Ultimate Road to Modernity Exam Review

Question 1

What was one thing that religious leaders did in response to the protests?

Accepted Answer

They started arresting/threatening people

Question 2

How did the printing press change society?

Accepted Answer

Made books cheaper

Question 3

The Renaissance led to the Reformation which resulted in changes within the Catholic Church

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

The Renaissance was a time of rebirth in art and literature in Europe from the 14th to 17th century

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

These new scientific discoveries challenged the authority of the church because:

Accepted Answer

They challenged the words of God

Question 6

How did the Scientific Revolution influenced Enlightenment thinkers?

Accepted Answer

Influenced the development of individualism

Question 7

Which of the following was a reason why certain people started to protest against the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

The church gave out indulgences

Question 8

Which of the following was an important invention from the Scientific Revolution

Accepted Answer

Telescope

Question 9

Why is Johannes Gutenberg significant?

Accepted Answer

Re-invented the printing press in Europe

Question 10

Which of the following is around today due to the Scientific Method?

Accepted Answer

Scientific Method

Question 11

Another name for the Enlightenment is:

Accepted Answer

The Age of Reason

Question 12

What is a protestant?

Accepted Answer

A follower of any religion that separated fro the Roman Catholic Church

Question 13

The Enlightenment was a intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Nicolaus Copernicus believed that:

Accepted Answer

The sun was the center of the universe

Question 15

Which of the following influenced humanists?

Accepted Answer

Emphasis on the individual

Question 16

Who's rule were all monarchs trying to recreate using Absolutism?

Accepted Answer

King Louis XIV

Question 17

Philosophes were intellectuals who used and applied reason to different areas of study such as science and politics

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

A patron was:

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Person who sponsered artists

Question 19

The land given to a landlord is called:

Accepted Answer

Manor

Question 20

Why is Prince Henry the Navigator significant?

Accepted Answer

Organized and financed voyages

Question 21

Another name for nobles that received land from the king is:

Accepted Answer

Landlord

Question 22

Thomas Hobbes believed:

Accepted Answer

All men were born evil

Question 23

Who founded the Angelician Church?

Accepted Answer

King Henry VIII

Question 24

Which view of the following changed during the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Politics, Human nature, Economy

Question 25

What was the social structure during the Middle Ages? (Order from those highest in power to lowest)

Accepted Answer

God/King/Noble/Peasant

Question 26

A philosopher is a:

Accepted Answer

Person who studys Philosophy

Question 27

Who wrote the 95 Theses?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luthur

Question 28

A synonym of reason is:

Accepted Answer

Evidence

Question 29

What is Divine Right?

Accepted Answer

Authority given by God

Question 30

Which of the following is an example of a worldly affair that religious leaders indulged in?

Accepted Answer

Having children

Question 31

Salons were not places where all kinds of people gathered to discuss ideas of the enlightenment

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

This Quiz helped you study

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

The Bubonic Plague dismantled Feudalism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

Centralized power in Absolutism meant that a single ruler ruled with checks and balances (from government/nation)

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

Art wasn't significant in the Renaissance because it wasn't sponsored by families

Accepted Answer

False

Question 36

How did monarchs justify their right to rule?

Accepted Answer

Divine power

Question 37

Peasants indulged in worldly pleasures in the period in which they were governed by Feudalism

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

What is the name of the epidemic that wiped out 1/3 of Europe's population?

Accepted Answer

Bubonic Plague

Question 39

Italy was significance to the Renaissance since people were restudying Rome and Italy was the center of the Roman Empire

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

Who believed that God has already chosen specific people to be saved?

Accepted Answer

John Calvin

Question 41

What was the Protestant Reformation?

Accepted Answer

Reformation of Roman Catholic beliefs and practices

Question 42

John Locke believed:

Accepted Answer

All men are born free

Question 43

When did the printing press arrive in Europe?

Accepted Answer

15th Century

Question 44

How did the Enlightenment change government?

Accepted Answer

It influenced French Revolution

Question 45

The compass changed society by enabling European sailors to sail beyond the Mediterranean sea

Accepted Answer

True

Question 46

When did the compass arrive in Europe?

Accepted Answer

12th Century

Question 47

Who was a french writer that influenced the Enlightenment under a pen name through books and pamphlets?

Accepted Answer

Voltaire

Question 48

What was the Scientific Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Events that led to modern science

Question 49

What is the printing press?

Accepted Answer

Printed books

Question 50

What is humanism?

Accepted Answer

Intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievement

Question 51

____________________'s Laws of Motion

Accepted Answer

Issac Newton

Question 52

Who created the religion where followers believed that God had absolute sovereignty over each person?

Accepted Answer

John Calvin

Question 53

Machiavelli was the author of The Prince and believed that it's better to be loved than feared as a ruler

Accepted Answer

False

Question 54

What is Absolutism? A social system where:

Accepted Answer

The right of a monarch/king to rule with absolute power by divine right

Question 55

Who created a base for modern democracy?

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu

Question 56

Select one of the two technical inventions mentioned in class that affected the Europe's society

Accepted Answer

Compass, Move-able type printing

Question 57

Rhetoric is:

Accepted Answer

The art of public speaking

Question 58

Heliocentrism represents the sun as:

Accepted Answer

Center of the universe

Question 59

Galileo is considered the:

Accepted Answer

Father of Modern Science

Question 60

What is Feudalism? (Hint: It was a social system in the Middle Ages)

Accepted Answer

Kings gave land to nobles that served him and peasants worked under nobles

Question 61

What is a utopia?

Accepted Answer

A perfect world

Question 62

What is perspective in terms of the Renassiance?

Accepted Answer

Adding depth to a drawing through linear lines and a vanishing point

Question 63

Mary Wollstonecraft was a:

Accepted Answer

Feminist who advocated for women's rights and educationm

Question 64

Which Renaissance man here is considered Britain's greatest writer?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

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