchange for less time in Purgatory?
a)
Matrimony
b)
Confession
c)
Confirmation
d)
Indulgence
15.
In what German city did Martin Luther post his 95 Theses?
a)
Berlin
b)
Worms
c)
Bremen
d)
Wittenberg
16.
What is a government by a religion called?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Democracy
17.
What did the breakaway English church become known as?
a)
Lutheran
b)
Anglican
c)
Presbyterian
d)
Cathar
18.
What English king married his brother's widow and believed he was punished by God for it?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Arthur II
c)
Phillip II
d)
Richard III
19.
Who was Henry VIII's first wife?
a)
Catherine of Aragon
b)
Mary Tudor
c)
Anne Boleyn
d)
Elizabeth I
20.
Why would the Pope not grant Henry and Catherine an annulment?
a)
He did not want to anger Catherine's family.
b)
He believed it was morally wrong.
c)
He dated the same girl as Henry in high school.
d)
He did not hold the power to do so.
21.
Who was Henry and Catherine's only surviving Child?
a)
Mary Tudor
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Edward VI
d)
Henry IX
22.
Who was Henry's 2nd wife?
a)
Catherine of Aragon
b)
Anne Boleyn
c)
Elizabeth I
d)
Mary Tudor
23.
Who was Henry and Anne's only surviving child?
a)
Mary Tudor
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Edward VI
d)
Henry IX
24.
Who founded the Heliocentric Theory?
a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Tycho Brahe
c)
Nicolaus Copernicus
d)
Francis Bacon
25.
Who proved the Heliocentric Theory to be true?
a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Tycho Brahe
c)
Nicolaus Copernicus
d)
Francis Bacon
26.
Sir Isaac Newton discovered the revolutionary idea of...
a)
Gravity
b)
Scientific Method
c)
Chemistry
d)
Anatomy
27.
Who was the first Humanist and Florentine scholar/poet who coined the phrase, "Dark Ages"?
a)
Petrarch
b)
Brunelleschi
c)
Castiglione
d)
Machiavelli
28.
Whose advice to rulers said "It is better to be feared than loved"?
a)
Petrarch
b)
Brunelleschi
c)
Castiglione
d)
Machiavelli
29.
What Florentine artist created the incredible il Duomo?
a)
Petrarch
b)
Brunelleschi
c)
Castiglione
d)
Machiavelli
30.
What noble wrote an etiquette guide for court members?
a)
Petrarch
b)
Brunelleschi
c)
Castiglione
d)
Machiavelli
31.
What Catholic saint wrote Utopia and was killed by Henry VIII after serving in his g'ment?
a)
Thomas More
b)
John Fisher
c)
Thomas Wolsey
d)
Desiderius Erasmus
32.
Who was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and nephew of Catharine of Aragon?
a)
Charles V
b)
Clement VII
c)
Phillip II
d)
Edward VI
33.
The German painter who spread Renaissance ideas through engravings was...
a)
Albrecht Duerer
b)
Desiderius Erasmus
c)
Johannes Gutenberg
d)
Martin Luther
34.
Dutch Catholic priest and Humanist who translated the Bible into several languages...
a)
Desiderius Erasmus
b)
Thomas More
c)
Knut Van Den Kluujt
d)
Prijk Zeldenthuis
35.
What was the outcome of the Diet of Worms (1521)?
a)
Martin Luther was banned from the Holy Roman Empire.
b)
Martin Luter was accepted as a religious hero
c)
Martin Luther was executed for being a heretic.
d)
The Holy Roman Empire formed its own church, Lutheran.
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