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Renaissance and Reformation Test Review 2016
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Renaissance was a rebirth of these two classical culturesFrance and EnglandGreece and RomeOttoman and MongolChina and Japan
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe Renaissance began in the city-states of this European country.EnglandFranceGermanyItaly
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe word Renaissance means....rebirthrereadreviverelive
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the best definition of humanism?The belief that all humans are important and valuable and that they all have equal potential to succeed.The belief that there is only one God and that he determines all events.The belief that all humans are sinful and greedy and need a king to keep them under control.The belief that only certain people have talents and only those people should receive an education.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceIn 1450, this man invented the movable type printing press in Europe.Martin LutherLeonardo da VinciJohannes GutenbergMichelangelo
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe printing press increased these two things in EuropeKnowledge and literacyWars and literacyCorruption and knowledgeReligious belief and wars
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the most widely printed book in Europe?The AlmanacThe Qur'anThe BibleThe Dictionary
- 8. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following were Renaissance artists EXCEPT...Michelangeloda VinciRaphaelMedici
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are considered to be humanities subjects EXCEPT...RhetoricLiteratureHistoryMath
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following characterized thinking in the Renaissance?A devotion to God and the upkeep of a strict social hierarchy.A return to classical learning and a belief in human potential.A reliance on Eastern traditions and the belief that life is suffering.A dark age devoted to hard work and little else.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are characteristics of Renaissance art EXCEPT...The use of perspectiveCentral or important figures are larger than other figuresInterest in nature and incorporation of nature into the sceneFigures have facial expressions that reflect their emotion
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe period of European history known as the Renaissance roughly covers the time from...500 - 10001000 - 12001300 - 16001900 - 2000
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe piece of art below was created during which time period?ClassicalMiddle AgesRenaissance
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance man"?Someone who enjoyed worldly pleasuresSomeone who excelled in many areas of study.Someone who specialized in a particular field of study.Some one who supported and appreciated the arts without creating art.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat Renaissance writer wrote The Prince, which was about politics and leadership?ShakespeareMachiavelliDonatelloda Vinci
- 16. Multiple ChoiceLeonardo Da Vinci was an excellent example of the ideal Renaissance man because hewas a politician and politicians were considered the pinnacle of human achievement.came from a wealthy family and greatly improved his family's status in society.wrote grand romantic poetry and insightful political treatieswas a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat action did Martin Luther take to begin the Protestant Reformation?He went to Rome and spat on the Pope's face.He posted 95 theses to a church door in Wittenberg.He started a theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland.He invented the printing press to spread his ideas.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceMartin Luther and other supporters of the Protestant Reformation objected to the selling of indulgences, which allowed...wealthy people to buy positions in the church.merchants to establish joint-stock companies in Rome.people to buy pardons for their sins so they would get to heaven faster.the Catholic Church to buy plots of land at very low prices.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceMartin Luther believed that salvation could be achieved only through....attending regular church services.doing an exceptional amount of good deeds while on Earth.studying to be a monk, nun, or priest.faith and an emphasis on the Bible
- 20. Multiple ChoiceMartin Luther objected to Catholic leaders banishing people from the Catholic Church. What was this practice called?indulgencesexcommunicationperspectivereformation
- 21. Multiple ChoiceHow did King Henry VIII react when the pope refused to annul his marriage?He started a war with Italy.He made himself head of a new English church.He started the Reformation.He imposed the fines on the pope and the Catholic Church.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceIn France, Protestants were called...HuguenotsHumanistsPapaciesItalians
- 23. Multiple ChoiceA major effect of the Reformation in Europe was the ...decline of religious unity with Protestant reformers starting their own church.increase in use of indulgences.increase in the number of men becoming priestsdecline of people attending church
- 24. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following were actions taken by the Council of Trent EXCEPT...banned the selling of indulgencesallowed priests and popes to marrycreated disciplined and well educated order of Catholic priests called the Jesuitsrejected the Protestant Bible
- 25. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following were effects of the Protestant Reformation EXCEPT for...The Catholic Church created the order of Jesuit priestNo longer was the Catholic Church the only Christian branchPeople started to convert to Buddhism and HinduismProtestant Reformation caused wars of religion in parts of Europe
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