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Social Studies
9th -
12thgrade
Renaissance Reformation Scientific Revolution
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What city was most closely associated with the Renaissance?
London
Milan
Rome
Florence
- 2. Multiple Choice
Machiavelli is best known for
supporting the arts
writing books on politics most famous The Prince
writing a book on law
inventing the printing press.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the rich family who ruled Florence and supported the development of many artists?
de Medici
da Vinci
de Lorean
de Lorenzo
- 4. Multiple Choice
Renaissance artists often imitated the art and architecture of the Romans. Which is a characteristic of Roman art copied by Renaissance artists?
Frescoes
Reality
Linear Perspective (3-D)
Oil paints
- 5. Multiple Choice
______allowed more people to become literate and educated.
Humanism
free public schools
Universities
the printing press
- 6. Multiple Choice
The time when Protestant faiths split away from the Roman Catholic Church is called the
Reformation
Reclamation
Great Schism
Reconstruction
- 7. Multiple Choice
______ was the first Protestant faith.
Calvinism
Zoroastrianism
Christian Humanism
Lutheranism
- 8. Multiple Choice
A thriving trading region where the northern Renaissance began
Flanders
Florence
Egypt
China
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel?
Cosimo de’ Medici
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
- 10. Multiple Choice
He was the first person to use a telescope to observe objects in space. He discovered that planets and moons are physical bodies because of his studies of the night skies.
Isaac Newton
Galileo
Rene Descartes
Robert Boyle
- 11. Multiple Choice
A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun. The sun is the center
Scientific Method
Laws of Gravity
Mathematics
Heliocentric
- 12. Multiple Choice
(1627-1691) Irish Chemist who conducted experiments on gases at different temperatures. Known as the "Father of Chemistry."
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle
Ibn Battuta
- 13. Multiple Choice
A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
Scientific Method
Vesalius
Inquisition
Doctrine of Uniformity
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who defined the laws of motion and gravity. Tried to explain the motion of the universe?
Ibn Battuta
Robert Boyle
Issac Newton
Ptolemy
- 15. Multiple Choice
“Since then Your Majesty and your lordships desire a simple reply, I will answer without horns and without teeth. Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason—I do not accept the authority of pope and councils, for they have contradicted each other—my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise.”
Here I Stand: quote in A life of Martin Luther, Roland Bainton
According to the passage, Martin Luther opposes ____.
the authority of pope and councils
the Monarchy
the Word of God
the Scripture
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is one reason that some Italian city-states such as Venice, Milan, and Naples grew into major commercial centers during the 13th and 14th centuries?
artistic achievements
artistic integrity
geographic location
use of vernacular language
- 17. Multiple Choice
This photo is of the Ca’ d’Oro palace in Venice, Italy, built between 1428 and 1430. The architect included Greek columns on all three levels, Byzantine decoration above the roofline, and Islamic arched windows in the design of the building.
Renaissance architecture was influenced by various Classical architecture styles from the Mediterranean Sea region.
Renaissance architecture was designed to withstand flooding caused by the changing of the tides.
Renaissance architecture is easily identified when viewed from inside a building.
Renaissance architecture was heavily influenced by Northern European styles.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was an effect of Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press on Western Europe?
Literacy levels decreased among very religious leaders.
The number of universities in England decreased.
Europeans were exposed to new ideas about religious and secular thought.
The price of books increased.
- 19. Multiple Choice
How did the School of Athens reflect the development of humanism?
It blended French and Roman cultures, as evidenced by the philosophers at the center of the background, with religious subjects.
It blended Greek and Roman cultures, as evidenced by the philosophers at the center of the background, with secular subjects.
It blended medieval subjects, such as the nature of life after death, with religious subjects.
It blended medieval subjects, such as the nature of life after death, with secular subjects.
- 20. Multiple Choice
How did the Protestant Reformation contribute to the development of the Scientific Revolution?
The Protestant Reformation supported independent thought on scientific matters which led to independent thought on spiritual matters.
The Protestant Reformation supported the cultural rebirths of the Renaissance.
The Protestant Reformation supported the development of the printing press.
The Protestant Reformation supported independent thought on spiritual matters which led to independent thought on scientific matters.
- 21. Multiple Choice
In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus published the theory that the universe was heliocentric, with the sun at the center.
What was the effect of Copernicus’s theory of the universe?
It challenged the medieval Catholic Church’s stance that the earth was the center of the universe.
It supported medieval scholars who had tried to make the physical world fit in with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
It challenged Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity.
It challenged technology used by Galileo Galilei to build an astronomical telescope.
- 22. Multiple Choice
The map shows the location of the main religious denominations in Europe after the Reformation.
Which of the following statements describes the effect of the Reformation on Europe?
Military conflict between European countries was reduced due to increased religious unity.
The population within each country uniformly all practiced the same religion.
The development of new religious sects divided the populations between some countries.
Religious diversity decreased after the Reformation.
- 23. Multiple Choice
How did the Catholic Church respond to the Protestant Reformation?
The Inquisition was ended because members of the Catholic Church were being found guilty of too many religious crimes.
The Anglican Church was founded as an alternative to the Protestant Church.
The Council of Trent was formed to reaffirm Catholic beliefs and end abuses in the Catholic Church in order to challenge the spread of Protestantism.
The Council of Trent was formed to put Martin Luther on trial for selling indulgences.
- 24. Multiple Choice
The Scientific Method is a step-by-step process of discovering the truth that was developed by the early 1600s.
Which individual contributed to the development of the Scientific Method?
René Descartes
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Aristotle
- 25. Multiple Choice
The renaissance was a renewal of the ideas of
Christianity
Classical Greece and Rome
Babies born after the plague
Literacy
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