SSES History 9 Unit 8 Review: The Renaissance and Reformation

Question 1

Which of these elements emerged in Renaissance art?

Accepted Answer

Space, Perspective, Light, Realism

Question 2

When did Prince Henry the Navigator live?

Accepted Answer

1394-1460

Question 3

What were the reasons that Europeans wanted to expand their territory?

Accepted Answer

Spread Christianity, Glory, Gain wealth

Question 4

Who destroyed the Inca?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizzaro

Question 5

What did Portuguese control of Malacca do?

Accepted Answer

Disrupted Arab spice trade

Question 6

What was the Renaissance the 'rebirth' of?

Accepted Answer

Classical Greco-Roman values, Europe after the plague and Dark Ages

Question 7

What were caravels?

Accepted Answer

Special ships that were mobile enough to sail against wind, Ships that often had cannons so they could shoot down enemies

Question 8

What were flagellants?

Accepted Answer

People who whipped themselves while begging for forgiveness from God

Question 9

What were some sources of wealth in Africa for Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Gold, Slaves

Question 10

What did humanists in Florence do?

Accepted Answer

Work on the city council

Question 11

What did Ulrich Zwingli's preaching lead to?

Accepted Answer

The abolition of relics

Question 12

What did Queen Mary do after she didn't get her way?

Accepted Answer

Burned more than 300 Protestants at the stake

Question 13

How much of Europe's population was killed in during by the plague?

Accepted Answer

30-50%

Question 14

What did America trade in Triangular Trade?

Accepted Answer

Sugar goods

Question 15

What did Parliament's Act of Supremacy of 1534 do?

Accepted Answer

Officially separated the Catholic Church and the Church of England

Question 16

What was Columbus' 'big idea'?

Accepted Answer

He thought to sail west to get to India, not around Africa

Question 17

Calvin agreed with Luther about salvation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

When did Petrarch live?

Accepted Answer

1304-1374

Question 19

Where did the Black Death Originate?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 20

When was the infamous Peasant Revolt?

Accepted Answer

1524

Question 21

What did portolani show?

Accepted Answer

Coasts, distances between ports, and compass readings; sea map

Question 22

What did Desiderius Erasmus believe?

Accepted Answer

That Christianity should be a guiding philosophy that guides daily life

Question 23

What did Queen Mary try to do?

Accepted Answer

Revert England to Catholicim

Question 24

Who sailed to Calicut, India and destroyed the Muslim monopoly?

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama

Question 25

What did Martin Luther nail to a church door?

Accepted Answer

Ninety Five Theses

Question 26

How did Hernando Cortes defeat the Aztecs?

Accepted Answer

He befriended them and then took their gold, He brought European diseases

Question 27

What did Christian Humanists believe?

Accepted Answer

That studying classical Greek and Roman texts would bring forth reform, That the Church was in need of reform

Question 28

What were some sources of wealth from the New World for Europe?

Accepted Answer

Cocoa, Precious woods, Sugar cane, Animal hides, Raw tobacco, Gold and silver

Question 29

What did Europe trade in Triangular Trade?

Accepted Answer

Manufactured goods

Question 30

Under John Calvin's authority, the people of Geneva were punished for doing small 'crimes'.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

According to Machiavelli's The Prince, what traits did a leader need in order to be successful?

Accepted Answer

Integral, Faithful, Humane, Powerful

Question 32

Why did Portugal have limited success in exploration?

Accepted Answer

Locals revolted in foreign territory, Not enough control over foreign territory

Question 33

What were relics?

Accepted Answer

Bones or other objects closely related to Saints

Question 34

What spread the Black Death?

Accepted Answer

Black rats

Question 35

Where did Columbus land in 1492?

Accepted Answer

Cuba

Question 36

What did Johannes Gutenberg do?

Accepted Answer

Helped bring forth the Protestant Reformation

Question 37

What did Africa trade in Triangular Trade?

Accepted Answer

Slaves

Question 38

What were indulgences?

Accepted Answer

Ways to lessen one's time in purgatory

Question 39

What was the Columbian Exchange?

Accepted Answer

The exchange of goods and technology between the Americas and Europe

Question 40

What was Columbus' big error?

Accepted Answer

Underestimated the size of the Earth

Question 41

What voyage did Portugal complete in 1441, and what did they do?

Accepted Answer

Find and sell slaves, Voyage to Senegal

Question 42

Martin Luther sided with the peasants during the Peasant Revolt.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

Why did John Calvin move to Switzerland?

Accepted Answer

He fled persecution because he was Protestant

Question 44

What were some socio-economic effects of the plague?

Accepted Answer

Peasant revolts, Antisemitism, Lower prices, Higher wages

Question 45

Martin Luther believed that good works led to salvation, not faith alone.

Accepted Answer

False

SSES History 9 Unit 8 Review: The Renaissance and Reformation

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SSES History 9 Unit 8 Review: The Renaissance and Reformation

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