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Medieval Europe, Renaissance and Reformation Practice Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did most people live under feudalism?

a)

manors

b)

port towns

c)

castles

d)

capital cities

2.

What was the reason for the Inquisition?

a)

change church teachings

b)

combat heresy

c)

reform the clergy

d)

perform charitable acts

3.

Why were there meetings of the Council of Trent?

a)

Spanish Inquisition

b)

Protestant Reformation

c)

sale of indulgences

d)

growing missionary movement

4.

How did the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) help the Counter- Reformation?

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5.

Which group was important in halting the spread of the Protestant Reformation in Europe?

a)

Jesuits

b)

Franciscans

c)

Dominicans

d)

Caucasians

6.

Why was Mary I known as "Bloody Mary"?

a)

She led a failed was against France

b)

She led a failed was against the Stuarts

c)

She violently oppressed Catholics while in power

d)

She violently oppressed Protestants during her reign

7.

Followers of the Church of England

a)

Lutherans

b)

Elizabethans

c)

Anglicans

d)

Huguenots

8.

Where did John Calvin begin his church?

a)

Geneva

b)

Rome

c)

Wittenburg

d)

University of Alabama

9.

What was the effect of the Protestant Reformation?

a)

Organization of the Crusades

b)

beginning of the Reconquista in Spain

c)

beginning of new Christian churches or denominations

d)

strengthening of the power of the pope

10.

What led to the creation of the Church of England?

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11.

What led to the creation of this map?

a)

Crusades

b)

Protestant Reformation

c)

Black Death

d)

Napoleonic Wars

12.

Who ordered the sale of indulgences to raise money for the building of St. Peter''s Basilica?

a)

Pope Leo X

b)

Pope Julius II

c)

Pope Clement VII

d)

Pope Pius III

13.

Why did Martin Luther pen the Ninety-Five Theses?

a)

to translate the Bible into German

b)

to make a case for becoming pope

c)

to create the Protestant churches

d)

to criticize the practices of the Catholic Church

14.

How did the invention of the printing press contribute to advances in science during the Renaissance?

a)

It helped church leaders control the flow of new info

b)

It allowed for the rapid spread of new ideas and information

c)

It made it easier to perform experiments to test new theories

d)

It allowed the uneducated to take part in the scientific process

15.

What was a result of printing the Bible in common languages in the 1400s?

a)

More people learned how to read

b)

The first universities were founded

c)

Monks formed first religious orders

d)

The Church took control of the printing

16.

Which term describes the Renaissance interest in history, literature, and art that was inspired by classical ideas?

a)

humanism

b)

natural law

c)

Reformation

d)

rationalism

17.

Leonardo da Vinci is known for?

a)

sketching inventions such as helicopters and military tank.

b)

designing and painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

c)

working as an anatomy apprentice

d)

designing water-powered machines

18.

Before the Renaissance interest in humanism, art, and scholarship in Medieval Europe focused MAINLY on which of the following?

a)

religion

b)

science

c)

politics

d)

nature

19.

Who invented concepts like the helicopter?

a)

Machiavelli

b)

Brunelleschi

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

20.

Why did the Renaissance start in Florence?

a)

the wealthy Medici family supported arts and education

b)

It had the largest collection of classical Greek sculptures

c)

the area's natural beauty attracted artists from around the world

d)

the Catholic Church paid artists and writers

21.

Which did not motivate the Crusades?

a)

They might be granted ownership of land in conquered territories

b)

They were promised absolution of their sins if they agreed to fight in the Crusades

c)

They wanted to take control of Christian pilgrimage sites from Muslims

d)

They were exiled from the Holy Land by Muslims and wanted to retake it

22.

Who called for the First Crusade?

a)

Innocent III

b)

Leo I

c)

Urban II

d)

Gregory VII

23.

Which of the following MOST accurately describes the pattern of the bubonic plague during the fourteenth century?

a)

It was commonly found in the countryside where there was low population density.

b)

Exiling infected people from Europe helped contain the spread of the plague.

c)

It primarily spread along commercial trade routes between Europe and Asia.

d)

Island regions such as Britain were not affected by the spread of the plague

24.

Why did the bubonic plague lead to a sharp decline in public works such as cathedrals?

a)

. Most cathedrals were looted and destroyed amid the social chaos.

b)

Religious devotion declined as faith alone failed to protect people from disease.

c)

The pope diverted all of the Church's resources to fighting the plague.

d)

There were severe labor shortages due to the high death toll of the disease.

25.

Which of the following BEST explains why Pope Leo III called Charlemagne "Holy Roman Emperor"?

a)

The Pope was rewarding Charlemagne for spreading Christianity in the Empire.

b)

Charlemagne came from a long line of Roman rulers.

c)

Charlemagne established his headquarters in Rome to be near the pope.

d)

The Romans had elected Charlemagne over other kings