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7TH S.S.: UNIT 5 Renaissance, Reformation, & the Scientific Revolution
7TH S.S.: UNIT 5 Renaissance, Reformation, & the Scientific Revolution
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Matching: __________ leading Renaissance city connected by canals
Naples
Venice
Madrid
Florence
2
How did Italy’s states become wealthy?
They conquered foreign territory.
They controlled valuable natural resources.
They were well positioned to engage in international trade.
They obtained tax money from the Catholic Church.
3
What new concept did Baron Montesquieu develop that was later included in the United States Constitution?
social contract
limited state government
separation of powers
equality of all people
4
Who published a book about the laws of gravity?
René Descartes
Isaac Newton
Galileo
Nicolaus Copernicus
5
How did diplomacy help the Italian city-states?
It provided additional money to build a strong military.
It increased the amount of money the city-states received from taxes.
It helped them create agreements with their neighbors.
It allowed them to create democracies where all male citizens could vote.
6
Diplomacy is the art of making peaceful agreements with other countries.
True
False
7
Why did Shakespeare become famous?
He introduced the idea of using oil-based paints.
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
He wrote many well-known plays.
He wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost.
8
Matching: ______ scientist who believed that the solar system was held together by the force of gravity
Bill Nye
Thomas Hobbes
Galileo
Isaac Newton
9
What was one way in which the paintings of northern Renaissance artists were different from those of Italian artists?
They only painted religious images.
Their style was less advanced.
They used oils instead of water-based paints.
Their paintings were more abstract.
10
What was an important reason that Italy was at the center of culture during the early Renaissance?
Italians were familiar with the classic art from the old Roman Empire.
Italians had better access to education than other Europeans.
Italy was more secular than other places in Europe.
Italy’s location made it more isolated than countries that were inland.
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Matching: ___ political thinker who believed in deism, idea that people should be free to follow their religious beliefs
Volataire
Thomas Hobbes
Martin luther
Thomas Aquinas
12
What scientific instruments did Galileo improve or develop?
Select ALL that apply.
water thermometer
telescope
microscope
scale
13
How did European thinkers during the Enlightenment believe society could be improved?
by restricting individual rights and eliminating free speech
by increasing the power of European monarchs
by increasing the amount of taxes governments collected
by applying scientific methods of reasoning to social problems
14
During the Renaissance, people became less secular.
False
True
15
Classical scientific methods were more accurate than those based on Francis Bacon’s later scientific method.
False
True
16
Publication of the Christian Bible in vernacular languages was an important part of the Reformation.
True
False
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In what way did ancient Greek and Roman ideas encourage the growth of humanism during the Renaissance?
Greek and Roman ideas encouraged gaining knowledge through reason
The Greeks and Romans were excellent traders and merchants
Greeks and Romans had democratic governments which treated people equally.
Greek and Roman scientific advancements helped increase human life spans
18
Which Euro leader was influenced by the Enlightenment to free the serfs and make taxes equal for farmers and nobles?
Russia’s Peter I
Austria’s Joseph II
France’s Louis XIV
Prussia’s Frederick II
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Matching: _____ political thinker who believed that people needed strong rule by a leader who had total power
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
John Adams
Thomas Hobbes
20
Which two groups preserved Greek and Roman science so it was available to Renaissance thinkers?
Africans and Indians
Arabs and Jews
Africans and Arabs
Indians and Jews
21
Who were some Italian Renaissance artists who worked to make their paintings look realistic?
Select ALL that apply.
Leonardo da Vinci
Copernicus
Jan van Eyck
Michaelangelo
22
Gutenberg’s moveable type printing press helped spread humanist ideas.
True
False
23
Matching: _____ astronomer and inventor who proved the heliocentric theory
Nicolas Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Galileo
24
What was one reason Florence was a powerful Renaissance city?
Its canals allowed for easy and rapid shipping.
It was the home of architect Filippo Brunelleschi.
It became an important banking center.
It was a major shipbuilding center.
25
How did Gutenberg influence the spread of humanism?
developed a printing press, which meant books could be printed more quickly
wrote a book on Greek and Roman philosophy that was widely read
opened an academy of learning that attracted scholars from many countries
was a merchant who traveled widely, spreading his knowledge
26
What ideas are associated with the French philosophies?
Select ALL that apply.
Everyone should be free to express their opinions.
All individuals have the right to liberty.
A constitutional monarchy is the ideal form of government.
People should use reason rather than believing in superstitions.
27
What was Francis Bacon’s contribution to the Scientific Revolution?
He invented a calculating machine.
He built a simple microscope.
He developed the scientific method.
He founded modern rationalism.
28
In art, the way of showing people and things as they appear at different distances is called _______ .
contour
composition
rendering
perspective
29
What was one idea Renaissance scientists obtained from the Greeks?
that the Earth is controlled by the law of gravity
to conduct scientific experiments to test new ideas
to classify living things based on their similarities and differences
the sun is the center of the solar system and the planets revolve around it
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How did Nicolaus Copernicus change Renaissance thinking about the universe?
believed that all the planets travel at the same speed.
developed the theory that the sun is the center of the universe.
stated that the planets move in circular paths around the sun.
created the telescope so astronomers could see objects far away.
