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Renaissance Vocab

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Definition: a rebirth or revival

a)

Renaissance

b)

Secular

c)

Humanism

d)

Reformation

2.

Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

a)

recant

b)

annul

c)

perspective

d)

secular

3.

An intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

a)

secular

b)

rationalism

c)

humanism

d)

heliocentric

4.

An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.

a)

frescoes

b)

rationalism

c)

perspective

d)

renaissance

5.

A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief

a)

recant

b)

humanism

c)

rationalism

d)

geocentric

6.

A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to change the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

a)

reformation

b)

renaissance

c)

printing press

d)

indulgences

7.

A pardon given by the Roman Catholic Church in return for repentance for sins

a)

indulgence

b)

frescoes

c)

95 theses

d)

annul

8.

to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

a)

annul

b)

recant

c)

humanism

d)

secular

9.

Protestants

a)

a Christian who protested against the Catholic Church

b)

An organization of priests in Spain that looked for and punished anyone suspected of secretly practicing their old religion instead of Roman Catholicism.

c)

The great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 1588; defeated by the terrible winds and fire ships.

d)

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

10.

Annul

a)

declare invalid

b)

to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

c)

a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation.

d)

an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

11.

a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation.

a)

inquisition

b)

annul

c)

recant

d)

heresy

12.

an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

a)

heresy

b)

recant

c)

printing press

d)

annul

13.

Armada

a)

a fleet of warships

b)

a rebirth or revival

c)

to hold a worldly belief higher than a religious one

d)

An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.

14.

The belief that the sun is the center of the universe

a)

heliocentric

b)

geocentric

c)

humanism

d)

rationalism

15.

This is what revolutionized the ability to send information which in turn affected the speed of the spread of information itself.

a)

printing press

b)

95 Theses

c)

Geocentric model

d)

The Columbian Exchange

16.

The Columbian Exchange

a)

The swap of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following the Age of Exploration

b)

The ability to send information which in turn affected the speed of the spread of information itself.

c)

A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.

d)

A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

17.

Geocentric

a)

A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars.

b)

A model of the universe in which the sun is at the center of the revolving planets and stars.

c)

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following the Age of Exploration

d)

a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation.