Renaissance and Reformation
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World History Studies
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113.42.C.5.A
113.42.C.1.D
113.42.C.5.B
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- Q1The Renaissance developed primarily out of a widespread interest in which of the following?LawReligionSciencesHumanities30s113.42.C.5.A
- Q2Which of the following was a typical characteristic of Renaissance literature?Informal languageSuperhuman heroesRealistic storiesMythical beast30s113.42.C.5.A
- Q3Which statement describes the political philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli?The ends justify the means.All people are created equal.Majority rules in all things.The best government is no government.30s113.42.C.5.A
- Q4Renewed scholarship in classical civilization led to which new attitude in Renaissance society?Pleasures of this world should be enjoyed in the here and now.Citizens should be allowed to vote for city leaders.Loyalty to the Church should be regarded as the chief virtue.Enslaved people should be converted to Christianity.30s113.42.C.5.A
- Q5How did popes and powerful families contribute to the flourishing of Renaissance art?through financial patronage of artiststhrough innovative education in techniquethrough international trade in sculpturethrough political support of artists30s113.42.C.5.A
- Q6Humanism influences Renaissance art and scholarship by advocating a return to —monastic traditions of Spain and Italyfeudal traditions of medieval Europeclassical traditions of Greece and Romearistocratic traditions of ancient Persia30s113.42.C.5.A
- Q7How did Machiavelli’s political theory impact Renaissance Europe?His view encouraged social revolution in every generation.His view emphasized political effectiveness over moral virtue.His view endangered royal authority in powerful countries.His view endangered royal authority in powerful countries.30s113.42.C.5.A
- Q8Secularism, humanism, naturalism, and classicism are the defining characteristics of which European time period?Romantic EraRenaissanceMiddle AgesAge of Revolutions30s113.42.C.1.D
- Q9Which of the following events increased the power of the Ottoman Empire?sack of Romevictory in the Crusadesaccession of Tamerlaneconquest of Constantinople30s113.42.C.1.D
- Q10All around us in Florence, new buildings are being erected that pay homage to antiquity. It seems a new birth is occurring. The author was observing what time period?Middle AgesItalian unificationRenaissanceRoman Empire30s113.42.C.1.D
- Q11All of the following denominations were established as a result of the Reformation except —AnglicanGreek OrthodoxMethodistLutheran30s113.42.C.5.B
- Q12Which of the following Protestant leaders chose to break with the Church of Rome because the Pope would not grant him a dispensation for divorce?John CalvinMartin LutherHuldrych ZwingliHenry VIII30s113.42.C.5.B
- Q13Many people supported the Reformation because they objected to —imperialistic foreign policies of the governmentcorrupt practices of the Roman Catholic Churchphilosophical teachings of the Protestant Churchobvious social injustices of the feudal system30s113.42.C.5.B
- Q14What was the major political effect on Europe of the Reformation?Authority was transferred from the church to the state.Women began to gain social status in the communities.The Catholic church was splintered into different sects.Dissention and intolerance brought religious fighting.30s113.42.C.5.B
- Q15Which of the following occurred as a result of the Reformation?Religious toleration spread throughout EuropeLutheranism gained a stronghold in Scotland.The Anglican Church was founded in England.The Roman Catholic Church dominated all of Europe.30s113.42.C.5.B