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Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution... OH MY!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics. They believed education would stimulate the individual's creative powers.

a)

Naturalism

b)

Humanism

c)

Realism

d)

Skepticism

2.

The Renaissance emphasized this study of subjects: Grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history, that were taught in Ancient Greece and Rome

a)

Humanities

b)

Sciences

c)

Business

d)

Dynasties

3.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Milan

b)

Fresno

c)

Florence

d)

Corsica

4.

Who created the Mona Lisa?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Raphael

c)

Sandro Botticelli

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

5.

Who painted The Creation of Adam?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Raphael

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Sandro Botticelli

6.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Johann Gutenberg

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Benjamin Franklin

7.

Who theorized the Geocentric Universe?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Ptolemy

c)

Galileo

d)

Newton

8.

Who theorized the Heliocentric Universe?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Copernicus

c)

Newton

d)

Galileo

9.

Consists of 12 astrological constellations that are an imaginary belt of the heavens

a)

Hennas

b)

Zodiacs

c)

Stars

d)

Planets

10.

Who dissected human corpses to better understand how the body works?

a)

Vesalius

b)

Copernicus

c)

Kepler

d)

Virgo

11.

Time in history when people began to question the church's power and authority - Would ultimately shatter Christianity as a single religion

a)

Renaissance

b)

Reformation

c)

Scientific Revolution

d)

Lutheran

12.

Pardon for sins committed during a person's lifetime

a)

Pardon

b)

Indulgence

c)

Tax

d)

Subscription

13.

Who wrote the "95 Theses"?

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Martin Luther III

14.

In what city was the "95 Theses" posted?

a)

Wittenberg

b)

Worms

c)

Wyoming

d)

Warsaw

15.

People persecuted who were said to be doing the "Devil's work"

a)

Witches

b)

Heretics

c)

Werewolves

d)

Jews

16.

Who discovered the Law of Gravity?

a)

Isaac Newton

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Edward Jenner

17.

Who was put on house arrest and forced to take back their findings because they were threatened to death?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Brahe

18.

Who waited to publish their findings until they were on their deathbed because they were scared of the repercussions to their findings about the universe?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

WBrahe

19.

Calculus was partially developed by, and is used to explain this person's laws.

a)

Newton

b)

Galileo

c)

Torricelli

d)

Harvey

20.

T/F: If you believe in the ideology of humanism you are against the Church and their teachings.

a)

True

b)

False