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Reformation and The Renaissance
Reformation and The Renaissance
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A review of the Renaissance and Reformation for World History.
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The Renaissance began in Italy because they were wealthy due to trade, and had money to spend.
False
True
2
Parents in Renaissance Italy carefully arranged marriages, often to
produce the perfect child
have attractive in-laws
strengthen business, class, or family ties
prevent sons and daughters from marrying below class
3
Why were citizens unhappy with the Catholic Church around 1500 AD?
System of indulgences did not help poor people
Catholic clergy became corrupt and greedy
Church too concerned with money
All of the above
4
Who invented the printing press?
Donatello
Raphael
Michelangelo
Gutenberg
5
During the Renaissance, there was a renewed interest in what ancient civilizations?
Greece and Rome
Egypt and Rome
Somalia and India
China and Greece
6
Who was the best known of all the Christian humanists?
Desiderius Erasmus
Filippo Brunelleschi
Albrecht Durer
Martin Luther
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Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy's social ideal because he
was a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor & mathematician
was a politician
came from a wealthy family
wrote grand romantic poetry
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Who wrote "The Prince"?
Medici
Machiavelli
Petrarch
Pizan
9
What invention helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance and Reformation quickly?
Televison
Printing press
Telegram
Telescope
10
Martin Luther attacked the abuses of the Catholic church by:
Using his kung fu ninja skills
Throwing water in the face of a priest
Nailing his 95 Theses on the church door at Wittenberg
Being a savage
11
The Counter (Catholic) Reformation is best defined as:
The movement that created the new Protestant church
The decision to eliminate the Catholic church
An effort within the Catholic church to fix major problems
A time when ninja turtles started painting
12
What would be the best way to become a humanist during the Renaissance?
Study classical writings and learn Greek and Latin languages
Leave the Catholic church to join the Protestant church
Free your serfs and open a new marketplace
Enter a monastery and copy books during the day
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What was the practice of selling indulgences?
They helped fund the building of St. Peter's Basilica
Certificates sold by church to get loved ones into heaven
Certificates sold by church to forgive sins
All of the above
14
The Renaissance was a rebirth of all of the following areas EXCEPT:
Art
Science
Education
Health of the people
15
Humanists believed the focus of life should be on _____ instead of _____.
Religion; humans
Individuals; religion
Kings; nobles
Jediism; art
16
What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?
It increased literacy and education across Europe
A shortage of trees
Gutenberg used his wealth to support artists
An ink shortage
17
What event OFFICIALLY started the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther posting 95 Theses on church door at Wittenberg
New ideas spread by the printing press
The selling of indulgences
The founding of Snapchat
18
Christine de Pizan is best known for her
Long hair
Works written in defense of women
Defense of the poor
Passionate affairs
19
What did Luther say was the way to reach heaven?
Nailing things on church doors
Listening to "Stairway to Heaven" as loud as possible
Salvation by faith alone
Buying of indulgences
20
"The Canterbury Tales" is an important work because it used Eng vernacular & was chief ancestor
of the modern Eng language
of the modern French language
21
Who was the father of Italian Renaissance humanism?
Pizan
Machiavelli
Petrarch
Meidici
22
The Medici family sponsored Renaissance art, and loaned money like bankers.
True
False
23
The High Renaissance in Italy is associated with which 3 artists?
da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo
Raphael, Donatello, and Suarez
da Vinci, van Eyck, and Durer
Masaccio, Donatello, and Brunelleschi
24
Martin Luther took action because he strongly disagreed with what Catholic practice?
Paying for church positions
Granting divorces
Selling of indulgences
Priests and Popes having children
25
Luther was a Catholic monk himself, making his statements against the church controversial.
True
False
