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World History Exam Review Pt 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Supporters of the Protestant Reformation objected to the selling of indulgences, which allowed
a)
people to buy pardons to reduce their time in purgatory
b)
merchants to establish joint-stock companies in the city of Rome
c)
wealthy people to buy political positions in the church
d)
the Church to buy parcels of land at low prices
2.
Supporters of the Protestant Reformation objected to the practice of simony which allowed
a)
wealthy people to buy political positions in the church
b)
merchants to establish joint-stock companies in the city of Rome
c)
people to buy pardons to reduce their time in purgatory
d)
the Church to buy parcels of land at low prices
3.
Italian Renaissance scholars were particularly inspired by the writings of
a)
the Byzantines and Ottomans
b)
the Persians and Egyptians
c)
the Byzantines and Persians
d)
the ancient Greeks and Romans
4.
In the late 1300’s, the scholar John Wycliffe attacked the Catholic Church, and argued that the only true guide to faith and
a)
the Bible
b)
village priests, not the Pope
c)
an individual’s relationship with the natural world
d)
a classical education
5.
Possibly the greatest Elizabethan Age writer, who is well known for his comedies and tragedies that appealed to ordinary
a)
Francesco Petrarch
b)
Raphael
c)
Dante
d)
William Shakespeare
6.
The conflict that resulted in the establishment of a strong central monarchy in England
a)
Wars of the Roses
b)
Hundred Year’s War
c)
French and Indian War
d)
The War of 1510
7.
During the Reformation, Protestants in Northern Europe founded many small religious groups, or
a)
missions
b)
convents
c)
sects
d)
monasteries
8.
He was a German printer who used moveable type to print the first Bible:
a)
Frederick the Wise
b)
Johann Guttenberg
c)
Klaus Strauss
d)
John Knox
9.
The images on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which express the Renaissance vision of nature and humankind, were painted by
a)
Leonardo Da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Giotto
d)
Baldassare Castiglione
10.
Henry the VIII founded the Church of England in order to
a)
inject discipline into the Protestant Reformation
b)
divorce his wife
c)
execute his wife on false charges of treason
d)
eliminate Catholic rituals
11.
The Church of England’s other name was the ____________ Church.
a)
a. Anglican
b)
Presbyterian
c)
Episcopalian
d)
Calvinist
12.
A “Renaissance Man”
a)
concentrated on doing one thing well
b)
was interested mainly in music and art
c)
tried to develop skills in many areas
d)
none of these
13.
The new invention of ________, helped the spread of Renaissance ideas to Northern Europe.
a)
frescoes
b)
wood printing
c)
movable type
d)
all of these