WorksheetsMedieval Europe, Renaissance and Reformation Practice Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Where did most people live under feudalism?
manors
port towns
castles
capital cities
What was the reason for the Inquisition?
change church teachings
combat heresy
reform the clergy
perform charitable acts
Why were there meetings of the Council of Trent?
Spanish Inquisition
Protestant Reformation
sale of indulgences
growing missionary movement
How did the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) help the Counter- Reformation?
Which group was important in halting the spread of the Protestant Reformation in Europe?
Jesuits
Franciscans
Dominicans
Caucasians
Why was Mary I known as "Bloody Mary"?
She led a failed was against France
She led a failed was against the Stuarts
She violently oppressed Catholics while in power
She violently oppressed Protestants during her reign
Followers of the Church of England
Lutherans
Elizabethans
Anglicans
Huguenots
Where did John Calvin begin his church?
Geneva
Rome
Wittenburg
University of Alabama
What was the effect of the Protestant Reformation?
Organization of the Crusades
beginning of the Reconquista in Spain
beginning of new Christian churches or denominations
strengthening of the power of the pope
What led to the creation of the Church of England?
What led to the creation of this map?
Crusades
Protestant Reformation
Black Death
Napoleonic Wars
Who ordered the sale of indulgences to raise money for the building of St. Peter''s Basilica?
Pope Leo X
Pope Julius II
Pope Clement VII
Pope Pius III
Why did Martin Luther pen the Ninety-Five Theses?
to translate the Bible into German
to make a case for becoming pope
to create the Protestant churches
to criticize the practices of the Catholic Church
How did the invention of the printing press contribute to advances in science during the Renaissance?
It helped church leaders control the flow of new info
It allowed for the rapid spread of new ideas and information
It made it easier to perform experiments to test new theories
It allowed the uneducated to take part in the scientific process
What was a result of printing the Bible in common languages in the 1400s?
More people learned how to read
The first universities were founded
Monks formed first religious orders
The Church took control of the printing
Which term describes the Renaissance interest in history, literature, and art that was inspired by classical ideas?
humanism
natural law
Reformation
rationalism
Leonardo da Vinci is known for?
sketching inventions such as helicopters and military tank.
designing and painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
working as an anatomy apprentice
designing water-powered machines
Before the Renaissance interest in humanism, art, and scholarship in Medieval Europe focused MAINLY on which of the following?
religion
science
politics
nature
Who invented concepts like the helicopter?
Machiavelli
Brunelleschi
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Why did the Renaissance start in Florence?
the wealthy Medici family supported arts and education
It had the largest collection of classical Greek sculptures
the area's natural beauty attracted artists from around the world
the Catholic Church paid artists and writers
Which did not motivate the Crusades?
They might be granted ownership of land in conquered territories
They were promised absolution of their sins if they agreed to fight in the Crusades
They wanted to take control of Christian pilgrimage sites from Muslims
They were exiled from the Holy Land by Muslims and wanted to retake it
Who called for the First Crusade?
Innocent III
Leo I
Urban II
Gregory VII
Which of the following MOST accurately describes the pattern of the bubonic plague during the fourteenth century?
It was commonly found in the countryside where there was low population density.
Exiling infected people from Europe helped contain the spread of the plague.
It primarily spread along commercial trade routes between Europe and Asia.
Island regions such as Britain were not affected by the spread of the plague
Why did the bubonic plague lead to a sharp decline in public works such as cathedrals?
. Most cathedrals were looted and destroyed amid the social chaos.
Religious devotion declined as faith alone failed to protect people from disease.
The pope diverted all of the Church's resources to fighting the plague.
There were severe labor shortages due to the high death toll of the disease.
Which of the following BEST explains why Pope Leo III called Charlemagne "Holy Roman Emperor"?
The Pope was rewarding Charlemagne for spreading Christianity in the Empire.
Charlemagne came from a long line of Roman rulers.
Charlemagne established his headquarters in Rome to be near the pope.
The Romans had elected Charlemagne over other kings
