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The Renaissance and Reformation

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Renaissance was a rebirth of these two classical cultures

a)

France and England

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

Ottoman and Mughal

d)

China and Japan

2.

The Renaissance began in the city-states of this European country

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

3.

The Renaissance means

a)

Rebirth

b)

Reread

c)

Revive

d)

Relive

4.

What is the best definition of humanism?

a)

The belief that all humans are important and valuable and that they all have equal potential to succeed.

b)

The belief that there is only one God and that he determines all events.

c)

The belief that all humans are sinful and greedy and need a king to keep them under control.

d)

The belief that only certain people have talents and only those people should receive an education.

5.

In 1450, this man invented the movable type printing press in Europe

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Michelangelo

6.

The printing press increased these two things in Europe

a)

Knowledge and literacy

b)

wars and literacy

c)

corruption and knowledge

d)

religious belief and wars

7.

What was the first and most widely printed book in Europe?

a)

The almanac

b)

The Qur'an

c)

The Bible

d)

The dictionary

8.

All of the following were Renaissance artists EXCEPT

a)

Michaelangelo

b)

da Vinci

c)

Raphael

d)

Medici

9.

Which of the following statements would be made by a humanist?

a)

"Religion holds the key to all life's questions."

b)

"Education can make every man great."

c)

"Only nobles will be successful in business and life"

d)

"Alien life controls life on earth"

10.

Which of the following characterized thinking in the Renaissance?

a)

A devotion to God and the upkeep of a strict social hierarchy

b)

A return to classical learning and a belief in human potential

c)

A reliance on Eastern traditions and the belief that life is suffering

d)

A dark age devoted to hard work and little else

11.

All of the following are characteristics of Renaissance art EXCEPT

a)

The use of perspective

b)

Central or important figures are larger than other figures

c)

Interest in anture and incorporation of nature into the scene

d)

Figures have facial expressions that reflect their emotion

12.

The Period of European history known as the Renaissance roughly covers the time from

a)

1500 - 1000

b)

1000 - 1200

c)

1300 - 1600

d)

1900 - 2000

13.

This piece of art below was sculpted during what time period?

a)

classical

b)

medieval

c)

renaissance

14.

The piece of art below was created during which time period?

a)

Classical

b)

Medieval

c)

Renaissance

15.

"We must resist the lust of the flesh, which, unless kept in order, overflows without measure. Where is our gratefulness toward God for our clothing if in the sumptuousness of our apparel we both admire ourselves and despise others? For so many to enslave all their senses to delights that the mind lies overwhelmed." -John Calvin, 1536


What is the tone of John Calvin's passage?

a)

kind

b)

firm

c)

casual

d)

neutral

16.

What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance man?"

a)

someone who enjoyed worldly pleasure

b)

someone who excelled in many areas of study

c)

someone who socialized in a particular field of study

d)

someone who supported and appreciated the arts without creating art

17.

Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of the ideal Renaissance man because he

a)

was a politician and politicians were considered the pinnacle of human achievement

b)

came from a wealthy family and greatly improved his family's status in society

c)

wrote grand romantic peotry and insightful political treaties

d)

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

18.

What action did Martin Luther take to begin the Protestant Reformation?

a)

He went to Rome and spat on the Pope's face

b)

He posted 95 theses to a church door in Whittenberg

c)

He started a theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland

d)

He invented the printing press to spread his ideas

19.

Martin Luther and other supporters of the Protestant Reformation objected to the selling of indulgences, which allowed

a)

wealthy people to buy positions in the church

b)

merchants to establish joint-stock companies in Rome

c)

people to buy pardons for their sins so they would get to heaven faster

d)

the Catholic Church to buy plots of land at very low prices

20.

Martin Luther believed that salvation could be achieved only through

a)

attending regular church services

b)

doing an exceptional amount of good deeds while on Earth

c)

studying to be a monk, nun, or priest

d)

faith and an emphasis on the Bible

21.

Henry the VIII was different from Luther and Calvin mainly because

a)

his break with the church was more political and personal rather than based on issues of faith.

b)

he maintained close ties with the Catholic Church.

c)

his new church dod not recognize the authority of the Pope.

d)

he considered card playing, dancing, and singing to be sinful.

22.

The best definition of PREDESTINATION is

a)

the belief that only people who become priests will achieve salvation

b)

the belief that all people, no matter what actions they take, have the ability to achieve salvation.

c)

the belief that only Martin Luther and his followers will achieve salvation.

d)

the belief that God already knows who will achieve salvation before they are even born.

23.

How did King Henry VIII react with the Pope refused to annul his marriage?

a)

he started a war with Italy

b)

He made himself head of the new English church.

c)

He started the Reformation.

d)

He imposed the fines on the Pope and the Catholic Church.

24.

All of the following were effects of the Protestant Reformation EXCEPT for

a)

The Catholic Church created the order of the Jesuit priest.

b)

No longer was the Catholic Church the only Christian branch.

c)

People started to convert to Buddhism and Hinduism.

d)

Protestant Reformation caused wars of religion in parts of Europe.

25.

The Edict of Nantes recognized

a)

Catholicism as the official religion of France, but it gave Huguenots the tight to worship and to have political freedom.

b)

Lutheranism as the official religion of England and did not give away any religious rights to the people.

c)

each individual and his/her right to choose a religion.

d)

Predestination as the only means to achieve salvation.

26.

The Treaty stated that all German states could determine their own religion and brought an end to the Holy Roman Empire was

a)

the Peace of Augsburg

b)

the Constitution

c)

the Treaty of Wesphilia

d)

the Bible

27.

The Peace of Augsburg stated that

a)

all German princes must convert to Catholicism

b)

the ruler of Germany could choose the religion of all the princes

c)

German princes could choose the religion of their territories

d)

the German people could choose to practice any religion they wanted

28.

The visual above represents which theory

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geocentric

c)

Mooncentric

d)

Gravity

29.

The picture above is associated with which person from the Scientific Revolution?

a)

William Harvey

b)

Galileo

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

da Vinci

30.

This great mathematical and physicist brought together some of the theories and discoveries of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo under a single theory of motion known as the law of universal gravitation.

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Michaelangelo

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Edward Jenner

31.

What does the book above represent?

a)

Harvey's theory which showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body

b)

Harvey's collection of anatomical drawings

c)

Harvey's theory of love and war

d)

Harvey's collection of plays about love and death

32.

In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a

a)

possible explanation to be tested

b)

conclusion that should not be questioned

c)

truth that leads to understanding

d)

truth known at the start of an inquiry