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renaissance and reformation

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what does renaissance mean?

a)

rebirth

b)

renovation

c)

redo

d)

reformation

2.

what was Michelangelo famous for?

a)

wrote the prince

b)

sculptor of the statue of david

c)

painted the mona lisa

d)

painted the Sistine Chapel

e)

"father of humanism", wrote poems

3.

where did the renaissance start?

a)

england

b)

spain

c)

germany

d)

italy

4.

what was the difference between the medieval age and the renaissance?

a)

the renaissance was centered around humanism and the medieval age was centered around castles.

b)

the renaissance was centered around humanism and the medieval age was centered around church and salvation

c)

the renaissance was centered around church and the medieval ages was centered around salvation.

d)

the renaissance was centered around the black plague and the medieval ages was centered around knights.

5.

select all of the places where the renaissance started

a)

Florence

b)

Genoa

c)

Rome

d)

Venice

6.

what caused the Italian Renaissance to spread (as a whole)

a)

social media

b)

art and music

c)

diffusion

d)

boats

7.

what does secular mean?

(a)  

8.

who were apart of the ITALIAN renaissance

a)

erasmus

b)

petrarch

c)

michelangelo

d)

machiavelli

e)

leonardo da vinci

9.

what did machiavelli write?

(a)  

10.

all of the following were problems in the catholic church EXCEPT...

a)

Indulgences

b)

Materialism

c)

Simony

d)

German domination of the Church

e)

Illiterate priests and scholars

11.

What does simony mean?

a)

bought time off of purgatory

b)

bought positions/bribery

c)

bought the church

d)

bought land

12.

what developed due to the trading through europe?

a)

friendships

b)

churches

c)

anglecism

d)

economic systems

13.

what is the lending of money at higher rates of interest?

a)

usury

b)

simony

c)

indulgences

d)

materialism

14.

who lent money to the merchants but the merchants didn't like it?

a)

muslim population

b)

buddhist population

c)

jewish population

d)

christian population

15.

who got all the money/power from indulgences?

a)

italy

b)

germany

c)

england

d)

spain

16.

who was sent to Germany to sell indulgences in order to raise money for the pope to build a church?

a)

Johan Teztel

b)

Martin Luther

c)

John Calvin

d)

King Henry VII

17.

what are the characteristics of humanism?

a)

individuality

b)

new thinking, questioning

c)

art, culture, skills, emotions

d)

greek and roman ideas/ways

e)

celebrating the human spirit on earth

18.

Who is most responsible for the Reformation?

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Pope Leo

19.

What invention was most responsible for spreading ideas during the Renaissance?

a)

The musket

b)

The printing press

c)

The radio

d)

The telegraph

20.

How might a Renaissance Man describe himself?

a)

I am talented in one special area.

b)

I am close minded about new ideas.

c)

I am talented in many different areas.

d)

I have little appreciation for the Greeks and Romans.

21.

How did the Jesuits hope to help the Catholic Church?

a)

by fighting in the Crusades against Muslims

b)

by traveling to new lands to teach about their religion

c)

by remaining in their monasteries to pray

d)

by giving Protestants freedom to practice their form of Christianity.

22.

The creator of the Anglican Church

a)

Queen Elizabeth II

b)

King John

c)

John Calvin

d)

King Henry VIII

23.

What Catholic practice convinced Martin Luther to protest against his church?

a)

the sale of indulgences

b)

priests could only marry once

c)

the Bible was printed in too many different languages

d)

the church failed to help people during the Bubonic Plague

24.

What powerful family of Florence is known as being the patrons for many Renaissance artists?

a)

da Vinci

b)

Duomo

c)

Raphael

d)

Medici

25.

This painting by Raphael, is called...........

a)

Temple of Time

b)

School of Proxima

c)

Temple of Solomon

d)

School of Athens

26.

Michelangelo is most famous for painting the Sistine Chapel and his sculpture entitled, "Statue of _______."

a)

Goliath

b)

David

c)

Moses

d)

Caligula

27.

