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Renaissance/Reformation Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which official measure made the king, instead of the pope, the head of the English Church

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Act of Supremacy

c)

Parliament

d)

Edict of Worms

2.

Which official measure made it a crime to give Martin Luther food or shelter after he was excommunicated and labelled a heretic?

a)

Act of Supremacy

b)

Excommunication clause

c)

Edict of Worms

d)

The Catholic Reformation

3.

Predestination was a main doctrine of which Protestant religion?

a)

Lutherans

b)

Anglicans

c)

Methodists

d)

Calvinists

4.

A period of a revival in art and learning is known as the...

a)

Reformation

b)

Renaissance

c)

Resurrection

d)

Restoration

5.

To be _____ means to be worldly rather than spiritual.

a)

secular

b)

humanist

c)

individualist

d)

religious

6.

An intellectual movement focused on human accomplishment and potential was...

a)

individualism

b)

secularism

c)

humanism

d)

consumerism

7.

The Medici family was a powerful ruling family in what major city?

a)

Rome

b)

Florence

c)

London

d)

Vienna

8.

Castiglione's The Courtier was written as a guide for...

a)

princes to ensure their power

b)

noblemen and women on how to properly behave.

c)

peasants on how to move up in society

d)

the pope on how to reform the Catholic Church

9.

What was the first full-length book printed using Gutenberg's printing press?

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

The Prince

c)

The Courtier

d)

the Bible

10.

What is an indulgence?

a)

A promise by a Church official that a person will be secured a place in Heaven in exchange for money

b)

The practice of placing one's family members in positions of power regardless of their qualifications

c)

The requirement of Church followers to contribute money to the Church

d)

The practice performed by religious people of repenting for their sins.

11.

Who was the king who established the Anglican Church and placed himself as the head?

a)

King George III

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

King Charles I

d)

King William IV

12.

What movement was Ignatius of Loyola a part of?

a)

The Protestant Reformation

b)

The Catholic Reformation

c)

The Renaissance

d)

Humanism

13.

In what city did Luther begin the Protestant Reformation

a)

London

b)

Rome

c)

Wittenberg

d)

Geneva

14.

Why was Italy the "birthplace" of the Renaissance?

a)

Italy did not endure the darkness of the Middle Ages

b)

The bubonic plague did not affect Italy

c)

Italy was isolated from the rest of Europe

d)

It had access to Roman ruins and ancient Greco-Roman Documents from Constantinople.

15.

What is a major long-term impact of the printing press?

a)

It increased literacy rates

b)

It allowed ideas to spread more quickly

c)

It increased the use of vernacular

d)

It produced copies of ancient latin texts

16.

What was the outcome of the Peace of Augsburg?

a)

German states would remain Catholic

b)

German princes could choose if their kingdoms would be Catholic or Protestant

c)

All of Switzerland would become Calvinist

d)

The Catholic Church would no longer be involved in world politics.

17.

How did the Renaissance change the lives of Europeans?

a)

The Renaissance made people realize they had potential to do many things and not to just accept the life they were born into.

b)

The Renaissance made people use logic and reasoning to understand life and the secular world.

c)

The Renaissance made people appreciate themselves as individuals and understand that they were valued in society.

d)

All of these.