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Renaissance to the Enlightenment Review

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word Renaissance translate to?

a)

Rebirth

b)

New Born

c)

Secular

d)

Dowry

2.
What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?
a)
realism
b)
perspective
c)
idealism
d)
distancism
3.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Boticceli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Donatello
4.

What was the theory that said that the Earth and all the planets revolve around the sun?

a)

Geocentric

b)

Heliocentric

c)

Geographic

d)

The Earth is flat

5.
On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
6.
Humanism...
a)
emphasized the Bible
b)
leads to happier lives
c)
encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
d)
focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 
7.
Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Cheaper book prices
b)
Increase in education/literacy
c)
Increase in church power
d)
Rapid spread of ideas
8.
The first moveable type of printing press that allowed mass production of materials was invented by
a)
Leonardo da Vinci.
b)
Johann Gutenberg.
c)
William Shakespeare.
d)
Michelangelo di Buonarroti Simoni.
9.
"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince" 
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Castiglione
c)
Shakespeare 
d)
Petrarch
10.
While Gutenberg introduced the printing press in Europe, this country was the first to develop moveable type, which influenced his invention.
a)
Japan
b)
Korea
c)
England
d)
China
11.
Which of the following best helped Martin Luther's ideas reach other parts of Europe? 
a)
The Bible
b)
The printing press
c)
Church Hierarchy
d)
The Diet of Worms
12.
What historical invention allowed Reformers like Martin Luther to reach a large audience and challenge the Church?
a)
train
b)
plane
c)
internet
d)
printing press
13.
All Church activities were in this language.
a)
Latin
b)
French
c)
Spanish
d)
Pig Latin
14.
Authors living during the Renaissance started writing in the everyday language of the people known as the
a)
perspective
b)
chiaroscuro
c)
contrapposto
d)
vernacular
15.
The Catholic Church sold these "tickets" to reduce a person's time in purgatory.
a)
Indulgences
b)
treats
c)
extravagances
d)
lotteries
16.
Major 16th century European movement initiated by Martin Luther which was geared to reform the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.
a)
Protestant Reformation
b)
Roman Catholic Church
c)
Counter-Reformation
d)
Imperialism
17.
What event sparked the Reformation?
a)
King Henry creating the Church of England
b)
Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses
c)
The formation of the Holy Roman Empire
d)
The assassination of Pope Innocent IV
18.
What were indulgences?
a)
Favors for he king, done by the peasant population.
b)
Murders committed by the Knights of the Templar.
c)
Payments made to the Catholic Church for forgiveness of sin.
d)
Charity work by the Catholic Church for the poor. 
19.
The branches of Christianity that developed as a result of protests against the Catholic Church were called
a)
Greek Orthodox
b)
Protestant
c)
Catholic
d)
Buddhist
20.

Why did the Reformation begin?

a)

Luther wanted to start a new religion.

b)

The Church was poor and needed a new leader.

c)

Calvin wanted to head the Church.

d)

There were abuses in the Church that needed changing.

21.
Hatred of the Jews simply because they practice the Jewish faith.
a)
antisemitism
b)
holocaust
c)
zionism
22.

The idea that God has already decided who was saved from the beginning

a)

Theology

b)

Presdestination

c)

Paranoia

d)

Conform

23.

What is Predestination?

a)

Belief that you are in control of your own destiny

b)

Belief that God has already decided your destiny

24.

Machiavelli wrote, "The Prince" a book on how to...

a)

develop the perfect feudal kingdom.

b)

be an ideal, "Renaissance man".

c)

start a protestant reformation.

d)

acquire and maintain political power by all means necessary.

25.

Leonardo Da Vinci was an expert painter, architect, mathematician, inventor, sculptor, etc., this made him known as...

a)

The greatest genius of all time.

b)

An influential inventor

c)

An ideal "Renaissance Man"

d)

An undeniable contributor to human growth and development.

26.

Calvinism focused on the concept of "___________". This idea meant that God had already determined whether or not you would go to heaven or hell.

a)

Prepapacy

b)

Preobservance

c)

Predestination

d)

Prelimination

27.

Anabaptists were considered dangerous and radical because of their belief that....

a)

The Christian church should wage another holy war on Muslim practitioners.

b)

The Protestant church was the only truth in the Christian religion.

c)

The church and state government should be separated, they felt that the church should not dictate peoples lives.

d)

Jesus was set down only to save followers of the Protestant religion.

28.

What is Calvinism?

a)

Religious beliefs based on the teachings of John Calvin

b)

Religious beliefs based on the teachings of the Pope

c)

Religious beliefs based on the teachings of Calvin Coolidge

29.