Petrarch is considered to be the, "father" of Humanism. Humanism....

a)

Shifts focus away from the individual to larger groups.

b)

Shifts focus away from masses onto the individual.

c)

Shifts the focus from humans in history to how humans interact nature.

d)

Focuses on the shift in Marxist history in Western Civilizations, by showcasing the recent increase in claims by Western Academia: "The emancipation of the proletariat can only happen by forceful removal of the bourgeoisie."

28.

The Black Plague strengthened peoples belief in the Catholic Church, this made the Protestant Reformation more difficult.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Indulgences were.....

a)

The idea of paying money only to Protestant Churches instead of Catholic ones.

b)

The concept of paying money to send enemies to purgatory.

c)

The idea of paying money only to Christian churches and stealing money from idolaters.

d)

The idea that you could exchange money for forgiveness of sins, and time off in purgatory.

30.

Johannes Gutenberg invented the?

a)

Public Revolution

b)

Printing Press

c)

Protestant Reformation

d)

Printing Revolution

31.

Calvinism focused on the concept of "___________". This idea meant that God had already determined whether or not you would go to heaven or hell.

a)

Prepapacy

b)

Preobservance

c)

Predestination

d)

Prelimination

32.

Monarchs, or Kings and Queens, were at head of the social food chain.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Why did Henry the VIII break England away from the Catholic Church?

a)

He wanted to be able to divorce is wife because she did did not have a son.

b)

Henry wanted to leave the church because Catholicism became unpopular.

c)

The king wanted to leave the Church because the Pope had owed the King numerous debts due to illegitimate gambling.

d)

Henry wanted to sell all of his land to the Church, he needed to get out of a legal contract first.

34.
Martin Luther wrote
a)
The Bible
b)
95 Theses
c)
95 Tweets
d)
Letters
35.
Which person is NOT associated with the Reformation?
a)
John Calvin
b)
Martin Luther
c)
Niccolo Machiavelli
d)
King Henry VIII
36.
Michelangelo was a famous artist during the Reformation.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
The new religion that came from the Reformation was...
a)
Catholic
b)
Baptist
c)
Protestant
d)
Presbyterian 
38.
Predestination is...
a)
the belief that your Heaven or Hell fate is decided at birth
b)
the belief that you already have a job chosen for you at birth
c)
the belief that destiny is real
d)
the belief that you will be successful if you work hard
39.

What language did Martin Luther translate the New Testament to?

a)

German

b)

French

c)

English

d)

Chinese

40.

What was the treaty called that allowed kingdoms to choose whether they were Lutheran or Catholic?

a)

Council of Trent

b)

Peace of Augsburg

c)

Jesuits

d)

95 Theses

41.

what rule/treaty allowed rulers to be the head of the church?

(a)  

42.

which monarch of that country established the Anglican Church as the official religion?

a)

queen elizabeth II

b)

king henry VIII

c)

the pope

d)

king george

43.

what were the Huguenots?

a)

lutheran

b)

anglican

c)

catholic

d)

calvinistic

44.

the edict of nantes gave religious freedom to calvinists

a)

true

b)

false

45.

what did cardinal richelieu want?

a)

to stop the protestant reformation

b)

to be loved

c)

money

d)

the king supreme and further france supreme in europe

46.

what was the "start" of the thirty years war?

a)

defenestration of prague

b)

death of king henry VIII

c)

peace of augsburg

d)

the indulgences

47.

what side did france join when they entered the thirty years war?

a)

protestants

b)

catholics

48.

what was created after the thirty years war that said you can be calvinist, lutheran, or catholic.

a)

treaty of versaille

b)

peace of augsburg

c)

treaty of westphalia

d)

the edict of nantes

49.

What was the court used by the Catholic Church to punish heretics called?

a)

society of jesus

b)

council of trent

c)

court of catholics

d)

(spanish) inquisition

50.

who created the society of jesus?

a)

machiavelli

b)

ignatius of loyola

c)

HRE

d)

Charles V