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Renaissance and Reformation Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

a)

rejection

b)

rebirth

c)

culture

d)

exclusion

2.

Where did the Renaissance originate?

a)

China

b)

England

c)

United States

d)

Italy

3.

What were two of the most important city-states in Italy during the Renaissance?

a)

Paris

b)

Florence

c)

Venice

d)

London

4.

What areas of culture were advanced during the Renaissance (choose 3)?

a)

art

b)

science and technology

c)

the Catholic Church

d)

literature

5.

Which of the following best defines "secularism?"

a)

the exclusion of religion from society (separation of church and state)

b)

society based only on the feudal system

c)

society based completely on religion

d)

form of government where people get to vote for leaders

6.

Which of the following best describes "humanism?"

a)

way of thinking that focuses on religion

b)

way of thinking that focuses on human achievement

c)

way of thinking that focuses only on mathematical explanations

d)

way of thinking that focuses only on the Church's teachings

7.

European scientists during the Renaissance took influence from:

a)

the Mongols

b)

Muslim scholars

c)

the feudal system

d)

North American tribes

8.

Which of the following are Renaissance artists (choose all that apply) (HINT: think of the TMNT - ninja turtles)

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Andy Warhol

d)

Donatello

e)

Raphael

9.

Which of the following is an art technique developed during the Renaissance that made paintings look three-dimensional and realistic?

a)

water colors

b)

perspective

c)

abstract painting

d)

splatter painting

10.

Which famous author of the Renaissance wrote plays such as "Romeo and Juliet," "Macbeth," "Hamlet," and "Julius Caesar?"

a)

Edgar Alan Poe

b)

George Orwell

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Homer

11.

Which important invention of the Renaissance helped ideas and information spread quicker?

a)

mechanical alarm clock

b)

astrolabe

c)

printing press

d)

longbow

12.

What is the scientific method?

a)

method that scientists use to better explain and understand scientific theories

b)

method of solving math equations

c)

method used by priests and bishops during the Reformation

d)

method of questioning developed by Socrates

13.

Which theory, developed by Copernicus, explains that the Sun is the center of the solar system and Earth revolves around the Sun?

a)

laws of motion

b)

gravity

c)

atomic theory

d)

heliocentric theory

14.

Which areas of science were improved during the Scientific Revolution?

a)

astronomy

b)

physics

c)

anatomy and medicine

d)

all of the above

15.

Who invented the telescope, allowing people to better study space?

a)

Galileo

b)

Homer

c)

Herodotus

d)

Gutenburg

16.

Who posted the 95 Theses, sparking the Reformation?

a)

Martin Luther

b)

Galileo

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Pope Gregory

17.

What was Luther upset with the Catholic Church about? (hint: the Church sold these claiming they paid off sins)

a)

teaching about the Christian faith

b)

indulgences

c)

fundraisers

d)

the Crusades

18.

What does "reform" mean?

a)

to create new

b)

to destroy

c)

to change

d)

to burn

19.

What is a Protestant?

a)

someone who votes

b)

someone who lives under the King

c)

someone who is a Catholic

d)

someone who follows a branch of Christianity that is NOT Catholic

20.

What was a result of the Reformation?

a)

new branches of Christianity

b)

the Catholic Church crumbled

c)

Popes were outlawed

d)

all of Europe became Catholic