Renaissance/Reformation Study Guide

Question 1

what triggered the events that resulted in the formation of the Church of England?

Answer 1

Henry VIII waned a divorce

Question 2

The publication of Martin Luther’s 95 theses….

Answer 2

attacked the abuses in the sale of indulgences, beginning the Protestant Reformation.

Question 3

The peace of Augsburg formally…

Answer 3

accepted the division of Christianity in Germany.

Question 4

The Swiss city-state of Geneva became a model of Protestant morality under the leadership of…

Answer 4

John Calvin

Question 5

Both catholics and Protestants considered the __________ to be dangerous radicals.

Answer 5

Anabaptists

Question 6

What resulted fro the peace of Augsburg in 1555?

Answer 6

Each German prince could deciede the religion for his lands

Question 7

What made Martin Luther an outlaw in the Holy Roman Empire?

Answer 7

Diet of Worms

Question 8

Which of the following was the first Protestant faith?

Answer 8

Lutheranism

Question 9

What changes did the Catholic Church make during the Catholic Reformation?

Answer 9

It provided penalties for corruption among the clergy

Question 10

How did Martin Luther react when peasant rebels took up his banner as a means of bringing about social change in Germany?

Answer 10

He denounced the peasnats, and the rebellion was suppressed.

Question 11

John calvin emphasized ________, The belief that god determined in advance who would be saved and who would be damned.

Answer 11

Predestination

Question 12

Luther taught that justification by Faith (being made right before God) was …

Answer 12

The central idea of Protestantism

Question 13

Anabaptists believed that infants should not be baptized because

Answer 13

Infants are too young to accept the christian faith.

Question 14

The purpose of Cunil of Trent was to …

Answer 14

Direct the reform of the Catholic Church

Question 15

The main goal of the Jesusits was to …

Answer 15

Defend, restore, and spread the Catholic faith.

Question 16

This family controlled the government of Florence from behind the scenes and was a major patron of the arts

Answer 16

Medici

Question 17

based on the study of the literary works of Greece and Rome

Answer 17

humanism

Question 18

started a printing revolution

Answer 18

Johann Gutenberg

Question 19

described architecture as a “social art” meant to combine beauty with utility and improvement of society

Answer 19

Leon Alberti

Question 20

worldly

Answer 20

Secular

Question 21

A thriving trading region where the northern renaissance began

Answer 21

Flanders

Question 22

wrote the influential political book “The Prince”

Answer 22

Machiavelli

Question 23

____ was called the father of Italian Renaissance humanism.

Answer 23

petrarch

Question 24

The last supper and the Mona Lisa were the work of the great artist

Answer 24

Leonardo da vinci

Question 25

Paintings and sculptures of the renaissance were more

Answer 25

realistic

Question 26

What humanists of northern europe wrote about his vision of an ideal society, in which people live in peace and harmony?

Answer 26

Sir Thomas Moore

Question 27

The age of great change marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called the…

Answer 27

Renaissance

Question 28

One way that Renaissance artists reflected the new ideas of humanism was by painting

Answer 28

Well-known people of the day

Question 29

The Flemish painter Jan van Eyck was one of the first to use and perfect this technique

Answer 29

Oil Painting