The Amish trace their roots to the

a)

Lutherans

b)

Congregationalists

c)

Methodists

d)

Anabaptists

30.

_________________ came together in Zurich, Switzerland in 1525 because they wanted radical reform of the Catholic Church. They did not believe in baptizing (a ritual, or ceremony, to admit a person into the church community) children like the Christians did. They thought that only adult believers could be baptize.

a)

Lutheran

b)

Anglican

c)

Anabaptist

d)

Calvinist

31.

________________ believed in “predestination.” This was the idea that at the beginning of time, when God created the world and everything in it, God had already decided everyone who would ever be born and each person’s destiny (whether or not people would be allowed into heaven at their deaths).

a)

Lutherans

b)

Anglicans

c)

Anabaptists

d)

Calvinists

32.

people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes

a)

pacifists

b)

patroons

c)

indentured servant

d)

debtor

33.

In the ____ model of the solar system the Earth is in the center.

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geocentric (Ptolemaic)

c)

Anthropocentric

d)

Egocentric

34.

Which scientist is responsible for the discovery of gravity and creating laws of motion.

a)

Robert Boyle

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

35.

Which scientists worked on proving the heliocentric theory of the universe?

a)

Bacon, Boyle and Broski

b)

Kepler, Galileo and Copernicus

c)

Newton created it on his own

d)

Luther, Calvin and Machiavelli

36.

What is Francis Bacon most known for?

a)

creation of the telescope

b)

father of modern chemistry

c)

creation of the scientific method

d)

father of astronomy

37.

What did Descartes believe about his own thoughts?

a)

His thoughts proved he existed

b)

People's ability to learn to live together peacefully

c)

People become what they are because of the events

d)

life, liberty, and property

38.
What conclusion can be drawn from the following statements?
If the stereo is on, then the volume is loud.  
If the volume of the stereo is loud, then the neighbors will complain.
a)
If the neighbors complain, then the stereo will be loud.
b)
If the stereo is on, then the neighbors will complain.
c)
If the stereo is volume is loud, then the stereo is on.
d)
If the stereo is on, then the volume is loud.
39.
Deductive reasoning means...
a)
Guessing
b)
Ura nok seblu!
c)
Testing and observing patterns to make conjectures
d)
Making general observations of situations and applying them to specific situations.
40.
__________________________ uses specific observations to make generalizations.
a)
Deductive reasoning
b)
Inductive reasoning
41.

Which Philosopher liked the idea of laws being made by "Majority Vote?"

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

42.

Select each of the 3 Natural Rights Locke said everyone was born with......

a)

Life

b)

Property

c)

Law

d)

Liberty

e)

Protection

43.

Which Philosopher liked a SPLIT POWER gov't, one with a leader AND CHECKS and BALANCES?

a)

Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

d)

Hobbes

44.

Select the 3 Philosophers who's ideas CLEARLY are present in our system of Gov't today.....

a)

Locke

b)

Newton

c)

Hobbes

d)

Montesquieu

e)

Rousseau

45.

According to John Locke, if the government didn't protect the people's natural rights, what could the people do?

a)

Overthrow the government

b)

Petition the government for their rights

c)

Nothing, the people don't have rights

46.

Which American Founding Father did John Locke influence the most?

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

47.

What role did the government have, according to John Locke?

a)

Protect the people's natural rights

b)

Take away people's natural rights

c)

Help determine the people's natural rights

48.
According to John Locke, why are governments created?
a)
God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people
b)
People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order
c)
People set up governments to protect their lives and property
d)
Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church
49.

who defended freedom of speech and religion?

a)

Locke

b)

Voltaire

c)

Rousseau

50.

Who developed laissez-faire economics as an economic philosophy?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Karl Marx

c)

John Locke

d)

Louis XVI

51.
Laissez-faire means...
a)
natural rights
b)
iron law of wages
c)
let it happen
d)
tabula rasa
52.

Laissez-faire capitalism as attributed to Adam Smith called for

a)

heavy taxation of manufacturers

b)

strict government control of the economy

c)

minimal government involvement in the economy

d)

government investments in major industries

53.

Described how blood and the circulatory system functioned

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Sir Isaac Newton

c)

Antony van Leeuwenhoek

d)

William Harvey

54.

Enlightenment philosopher who believed men and women were equally rational so they should have equal rights to education.

a)

Voltaire

b)

Denis Diderot

c)

Mary Wollstonecraft

d)

Adam Smith