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Alger: Ren, Ref, Sci

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

What about the location of the Italian Peninsula made it the birthplace of the Renaissance?

a)

Its central location made it ideal for the spread of ideas and trade.

b)

Its location made it less likely to be invaded.

c)

Its location did not have an effect on the Renaissance.

d)

Its location gave it access to Roman ruins and manuscripts.

2.

What is patronage?

a)

a system of government ruled by a small majority.

b)

patriotism.

c)

a system in which payment is exchanged for the artistic talents of another.

d)

the name of Mr. Alger's next rap album.

3.

What was the Medici family best known for during the Italian Renaissance?

a)

Military rulers that founded the city of Florence.

b)

Wealthy bankers and local rulers that supported the arts.

c)

Merchants who traded spices along the Silk Road.

d)

Setting up a dynasty that ruled that Catholic Church.

4.

Why was Florence important to the spread of the Renaissance?

a)

Florence was a democracy so it allowed more people to pursue more artistic professions.

b)

Its location made it difficult to attack, allowing for the safe spread of ideas and culture.

c)

Florence was the capital of Italy which made it influential in setting cultural trends.

d)

Money made from banking allowed for the funding of artists and thus the spread of culture.

5.

A writer, inventor, and painter of such works as the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, this artist was a true "Renaissance Man."

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Raphael

d)

Donatello

6.

A way of thinking that focused more on humans and championed Ancient Roman/Greek thought.

a)

Scholasticism

b)

Romanism

c)

Humanism

d)

Socialism

7.

Thomas Aquinas mixed ___________ and __________ together into a way of thinking called scholasticism.

a)

logic and rationalism

b)

religion and mysticism

c)

faith and reason

d)

Greek and Latin thought

8.

Invented the Printing Press (... in Europe)

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Cardi B

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Martin Luther

9.

First English translation of the Bible (from Hebrew/Greek)

a)

Tyndale's English Bible

b)

Shakespeare's English Bible

c)

Wycliffe's English Bible

d)

Elton John's English Bible

10.

Martin Luther's 95 Theses largely spoke out against the Catholic Church's selling of ___________

a)

indulgences

b)

political favors

c)

religious paintings

d)

land

11.

The Protestant Reformation at first wanted to reform the Catholic Church, but eventually broke away forming this new branch of Christianity.

a)

Orthodox Church

b)

Protestant Church.

c)

Catholic Church II

d)

Gnostic Church

12.

What are the three Protestant doctrines that differed from the teachings of the Catholic Church?

a)

faith alone

b)

worship of Jesus Christ

c)

Scripture/Bible alone

d)

predestination

13.

This Protestant ruler of England split from the Catholic Church and created the Act of Supremacy, which stated that the king/queen was head of the Church.

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

Henry V (5)

c)

Mary I

d)

Henry VIII (8)

14.

The daughter of King Henry VIII, this queen persecuted Protestants and attempted to make England Catholic again.

a)

Mary I

b)

Isabella of Castile

c)

Cathrine the Great

d)

Elizabeth I

15.

The Catholic Counter-Reformation

a)

was a response to the growth of the Protestant Reformation.

b)

recognized abuses within the Catholic Church.

c)

was an attempt to regain lost power and influence.

d)

was an artistic movement that focused humanism

16.

The Jesuits were a religious order that...

a)

set up schools that mixed humanism and religion.

b)

used education to stop the spread of Protestantism.

c)

was founded by Ignatius of Loyola.

d)

globalized the Catholic faith.

17.

The Spanish Armada was a fleet of _______ sent to invade ________ with the goal of conquering that land and making it Catholic again.

a)

flying fish; France

b)

soldiers; Italy

c)

ships; Mexico

d)

ships; England

18.

Queen Elizabeth I's victory over the Spanish Armada made England...

a)

able to explore and colonize the Americas

b)

financially broke and weakened its economy

c)

a leading European military power

d)

remain a Protestant country

19.

The heliocentric model...

a)

stated that the sun and planets moved around the earth.

b)

was proposed by Kepler

c)

was proposed by Copernicus.

d)

stated that the earth and planets moved around the sun.

20.

The geocentric model...

a)

was proposed by Ptolemy.

b)

stated that the sun and planets moved around moons.

c)

was proposed by Jean Calvin.

d)

stated that the sun and planets moved around the earth.

21.

The theory of elliptical orbits...

a)

was proposed by Copernicus

b)

stated that the planets move around the sun in an elliptical motion (ovals) and at different speeds.

c)

was proposed by Kepler

d)

stated that the earth and planets move around the sun in perfect circles.

22.

Galileo improved tools such as the telescope which greatly expanded our ability to understand the universe. He also impacted the Scientific Revolution by believing that we can understand the world by way of...

a)

reason/logic

b)

senses

c)

religion

d)

experiments

23.

What were Isaac Newton's 3 Laws of Motion?

a)

In order for something to move it needs force.

b)

not matter the weight, all objects fall at the same acceleration

c)

force = mass x acceleration

d)

whatever amount of force you put on an object, an equal amount of force will put back onto you.

24.

Francis Bacon developed a way of reasoning that would become the basis of the Scientific Method. This reasoning involved testing questions via repeated experiments and then confirming or denying those findings based on their results.

a)

reductive

b)

conductive

c)

deductive

d)

inductive

25.

What are the steps of the Scientific Method

a)

question/claim, repeated experiments, confirm/deny results

b)

senses, reasoning, confirm/deny results

c)

question/claim, reasoning, confirm/deny results

d)

logic, repeated experiments, confirm/deny results