WorksheetsRenaissance/Reformation
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which cities were the centers of Calvinism and Lutheranism?
Rotterdam and London
Geneva and Wittenberg
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
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 Lutherans dominate?
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
North Sea
In which state were three different religions practiced?
France
Holy Roman Empire
Netherlands
Italy
What was the northernmost country where Calvinism spread?
Norway
Netherlands
Scotland
Poland
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 drawings and paintings
Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?
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 way to 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
What was one of John Calvinís major teachings?
humanism
adult baptism
indulgences
predestination
Who was the important Catholic Reformer who founded the Jesuit order?
Katarina Zell
Girolamo Savonarola
Ignatius of Loyola
Pope Paul III
How did Italyís location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Ideas could be spread easily by means of Italyís fleet.
Italy was protected from the rest of Europe by the Alps.
Italy had access to Roman ruins and ancient manuscripts from Constantinople.
The bubonic plague had not reached the southern tip of Europe.
What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?
Gutenberg used his wealth from the invention to support artists.
It led to the development of public libraries.
It led to a renewed study of Latin and Greek.
It increased literacy and the use of the vernacular.
Which of the following was a major reason for the Reformation?
Northern merchants resented paying taxes to the Church in Rome.
The Church was threatening to excommunicate the king of France.
The pope in Rome insisted on speaking only Latin.
Martin Luther said he could interpret the Bible better than the pope.
Which of the following was one of Lutherís main beliefs?
Men and women are naturally sinful.
Christians needed to be baptized again as adults.
Good works were required for salvation.
All people with faith were equal.
What was the main reason for Henry VIIIís split with the Roman Catholic Church?
his religious beliefs
his desire for a male heir
his treatment of Catherine of Aragon
his unwillingness to pay Church taxes
Which of the following was agreed upon at the Council of Trent?
The Church"s interpretation of the Bible was final.
Selling indulgences was an appropriate practice.
Local priests had to originate the process of excommunication.
Church and state should be separate.
The Peace of Augsburg ended a war between supporters of which two groups?
England and Spain
Catholic and Protestant German princes
Roman Catholics and Anglicans
French Catholics and Huguenots
Which idea of Lutherís most influenced John Calvin?
Humans cannot earn a place in heaven.
There was no hierarchy of believers.
The Church should not sell indulgences.
People did not need priests to interpret the Bible for them.
