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WorksheetsChapter 5 Church History
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Historians commonly recognize that the Renaissance was a gradual shift within European Society and had no definitive beginning or end.
a)
true
b)
false
2.
While many secular people and groups were patrons of the arts during the Renaissance, the Church was largely uninterested in participating in this revival of art and education.
a)
true
b)
false
3.
It’s inaccurate to say that the Renaissance stressed the human more than the divine.
a)
true
b)
false
4.
During the Renaissance the Bible was more widely distributed
a)
true
b)
false
5.
Partly due to the plague, the Renaissance was characterized by a strong preoccupation with spiritual concerns like suffering, death, and judgement
a)
true
b)
false
6.
The so-called New Laws prohibited encomiendas in the Spanish colonies
a)
true
b)
false
7.
The selling of indulgences was an abuse by certain churchmen, not an action of the Church herself.
a)
true
b)
false
8.
There are dark periods in the Church’s history when God’s grace fails to transform people.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
The first missionary activity in the Church began during the Age of Exploration.
a)
true
b)
false
10.
The success of evangelization in the Age of Exploration varied depending on the region of the world and the style used by the missionaries.
a)
true
b)
false
11.
The leaders of seafaring nations in Europe primarily viewed colonization as:
a)
a chance to fulfill the human desire for adventure
b)
a source of financial benefit
c)
a means of ridding their nations of the interference of the Church
d)
an opportunity to Christianize and convert the native populations
12.
The cathedrals of the Renaissance served as:
a)
a reflection of the glory of the Church and the Kingdom of God
b)
opportunities to pray and share more about the faith
c)
opportunities to emphasize the styles of ancient Greek and Roman architecture
d)
all of the choices
13.
The colonizers, including some of the missionaries, often thought of the native populations as:
a)
naïve
b)
inferior
c)
greedy
d)
hapless
14.
Perhaps the most prominent of all the works of the Renaissance was:
a)
the design and construction of St. John Lateran Church
b)
the design and construction of St. Peter’s Basilica
c)
Raphael’s School of Athens, which depicts a conversation between Plato and Aristotle
d)
Giotto’s twenty-eight frescoes of the scenes in the life of St. Francis in the Basilica in Assisi
15.
The Bible was widely distributed during the last half of the fifteenth century due to:
a)
the publication of St. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate
b)
a mandate by the pope to put the Gospels into the hands of all Christians
c)
a heightened interest in studying the Bible in its original languages of Hebrew and Greek
d)
Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press
16.
The _____ missionaries were the first to arrive in what would become the United States: in what is now California, the Southwest, and the Southeast.
a)
Portuguese
b)
French
c)
Spanish
d)
Italian
17.
Christianity arrived in _____ very early, perhaps as early as the first and second centuries.
a)
Africa
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
the "New World"
18.
Sometimes the missionaries:
a)
initiated forced conversions
b)
refused to ordain native men as priests
c)
used the Gospel for political purposes
d)
all of the choices
19.
During the Renaissance the Church cautioned against:
a)
spending too much money on art and not the Church’s charities
b)
confusing worldly beauty with the unfathomable beauty of God’s glory
c)
spreading the Gospel to non-European areas of the world
d)
all of the choices
20.
Much of the early missionary success on the continent of Africa was later undermined by
a)
the Muslim conquest of northern Africa
b)
widespread African beliefs in animism
c)
the inability to communicate with the various tribal coalitions
d)
the inability of the African nations to coexist in peace
21.
Nicknamed “the divine one” by his contemporaries
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Rose of Lima
c)
Bartolome de las Casas
d)
Peter Claver
22.
A prominent Florentine family who were important patrons of the arts and education during the Renaissance
a)
Medici
b)
Rose of Lima
c)
Bartolome de las Casas
d)
Peter Claver
23.
Offered critiques of corrupt leaders and errant mindsets within society, such as superstition and a focus on worldly concerns
a)
Thomas More
b)
Marquette
c)
Erasmus
d)
Juan Diego
24.
A prominent lawyer, philosopher, statesman, and writer who fell out of favor with King Henry VIII
a)
Thomas More
b)
Marquette
c)
Erasmus
d)
Juan Diego
25.
Had an apparition of the Virgin Mary in Mexico
a)
Thomas More
b)
Marquette
c)
Erasmus
d)
Juan Diego
26.
The first saint of the Americas
a)
Francis Xavier
b)
Juan Diego
c)
Rose of Lima
d)
Peter Claver
27.
Condemned the exploitation of native peoples through encomiendas
a)
Medici
b)
Rose of Lima
c)
Bartolome de las Casas
d)
Peter Claver
28.
Helped St. Ignatius of Loyola found the Jesuits and later established missions in India, Indonesia, and Japan
a)
Francis Xavier
b)
Juan Diego
c)
Rose of Lima
d)
Martin de Porres
29.
Ministered to hundreds of thousands of slaves in modern day Columbia
a)
Medici
b)
Rose of Lima
c)
Bartolome de las Casas
d)
Peter Claver
30.
Established missions in places like Michigan and also was among the first Europeans to explore the Mississippi River
a)
Thomas More
b)
Marquette
c)
Erasmus
d)
Juan Diego
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