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Renaissance Reformation Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 47mins

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1.

What is the most likely source of this quotation?

a)

Machiavelli’s recommendations to the rulers in The Prince.

b)

Da Vinci’s description of his new painting style in works like the Mona Lisa

c)

Luther’s failure to submit to the Pope’s demands at the Diet of Worms.

d)

Arguments of Galileo at his trial for accepting the views of Copernicus

2.

The information in the map suggests that the Black Death spread to Europe as a result of contact with-

a)

merchants from West Africa

b)

explorers from the Americas

c)

traders coming from Asia

d)

barbarians from Scandinavia

3.

In the 1500s, Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses, Henry VIII’s “Act Of Supremacy,” And John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion contributed to -

a)

a decline in the power of the Catholic Church

b)

an increased sense of nationalism in Tudor England

c)

the growing of the feudal nobility in Europe

d)

a major conflict with Eastern Orthodox Christians

4.

What change to Christian church practice was suggested by Martin Luther?

a)

increase the the sale of indulgences

b)

installing statues of saints in churches

c)

saying the mass in Latin so the faithful would hear it

d)

printing the Bible in the language so all could understand it

5.

The building on the left was built during the Middle ages, while the one on the right was constructed during the Renaissance. In what ways did the Renaissance architecture differ from the architecture of the Middle Ages.

a)

Renaissance architecture had stained glass windows.

b)

Medieval architecture used columns and circular arches.

c)

Medieval architecture often featured a dome like roof.

d)

Renaissance architecture borrowed more from classical styles.

6.

What was an important effect of the Hundred Year’s War?

a)

England established permanent control over much of France.

b)

The Black Death spread from France to England

c)

England and France failed to benefit from Renaissance culture.

d)

a greater reliance on new weapons reduces the importance of knights.

7.

in 1517, Martin Luther was dissatisfied with the Catholic Church because he-

a)

thought the Church lacked structure.

b)

disagreed with the sale of indulgences.

c)

blamed the Church for not curing people who had the plague.

d)

believed that kings should not have more power to appoint clergy.

8.

One major characteristic of the Renaissance was that the-

a)

manor became the main center of economic activity

b)

Catholic Culture lost all its influence in Europe

c)

classical culture of Greece and Rome were studied and imitated

d)

major language of the common people was Latin

9.

In the passage, Boccacio was most likely describing the-

a)

power of special courts during the Inquisition

b)

effects of barbarian invasions after the fall of Rome

c)

treatment of native peoples in Latin American Nations

d)

breakdown of social order during the bubonic plague

10.

These events are most closely associated with-

a)

the Crusades and the control of the Holy Land

b)

Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

c)

Leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissance

d)

Copernicus and this theory that the Earth rotated around the sun

11.

The major goal of the Counter Reformation was to-

a)

reinstate the power of the Roman Catholic Church

b)

reduce the authority of absolute monarchs

c)

encourage new ideas in science and philosophy

d)

reach a compromise with European Protestants

12.

Which is the conclusion can be reached from the events of those timeline?

a)

The plague primarily affected China

b)

The interaction of people through trade spread by the plague

c)

Port cities were relatively untouched by the plague

d)

The plague started in Western Europe.

13.

Which statement expresses a belief by most Renaissance humanist philosophers?

a)

People should study secular subjects as well as sacred matters.

b)

Governments should establish overseas empires.

c)

People should withdraw from the world to worship Dog.

d)

Scholars should follow Church teachings without question.

14.

The ideas presented in this passage by Luther contributed directly to the-

a)

Mandate of Heaven

b)

Protestant Reformation

c)

Renaissance

d)

Code of Hammurabi

15.

Which innovation had the greatest impact of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

establishment of the movable-type printing press

b)

introduction of porcelain

c)

use of the magnetic compass

d)

construction of triangular sail.

16.

Which individual’s work had the greatest impact on the spread of Martin Luther’s ideas

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Niccolo Machiavelli

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Johann Gutenberg

17.

One way in which the writers of the Renaissance were influenced by the writers of ancient Greece was that Renaissance writer-

a)

emphasized the power of humans reason

b)

showed little interest in secular affairs

c)

produced few new scientific ideas

d)

promoted the religious doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church

18.

A major reason that the Renaissance began in Italy was that

a)

few European scholars had migrated to this area

b)

Italian merchants benefited from trade with the Americas

c)

Italian farmers produced great agricultural surpluses on vast plains

d)

Italian city-states had grown wealthy from trade between Europe and Asia

19.

Which statement best describes a contribution of the works of Nicolas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei?

a)

They renewed interest in Greek and Roman Drama

b)

They strengthen the acceptance of traditional Church beliefs

c)

they explained laws of gravity on heavenly bodies

d)

They demonstrated the Earth is not the Center of the universe.

20.

Which of the following was a key element in the Catholic Reformation?

a)

papal rejection of new ideas

b)

nuns

c)

a new interpretation of the Bible

d)

The Council of Trent