Renaissance test

Question 1

Renaissance time period?

Answer 1

The Renaissance began with the Italian Renaissance and started in 1300 through 1650

Question 2

Renaissance definition

Answer 2

The Renaissance is a golden age of arts, literature, and a new era of music. Although the word literately means rebirth

Question 3

Italian Renaissance- why did it start there?

Answer 3

The Italian Renaissance started there because there was a lot of wealth a family had held to allow the arts and literature. The Italian Renaissance had humanists who encouraged the curiosity of others.

Question 4

“Renaissance Man”?

Answer 4

A “Renaissance Man”
is a man who had a wide interest and is an expert in several areas. An example of a “Renaissance Man” is Leonardo Da vinci

Question 5

Why was the Medici family famous?

Answer 5

The Medici family was famous for the reason that they would fund the Renaissance; such as art. They had Renaissance art in their own home and even had a family tomb the Medici chapel by Michelangelo.

Question 6

The best synonym for secular is:

Answer 6

civil.
materialistic.
worldly.
lay.

Question 7

The Printing Press was invented by

Answer 7

German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg is credited with inventing the printing press around 1436

Question 8

What was the first book printed using the printing press?

Answer 8

The Gutenberg bible was the first book the be printing using the printing press

Question 9

What was the effect of the invention of the printing press?

Answer 9

The effected the printing press was the fact that it quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy. This caused conflict with such people as the church were contradicted

Question 10

Why was Leonardo da Vinci considered a Renaissance man?

Answer 10

Although Leonardo da Vinci was mostly known for his art he was also a scientist and inventor making him a true Renaissance man.

Question 11

What is perspective and where is it used?

Answer 11

Perspective is the representation of three dimensional objects which is how we view things. during the Renaissance perspective was used for the first time in art.

Question 12

The word Renaissance literally means?

Answer 12

The word Renaissance literally mean “Rebirth”

Question 13

What were the major reason(s) for the Reformation?

Answer 13

Its rise was influenced by currents of nationalism, mercantilism, anticlericalism, and opposition to vested property interests in the hands of the church that had begun in the late fourteenth century.

Question 14

What was Luther’s main belief?

Answer 14

His central teachings, that the Bible is the central source of religious authority and that salvation is reached through faith and not deeds such as indulgences, shaped the core of Protestantism

Question 15

What was an indulgence?

Answer 15

An indulgence was a way priest would get money by giving them a eternal place in heaven and charging them an overpriced amount of money

Question 16

What was the main reason for Henry VIII’s split with the Catholic Church?

Answer 16

The main reason was because he wanted to divorce Catherine of Aragon. That is why he thought of Luther how he split out of the church he realized he could do the same and divorce and make a new church.

Question 17

What was one of John Calvin’s teachings?

Answer 17

He became known as a proponent of predestination, the belief that God’s rewards for humans have already been selected

Question 18

A person who works “in the vernacular” is one who?

Answer 18

writes in a local, rather than a classical, language.

Question 19

Predestination meant:

Answer 19

the divine foreordaining of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others. It has been particularly associated with the teachings of St. Augustine of Hippo and of Calvin.

Question 20

Who was the first of Henry VIII’s children to rule England?

Answer 20

The first of Henry’s children to rule England was Edward VI

Question 21

Which of Henry VIII’s children killed Protestants?

Answer 21

Mary l killed protestants because she wanted to bring England back to Catholicism

Question 22

Which of Henry VIII’s children was responsible for making the Church of England the official religion of that country?

Answer 22

The theology and liturgy of the Church of England became markedly Protestant during the reign of Henry’s son Edward VI (1547–1553) largely along lines laid down by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.

Question 23

Which English monarch encouraged the country to explore the “new world”?

Answer 23

Queen Elizabeth was the first English monarch to encourage colonization of the New World. During her reign, England entered a golden age of exploration and expansion.

Question 24

The painter of the Sistine Chapel:

Answer 24

The most important artworks in the chapel are the frescoes by Michelangelo on the ceiling and on the west wall behind the altar. The frescoes on the ceiling, collectively known as the Sistine Ceiling, were commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 and were painted by Michelangelo in the years from 1508 to 1512.

Question 25

The intellectual and cultural movement known as humanism arose from the study of:

Answer 25

classic Greek and Roman culture

Question 26

The FIRST use of movable type was in:

Answer 26

Movable type was invented in second century China during the Northern Song dynasty, first using porcelain type to reproduce books and later metal pieces for printing paper money. Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 1400s brought movable type into widespread use.

Question 27

First put forth the Heliocentric Theory:

Answer 27

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who put forth the theory that the Sun is at rest near the center of the Universe, and that the Earth, spinning on its axis once daily, revolves annually around the Sun. This is called the heliocentric, or Sun-centered, system.

Question 28

Confirmed the Heliocentric Theory:

Answer 28

Galileo knew about and had accepted Copernicus’s heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory. It was Galileo’s observations of Venus that proved the theory. Using his telescope, Galileo found that Venus went through phases, just like our Moon