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Renaissance and Reformation

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the idea of humanism?

a)

The idea that people are individuals and all worthless

b)

The idea that humans are made in the image of God and have great potential

c)

The idea that God is real and can give us the force

d)

The idea that people are not individuals but part of a human collective

2.

Increasing numbers of people learned to read after the mid-1400s because _______________.

a)

Most people had ample leisure time

b)

Most people had ample disposable income

c)

Printed materials became more available and cheaper

d)

Illumination made works of literature extremely beautiful

3.

The best condition for a ruler, if it were possible, according to Machiavelli is to be ________________.

a)

Both feared and loved

b)

Loved

c)

Feared

d)

Safe

4.

Which of the following occurred as a result of Martin Luther’s stand against indulgences?

a)

Germany rejected Lutheranism and remained entirely Roman Catholic

b)

Catholicism spread first to England and Scotland, then to France and Italy

c)

Henry VIII started a new religion in England called Church of England

d)

The Protestant Reformation began

5.

What is the idea that a person's salvation has already been decided by God?

a)

Indulgence

b)

Predestination

c)

Reformation

d)

Protestant

6.

What are indulgences?

a)

It was a pardon from debt sold by the Catholic Church

b)

It was a pardon from your sins given by kings to loyal subjects

c)

It was a pardon from your sins sold by the Catholic Church to make money

d)

It was a nice statue of Jango Fett

7.

What were the main ideas that Martin Luther based his ideas of reform of the Catholic Church on?

a)

Salvation through Faith, everything based on the Bible, everyone with faith is equal

b)

Salvation through indulgence, money is power, everyone must pay

c)

Salvation is impossible, the Bible was wrong, everyone will die

d)

Salvation by the Chosen One, watch out for the Dark Side

8.

Because of the Protestant Reformation, the Christian Church was split into which 2 groups?

a)

Protestants and Muslims

b)

Catholics and Protestants

c)

Catholics and Calvinists

d)

Protestants and Lutherans

9.

What Renaissance innovation gave more people access to learning?

a)

mapmaking

b)

sailing ships

c)

international banking

d)

printing press

10.

What is the movement to reform the Catholic church that led to the creation of Protestant faiths?

a)

Predestination

b)

Indulgence

c)

Reformation

d)

Theology

11.

What is the term for a pardon from the church for a person's sin?

a)

Indulgence

b)

Protestant

c)

Theology

d)

Reformation

12.

What is a new branch of Christianity formed from the Reformation?

a)

Theology

b)

Protestant

c)

Indulgence

d)

Predestination

13.

Define the term Renaissance.

a)

A period of time when learning started in China.

b)

A period of time after the Middle Ages when people die because of plague.

c)

A period of time when Darth Vader wiped out the Jedi.

d)

A period of time in Europe after the Middle Ages when people began to relearn the classics of Rome and Greece.

14.

What is the study of religious faith, practice, and experience?

a)

Reformation

b)

Indulgence

c)

Theology

d)

Predestination

15.

The _______________ family would commission artists to come to Florence and create great works of art to beautify the city.

a)

Medici

b)

Borgia

c)

Sforza

d)

Gonzaga

16.

A _______________ is a person who gives money to an artist.

a)

patron

b)

artist

c)

collector

d)

critic

17.

The _______________ is how the Catholic Church responded to the people leaving. They also worked to correct abuses and corruption.

a)

Reformation

b)

Counter Reformation

c)

Renaissance

d)

Enlightenment

18.

What location is this?

a)

Italy

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

England

d)

Spain

19.

Which body of water is pictured here?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Black Sea

d)

Red Sea

20.

What location is shown on this map?

a)

England

b)

Brazil

c)

Italy

d)

Portugal

21.

Which ocean is shown here?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

22.

What does the geocentric model of the universe state?

a)

The Earth orbits around the Sun

b)

The Sun orbits around Earth.

c)

The planets do not move.

d)

The Earth and Sun stay in the same place.

23.

What are three key characteristics of the Scientific Revolution?

a)

Monks preservation of books in monasteries

b)

Invention of the microscope

c)

Government kept control of people’s religious beliefs

d)

Heliocentric vs Geocentric model of the universe

e)

Galileo’s invention of the telescope

24.

Who is known as the 'Father of Humanism' during the Renaissance?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Francesco Petrarch

d)

Michelangelo

25.

Which artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Donatello

d)

Raphael

26.

Galileo improved the (a)   .

27.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Italy

28.

Which artist is famous for the painting 'The Last Supper'?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Donatello

c)

Raphael

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

29.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Renewed
b)
Rebuilt
c)
Remade
d)
Rebirth
30.

By establishing an independent church after the pope refused to end his marriage, King Henry VIII of England demonstrated that:

a)

the Reformation had weakened the Catholic Church’s influence over powerful leaders.

b)

European monarchs were prepared to fully separate religious and political institutions.

c)

the Catholic Church was no longer considered a major political force in western Europe.

d)

religious tolerance had become an important value in western European societies.

31.
What was the Reformation?
a)
A series of events to reform the Catholic Church
b)
A series of events to reform Europe
c)
The reforming of Protestantism 
d)
The reforming of Buddhism
32.
Both Luther and Calvin believed that 
a)
faith alone could save you
b)
you should not drink or gamble
c)
God choses the elect through predestination
33.
Protestantism started in England because 
a)
believers were frustrated with abuses of the church
b)
the King wanted a divorce
c)
the English wanted to break away from the influence of Europe
34.
What theory believed that the sun was the center of the universe?
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Newton
d)
Univeral
35.
Which Italian astronomer and telescope-maker is said to have contributed more to astronomy than anybody else?
a)
Nicholas Copernicus
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Johannes Kepler
d)
Galileo Galilee
36.
Which scientist developed laws of motion?  
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Copernicus
c)
Galileo
d)
Newton
37.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
38.
Scientist began using _____________ and _______________ instead of placing their beliefs in faith.
a)
History and faith
b)
Math and Science
c)
Math and History
d)
reason and logic
39.

The invention of the __________________, developed by Johannes Gutenberg, helped spread new ideas.

a)

Printing press

b)

Mechanical clock

c)

Thermometer

d)

Gunpowder

40.

Which scientist discovered bacteria?

a)

Harvey

b)

Galileo

c)

Leeuwenhoek

d)

Newton