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WH Ch 17 Quizizz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

a)

Christian devotion

b)

art & learning

c)

chivalry & tournaments

d)

good health after the plague

2.

The study of classical texts caused humanists to focus on what subjects?

a)

human potential & achievement

b)

an understanding of early Christianity

c)

an understanding of ancient Muslim values

d)

Roman law & government

3.

For what is the Medici family famous?

a)

being artists

b)

being writers

c)

being rulers & supporters of the arts

d)

being religious reformers

4.

Which new Christian community, disliked by both Catholics & Protestants, has a strong influence on the Mennonites, Amish & Quakers?

a)

Presbyterians

b)

CAlvinists

c)

Jesuits

d)

Anabaptists

5.

What was the first full-sized book Guttenberg printed?

a)

Utopia

b)

Romeo & Juliet

c)

the Bible

d)

The Prince

6.

Who was the important Catholic reformer who founded the Jesuit order?

a)

Katarina Zell

b)

Girolamo Savonarola

c)

Ignatius of Loyola

d)

Pope Paul III

7.

What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance Man"?

a)

someone who enjoyed worldly pleasures

b)

Someone who excelled in many areas of study

c)

someone who specialized in a particular field

d)

someone who appreciated the arts without creating art

8.

How did Italy's location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance?

a)

ideas could be spread easily by means of Italy's fleet

b)

Italy was protected from the rest of Europe by the Alps

c)

Italy had access to Roman ruins & ancient manuscripts from Constantinople

d)

The plague had not reached the southern tip of Europe

9.

Why was block printing more useful in Europe than in China?

a)

Chinese paper was difficult to print on

b)

the Chinese invented moveable type, but not the printing press

c)

European languages had a smaller number of characters than Chinese

d)

all of the other answers are correct

10.

Which of the following was a major reason for the Reformation?

a)

European merchants resented paying taxes to the Church in Rome

b)

The Church was threatening to excommunicate the king of France

c)

The pope in Rome insisted on speaking only Latin

d)

Martin Luther said he could interpret the Bible better than the pope

11.

Which of the following was one of Luther's main beliefs?

a)

men & women are naturally sinful

b)

Christians needed to be baptised again as adults

c)

good works were required for salvation

d)

all people of faith were equal

12.

What was the main reason for Henry VIII's split with the Roman Catholic Church?

a)

his religious beliefs

b)

his desire for a male heir

c)

his treatment of Catherine of Aragon

d)

his unwillingness to pay church taxes

13.

Which of the following was agreed upon at the Council of Trent?

a)

the Church's interpretation of the Bible was final

b)

Selling indulgences was an appropriate practice

c)

Local priests had to originate the process of excommunication

d)

Church & state should be separated

14.

The peace of Augsburg ended a war between the supporters of which two groups?

a)

England & Spain

b)

Catholic & Protestant princes

c)

Roman Catholics & Anglicans

d)

French Catholics & Huguenots

15.

Which idea of Luther's most influenced John Calvin?

a)

Humans cannot earn a place in heaven

b)

there was no hierarchy of believers

c)

the Church should not sell indulgences

d)

people did not need priests to interpret the Bible

16.

The best synonym for secular is

a)

new

b)

worldly

c)

humane

d)

religious

17.

To become known as an important patron, one needed to be

a)

wealthy

b)

creative

c)

religious

d)

intellectual

18.

The technique known as perspective is most useful in the creation of

a)

drama

b)

sculpture

c)

three dimensions on a flat surface

d)

the sonnet form in poetry

19.

A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who

a)

relies on realism

b)

uses only natural light

c)

uses a verse form of writing

d)

writes in a local, rather than a classical language

20.

Renaissance painters in Flanders, as in Italy, tended to produce work that was

a)

realistic

b)

idealistic

c)

distorted

d)

formal & tightly structured

21.

Which of the following did Desiderius Erasmus & Thomas More have in common?

a)

both were French

b)

both wrote only in English

c)

both were considered humanists

d)

both rejected religion & the Bible

22.

Predestination was one of the main doctrines of

a)

theocracy

b)

Calvinism

c)

Lutheranism

d)

the Catholic Reformation

23.

In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the "Renaissance Man"?

a)

he was a painter, sculptor, inventor & scientist

b)

he painted the Mona Lisa while holding scientific discussions

c)

he lived in Italy in the 1500s

d)

He used perspective in all of his drawings & paintings

24.

The education of children & missionaries was the principal goal of

a)

the Jesuits

b)

the Huguenots

c)

the Anabaptists

d)

the Presbyterians

25.

Only the baptism of adults was valid to the

a)

Jesuits

b)

Anglicans

c)

Calvinists

d)

Anabaptists

26.

What measure made the king, instead of the pope, the head of the Church in England?

a)

Act of Supremacy

b)

Act of Annulment

c)

Edict of Worms

d)

Peace of Augsburg

27.

Who was the wife of a king of England, the mother of a queen of England & the aunt of an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?

a)

Anne Boleyn

b)

Catherine of Aragon

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Mary

28.

Whom did Henry VIII want to marry badly enough to prompt his break with the Roman Catholic Church & the pope?

a)

Catherine of Aragon

b)

Anne Boleyn

c)

Jane Seymour

d)

Elizabeth I

29.

Which term originally referred to a German prince who was not loyal to the pope?

a)

Presbyterian

b)

Anglican

c)

Protestant

d)

Lutheran

30.

Which term means to take back a statement?

a)

annul

b)

indulge

c)

recount

d)

recant

31.

Which official measure made it a crime to give Martin Luther food or shelter?

a)

Act of Supremacy

b)

Act of Annulment

c)

Edict of Worms

d)

Edict of Nantes

32.

Which term refers to a pardon that releases a sinner from a penalty for commuting a sin?

a)

annulment

b)

indulgence

c)

penance

d)

confession

33.

Which church helped end many years of religious conflict in England?

a)

Presbyterian

b)

Anglican

c)

Catholic

d)

Lutheran

34.

Which term means "to set aside"?

a)

indulge

b)

recant

c)

annul

d)

presbyter

35.

Who issued the Edict of Worms?

a)

Pope Leo X

b)

Henry VIII

c)

Emperor Charles V

d)

Elizabeth I

36.

Which Christian Humanist was the author of Utopia?

a)

Thomas More

b)

Christine de Pizan

c)

Desiderius Erasmus

d)

William Shakespeare

37.

What was the main reason why did the northern Renaissance lag behind that of Italy?

a)

effects of the plague

b)

paying the Church tithe

c)

the slow transition away from feudalism

d)

the Hundred Years War

38.

The fall of which city in 1453 reintroduced ancient Greek manuscripts to Rome?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Antioch

c)

Constantinople

d)

Edessa

39.

Who was the inventor of the printing press in Europe?

a)

Johann Guttenberg

b)

Albrecht Durer

c)

Hans Holbein

d)

Pieter Bruegel

40.

Who were the main patrons of the arts in France & England?

a)

merchants

b)

bankers

c)

priests

d)

monarchs