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Module 6: Early Modern Europe

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two classical civilizations did the Renaissance view as worthy of study? (Select two)

a)

Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Greece

d)

Sumaria

e)

Rome

2.

Where was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Greece

e)

Itlay

3.

Which family created the largest bank & helped to make Florence one of the most powerful and wealthy cities of the Italian Renaissance?

a)

The Brunelleschi Family

b)

The Medici Family

c)

The Machiavelli Family

d)

The Lorenzo Family

4.

How id the ideas of the Renaissance spread to the rest of Europe?

a)

Church leaders spread Renaissance ideas

b)

Monarchs made laws enforcing Renaissance ideas

c)

Merchants spread Renaissance ideas as they traveled

d)

Military spread Renaissance ideas through civil wars

5.

Which of the following were characteristics of humanism? Select two.

a)

Gave importance to finding knowledge only through the Catholic Church

b)

Focused on gaining knowledge through reason and not just religious faith

c)

Gave importance to the individual and to human society.

d)

Focused on the art of making agreements between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church

e)

Gave importance to a government in which the power comes form the group and not the individual

6.

Who is considered to by the most famous playwright of the Northern Renaissance?

a)

Dante Alighieri

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer

c)

Francesco Petrarch

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

e)

William Shakespeare

7.

How did Renaissance ideas primarily make their way into Europe?

a)

Through missionaries and monks

b)

Through merchants and trade

c)

Through books and schools

d)

Through ancient ruins and ideas

8.

Which Renaissance Humanist believed that to gain knowledge there needed to be a balance between reason and faith?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Thomas Aquinas

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Michelangelo

9.

Which of the following are achievements of William Shakespeare?

a)

Painter, sculptor, architect

b)

Poet, playwright, made new English words

c)

Inventor, mathematician, studied anatomy

d)

Humanist, monk, made religious changes

10.
A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
11.
 A movement in Renaissance Europe, celebrating human potential and achievement and stressing the study of subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
12.
An Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
13.
 An Italian Renaissance artist, born in 1475 A.D., who worked mainly as a sculptor but also painted such famous works as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
14.
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
15.
How did the city-states of Italy gain wealth?
a)
Through industry
b)
 Through banking and trade
c)
Through the sale of Renaissance art
d)
Through the large farming estates
16.

Which system was put into place to support artists during the Renaissance?

a)

Systems of Patronage

b)

Manorialism

c)

Feudalism

d)

System of Mercantalism

17.

Which of the following were achievements of Leonardo da Vinci?

a)
b)
c)

Scientist and Engineer

d)

Designed St. Peter's Basilica

e)
18.
What is the name of this painting showing 2 hands reaching out to touch each other?
a)
Heaven Touching Earth
b)
God's Hands
c)
The Creation of Adam
d)
The Beginning of Sin
19.
Michelangelo's sculpture of  ___________ stands 17 feet tall and is located in Florence, Italy. 
a)
Jesus
b)
Moses
c)
Adam
d)
David
20.

Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include which of the following? Select three.

a)

spread & growth of books

b)

Growth of literacy

c)

Increase in church power

d)

Ideas spread rapidly.

21.

What invention helped to spread the information of the Reformation?

a)

The Globe

b)

The Mona Lisa

c)

The Paint Brush

d)

The Printing Press

22.

Luther wanted to reform the Catholic Church but after the 95 Theses was posted it became known as the

a)

Protestant Reformation

b)

Renaissance

c)

Inquisition

d)

Counter-Reformation

23.

Which Reformation leader believed in a hard work ethic and Predestination?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

John Calvin

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Queen Elizabeth

24.

Which statement best describes Martin Luther's belief in how salvation was achieved?

a)

Purchasing indulgences

b)

Salvation by good works & faith.

c)

Salvation by faith alone.

d)

Attending Church & faith

25.

Which of the following caused Martin Luther to post his 95 Theses, which helped launch the Protestant Reformation?

a)

He disagreed with the system of popes and religious leaders

b)

The Church did not stress enough faith and good works

c)

The emperor made him an outlaw by the Edict of Worms

d)

The widespread selling of indulgences, among other abuses, angered him.

26.

Which statement best defines Predestination?

a)

belief that God has determined in advance who will be saved and who will be damned

b)

reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings in opposition to Protestant beliefs

c)

release from all or part of the punishment for sin

d)

the language of everyday speech in a particular region

27.

The Church of England became known as the

a)

Luthern Church

b)

Anglican Church

c)

Presbyterian Church

d)

Baptist Church

28.

Which of the following is NOT a teaching of Martin Luther?

a)

Salvation by faith and faith alone.

b)

The Church is made up of all its believers, not just the Clergy.

c)

Good works are essential to earn a spot in heaven.

d)

The Bible is the final authority of truth

29.

Which of the following were causes of the Protestant Reformation? Select three.

a)

The Church had become extremely wealthy & powerful due to their taxation policy.

b)

The selling of indulgences

c)

Monks & Nuns were following the Benedictine Rule

d)

Priests were properly trained.

e)

Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses

30.

Under Queen Elizabeth the Church of England was under which branch of Christianity?

a)

Protestant

b)

Catholic

31.

