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Review: Middle Ages & Renaissance

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the list of complaints against the Catholic Church Called?

a)

A. 65 Theses

b)

B. The Bible

c)

C. 95 Theses

d)

D. The Koran

2.

Why did Martin Luther disagree with the selling of Indulgences by the Catholic Church?

a)

A. Martin Luther agree to sell Indulgences.

b)

B. Martin Luther believed that a simple faith could lead everyone to salvation and he disagreed with the selling of Indulgences.

c)

C. He was the Roman Catholic Pope.

d)

D. He believed in reincarnation.

3.

If you hire someone to make a map of your town, you would hire a ___________.

a)

A. Chemist

b)

B. Pope

c)

C. Lawyer

d)

D. Catographer

4.

5. Who was the Polish Astronomer who theorized the heliocentric universe?

a)

A. Michaelangelo

b)

B. Martin Luther

c)

C. Kepler

d)

D. Copernicus

5.

6. Who is considered to be the most important multi-talented, "Renaissance Man" __________________________.

a)

A. Michaelangelo

b)

B. Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

C. Martin Luther

d)

D. Isaac Newton

6.

7. A period of Rebirth and creativity in art, writing, astronomy, mathematics, architecture, and wisdom from about 1300s to 1600s A.D. beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe is considered to be called _____.

a)

A. Humanism

b)

B. Medieval

c)

C. Renaissance

d)

D. Dark Ages

7.

8. During the Middle Ages in Europe, who was given credit for invented the movable type printing press?

a)

A. Martin Luther

b)

B. Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

C. Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

D. Johannes Guttenberg

8.

9. On what European peninsula did the Renaissance begin?

a)

A. Florida

b)

B. Arabian

c)

c. Italy

d)

D. Gulf of Mexico

9.

10. What does the French word "Renaissance" mean? _____________.

a)

A. Remade

b)

B. Rebirth

c)

C. England

d)

D. Spain

10.

11. Reasons for migrations of people are described as "Push factors" and "Pull Factors". Which was a "Pull Factor" for many immigrants coming to the United States between 1900 and present? _______________.

a)

A. Colonization

b)

B. Political oppressions & Job Opportunities

c)

C. Overpopulation

d)

D. Italian Renaissance

11.

Give at least three examples of a Renaissance Man or Renaissance Woman.

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12.

13. Write the seven continents and five major oceans below.

(Do not forget to check your grammar and capitalization)

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13.

14. What were some off the problems that people had with the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages?

a)

A. Selling of food.

b)

B. Selling of Bibles.

c)

C. Selling of art.

d)

D. Selling of Indulgences.

14.

15. What imaginary lines divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

a)

A. Prime Meridian

b)

B. Latitude

c)

C. Longitude

d)

D. Equator

15.

16. What imaginary line divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres? ________________.

a)

A. Prime Meridian 

b)

B. Equator

c)

C. Latitude

d)

D. Longitude 

16.

17. How did Renaissance art influence modern society? ___________.

a)

A. Artist lost importance in the arts once they began to challenges the Catholic Church.

b)

B. Art became the only way to challenge society.

c)

C. Monarchs (kings and queens) became the only people who could gain access to knowledge.

d)

D. Intellectuals began to explore scientific explanations of the world.

17.

What was the time in history when the Roman Catholic Church was questioned by the people?

a)

A. Renaissance

b)

B. Middle Ages

c)

c. Millennium

d)

D. American Revolution