WorksheetsThe Dark Ages and the Renaissance
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 19mins
Religious communities isolated from the rest of society
Indulgences
Monasteries
Heretics
Saints
The belief that the elements of the Lord’s Supper are the actual elements of Jesus
Penance
Purgatory
Baptism
Transubstantiation
The earliest monks who lived alone in the wilderness and prayed for hours
Hermits
Friars
Priests
Saints
Monks that preached and did missionary work outside the monasteries
Hermits
Friars
Priests
Saints
Deceased persons officially recognized by the church as holy
Hermits
Friars
Priests
Saints
Having beliefs or opinions that go against the Church.
Patron
Indulgences
Heresy
Individualism
Philosopher who taught against transubstantiation. He also translated the Bible into English.
John Wycliffe
Pope Urban
John Huss
Pope Leo X
Philosopher that taught that God can only forgive sin, not priests. He also stressed that the Bible is the one true authority.
John Wycliffe
Pope Urban
John Huss
Pope Leo X
The place where repentant sinners had to stay after death until they were sent to heaven or hell.
Indulgences
Purgatory
Penance
The Waiting Room
Punishments for sins.
Purgatory
Penance
Indulgences
Lashes
A Latin translation of the Bible that became the
only version available during the Middle Ages.
The Stargate
The Watergate
The Vulgate
The Septuagint
Forbade anyone except a church leader to possess a copy of the Bible (not everyone listened).
Council of Trent
Council of Constance
Council of Toulouse
Council of Nicea
In 1428, at the pope’s command, his remains were dug up and burned.
John Wycliffe
Pope Urban
John Huss
Pope Leo X
Burned at the stake for committing heresy.
John Wycliffe
Pope Urban
John Huss
Pope Leo X
What was the Black Death?
A deadly plague that struck Europe in the 14th century
Another name for the Guillotine
The name for secret soldiers in the Roman army
A disease that rats contracted during the medieval period
What animal carried the Black Death and transferred it to humans?
Mosquitoes
Cows
Dogs
Fleas
The Black Death destroyed a significant number of Europeans. As a result, it helped bring an end to...
Ship building in the Mediterranean Sea
The feudal system
The English Monarchy
The United States of America
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
Renewed
Rebuilt
Remade
Rebirth
On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?
Spain
England
Italy
Germany
Humanism...
emphasized the Bible
leads to happier lives
encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
focuses on the potential of humans to achieve
Divine Comedy was a poem by...
Machiavelli
Dante
William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:
Cheaper book prices
Increase in education/literacy
Increase in church power
Rapid spread of ideas
Who Is Nicolaus Copernicus?
Somebody
An Astronomer who created the Geocentric Theory
A Women
An Astronomer who created the Heliocentric Theory
