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WorksheetsRENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?
Christian devotion
art and learning
chivalry and tournaments
good health after the plague
The study of classical texts caused humanists to focus on what subject?
human potential and achievements
an understanding of early Christianity
an understanding of ancient Muslim values
Roman law and government
For what is the Medici family famous?
for being artists
for being writers
for being rulers and supporters of the arts
for being religious reformers
What were Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More?
German painters
Flemish painters
patrons of the arts
Christian humanists
What was the first full-sized book Gutenberg printed?
Utopia
Romeo and Juliet
the Bible
The Prince
In what way did Leonardo Da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?
He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.
He painted the Mona Lisa while holding scientific discussions.
He lived in Italy during the 1500s.
He used perspective in all of his paintings and drawings.
Luther protested the selling of indulgences. What does that mean?
Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices.
The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.
Charles V told his people that buying indulgences was a way to earn a place in heaven.
Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children.
Who declared himself the head of the English Church?
Henry VIII
John Knox
Martin Luther
Emperor Charles V
Who was the important Catholic Reformer who founded the Jesuit order?
Katarina Zell
Girolamo Savonarola
Ignatius of Loyola
Pope Paul III
What was one of John Calvin's major teachings?
adult baptism
predestination
humanism
indulgences
Which cities were the center of Lutheranism and Calvinism?
Rotterdam and London
Geneva and Wittenburg
Wittenberg and Rotterdam
Worms and Geneva
In which two countries was Calvinism the dominant religion?
England and Ireland
France and Poland
Scotland and the Netherlands
Sweden and Norway
Between 1500 and 1600, which religion was dominant in the greatest number of countries?
Anglican
Calvinist
Lutheran
Roman Catholic
In what year did Denmark adopt Lutheranism as its chief religion?
1517
1523
1527
1579
Around which body of water did the Lutherans dominate?
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
North Sea
