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Humanism & the Printing Press

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What timeframe is known as the rebirth of culture and art in Europe after the Middle Ages. Centered in Italy.

a)

Classical

b)

Renaissance

c)

Feudalism

d)

Dark Ages

2.

_________________refers to the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome. Renaissance artists were inspired by ___________ ideas.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Humanism

c)

Italy

d)

Classical

3.

Humanists formed a belief in the importance of the individual during the study of classical culture. It was called:

a)

Classical

b)

Medieval

c)

Humanism

d)

Vernacular

4.

Select all that apply. What is the difference between Humanism vs. the Church?

a)

Humanists focused on the present, the church on the afterlife

b)

The Church believed you should pay tithe and the humanists did not.

c)

The Church liked macaroni and the humanists liked spaghetti.

d)

Humanists believed people should use their minds and question, the church wanted you to follow its teachings without question.

5.

Whose belief was this? Humanist or the Church: believe that people have the ability to think for themselves and create their own life. People can do this apart from social class or family.

a)

Humanist

b)

Church

6.

________________areas of study that focuses on human life and culture, such as: history, literature, and ethics.

a)

The study of art

b)

The study of life

c)

The study of humanities

d)

The study of opera

7.

Inventor of movable type printing press.

a)

The Chinese

b)

Printing Press

c)

The Pope

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

8.

What did the printing press do? Select all that apply.

a)

Allowed for the faster spread of knowledge.

b)

More people learned to read.

c)

People were able to buy the printing press.

d)

It was able to make paper.

9.

What was the importance of the Printing Press?

a)

It saved animals.

b)

It made work harder.

c)

Before, books were written by hand. This took a long time. The new press could produce 300 pages in a single day.

d)

It caused people to hate reading.

10.

What is the name of a short book discussing a particular idea?

a)

A book

b)

An essay

c)

A flyer

d)

A pamphlet

11.

_________________ means to spread throughout an area or region. The printing press helped to disseminate information.

a)

Vernacular

b)

Pamphlet

c)

Disseminate

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

12.

It means common language of each country. The Bible was translated into English, German, and other common _________________.

a)

Vernacular

b)

Disseminate

c)

Pamphlet

d)

Printing Press

13.

True or False: Interest in classical culture decreased during the Renaissance.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The word Renaissance can be translated as ________________.

a)

Restoration

b)

Record

c)

Restore

d)

Rebirth

15.

Select all that apply: Why was the printing press important during the Renaissance?

a)

It was took a long time to build.

b)

It disseminated information to those who did not have access to it before

c)

It encouraged people to learn to read, learn, and discover truth for themselves.

d)

It greatly sped up the process of printing books making books more available to the common people.

e)

Before this, books were copied by hand.