The movement to strengthen the teachings & structure of the Catholic

a)

The Reformation

b)

Calvin Reformation

c)

Counter-Reformation

d)

Renaissance

32.

Which Catholic doctrines were reaffirmed in The Council of Trent? Select three.

a)

The Bible is the only source of Truth

b)

Faith & Good works were needed for Salvation

c)

People had free will

d)

The Bible & Church were equal sources of knowledge.

33.
Henry VIII was different from the Other Reformers because he was motivated by political reasons and not religious reasons
a)
True
b)
False
34.
One good work performed by the Jesuits was 
a)
Set up Catholic Universities 
b)
Fought the heretics
c)
Trained soldiers
d)
Conquered people
35.

What did Martin Luther believe should be the final authority within the Church?

a)

Scripture & Church Tradition

b)

The Pope

c)

Priests, Popes, & the Bible

d)

Scripture alone (Bible)

36.

What statement explains the religious role Mary I played in England?

a)

Mary I was tolerant of both branches of Christianity (Protestantism & Catholicism)

b)

Mary I restored the Catholic Church in England.

c)

Mary I re-embraced Protestantism following King Henry VIII's death.

d)

Mary I brought Calvinism to England.

37.

King Henry VIII's daughter, Elizabeth, returned England to a form of Protestantism called Anglicanism (Church of England)

a)

True

b)

False

38.

The Spanish soldier who founded the Jesuits

a)

George of Madrid

b)

Hernando of Seville

c)

Ignatius of Loyola

d)

Martin of Granda

39.

William Tyndale is most famous for translating what book into English?

a)

the Bible

b)

the phone book

c)

the dictionary

d)

the Target Christmas Catalog

40.

Which of the following are the two major parts of the Counter-Reformation?

a)

Luther's 95 Theses

b)

Council of Trent

c)

St. Ignatius of Loyola religious order, the Jesuits

d)

Spanish Armada

41.
Who painted "The Last Supper"?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Botticelli
c)
Kepler
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
42.
Why does the Renaissance take longer to spread to the northern parts of Europe?
a)
It did not take longer
b)
Northern Europeans did not embrace the ideas of the Renaissance
c)
The Alps separated Italy from the rest of Europe, making it harder to spread ideas
d)
The Black Death started in Northern Europe
43.
Which art had the greatest influence on Renaissance artists?
a)
 early medieval art
b)
ancient Greek and Roman art
c)
medieval Islamic art
d)
ancient Chinese art
44.
Renaissance writers, Dante and Chaucer, wrote their poems and stories in language that everyday people could understand. This was known as
a)
translation
b)
humanism
c)
vernacular
d)
realism
45.

Bloody Mary got her name from the execution of...

a)

Henry VIII's wives

b)

Elizabeth

c)

Catholics

d)

Protestants

46.
which of the following was true of Lutheranism.
a)
Lutheranism was based on good works to reach salvation
b)
The holy Roman Empire welcomed Lutheranism eagerly
c)
German princes invented Lutheranism
d)
Lutheranism taught salvation through faith alone, not good works
47.

The trial held where Martin Luther was ordered to recant his statements?

a)

Edit of Nantes

b)

Council of Trent

c)

Diet of Worms

d)

Council of Theses

48.
The Counter Reformation was a movement to...
a)
Separate from the Catholic Church due to their actions in society.
b)
Put people on trial that were believed to have committed heresy. 
c)
End the Protestant movement and bring people back to the Catholic Church
d)
The exploration of the world in order to gain trade partners an better Europe. 
49.
This group was established to spread Catholicism around the world 
a)
Huguenots
b)
Lutherans 
c)
Jesuits
d)
Monks
50.
The Scientific Revolution can best be described as:
a)
A period when scientists embraced the teachings of the Church
b)
The time when the Catholic Church empathized most with scientists 
c)
period when scientists began to question the old teachings of the Church
d)
 Scientific property invented by astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the Earth
51.
Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the Laws of:
a)
Electricity
b)
Motion and gravity
c)
Human biology
d)
Astronomy 
52.
This diagram is representative of which theory that was challenged by the Catholic Church
a)
Geocentric 
b)
Concentric 
c)
Heliocentric
d)
 Geothermantic
53.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth 
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun
54.
The English philosopher who proposed the Scientific Method.
a)
Sir Francis Bacon
b)
Voltaire
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
hypothesis
55.
This diagram is representative of which theory that was supported by the Catholic Church? 
a)
Geocentric 
b)
Concentric
c)
Heliocentric 
d)
Geothermantic
56.
During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Francis Bacon
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Nicolaus Copernicus
57.
 _____________________ was an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which then confirmed Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory 
a)
a. Isaac Newton
b)
b. Galileo Galilei 
c)
c. Adam Smith
d)
d. Dennis Diderot
58.
Which of the following was developed by Isaac Newton?
a)
the heliocentric theory
b)
the scientific method
c)
the theory of scientifc rationalism
d)
the theory of universal gravitation
59.

The Scientific Revolution’s roots are based on Greek & Roman ideas, _______ astronomy, and Renaissance thinking.

a)

Muslim

b)

solar

c)

Chinese

d)

imaginary

60.
Bacon, Galileo, & Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on experimentation & ________.
a)
observation
b)
guessing
c)
research
d)
what your friends say

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