World Civilization
Renaissance and Reformation Unit Exam
Mr. Beward
Multiple Choice (30 questions, 60 points)—Please provide the BEST answer to the questions below.
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What is the meaning of the term renaissance
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Reconsider
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Rebirth
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Renew
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Rethink
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What is the Renaissance movement that emphasized individual accomplishment and education in the classics?
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Humanism
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Scholasticism
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Secularism
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Militarism
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During the Renaissance, many people turned to this form of humanism that had a wordly rather than a spiritual focus with success based on service to their cities.
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Humanism
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Scholasticism
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Secularism
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Militarism
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Name the writer of The Prince, widely seen as a guide for Renaissance political leaders:
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Francesco Petrarch
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
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Giovanni Boccaccio
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Name the writer of On the Dignity of Man, a work that argued that rational thinking is the single greatest thing that a man can do for himself and others
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Francesco Petrarch
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Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
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Giovanni Boccaccio
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Which of the following is NOT considered a cause of the Renaissance?
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Growth of wealthy Italian city-states
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Increased interest in the classical learning of ancient Greece and Rome
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Increased desire for scientific and technical knowledge
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Increased faith in the power of the Catholic Church
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What famous Renaissance artist was the creator of the ceiling art of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
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Leonardo daVinci
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Michelangelo
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Rafael
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Donato Bramante
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Which of the following were among the inventions of Leonardo daVinci?
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The armored tank
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The first flying machine
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The first machine gun
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All of the above
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Who was the inventor of the printing press?
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Leonardo daVinci
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Martin Luther
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Sir Francis Drake
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In the early 1500s, Pope Leo X raised money for the construction of St. Peter’s Basilica by allowing the sale of these remissions of sin.
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Pardons
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Indulgences
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Annulments
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Assassinations
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Name the Catholic reformer eventually burned at the stake for preaching against the immorality and worldliness of the Catholic Church
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John Wycliffe
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Martin Luther
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Ulrich Zwingli
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Jan Hus
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Name the Catholic priest known for his 1517 posting of the 95 Theses and his eventual break from the Catholic Church
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John Wycliffe
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John Calvin
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Martin Luther
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Jan Hus
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Which of the following is NOT an action of Martin Luther?
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Preaching the idea of justification by faith
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Insisting that Jesus Christ is the only leaders of the Christian Church
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Translation of the Bible into German (his native language)
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None of the above
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Which Protestant theologian was known for belief in theocracy—a government in which church and state were joined?
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Martin Luther
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John Calvin
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John Knox
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Ulrich Zwingli
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Name the Protestant reformer who was known for preaching the doctrine of predestination?
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Martin Luther
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John Calvin
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John Knox
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Ulrich Zwingli
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What Protestant religious group was known for its insistence on rebaptizing adults?
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Anabaptists
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Lutherans
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Calvinists
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Presbyterians
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Name the English king who broke from the Catholic Church over the Pope’s refusal to allow his divorce from Catherine of Aragon?
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Henry IV
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Henry VIII
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Henry VIII
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Edward I
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What Catholic religious order was known for its militarism and its teaching of Catholic beliefs?
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Order of St.Peter
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Franciscans
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Order of St. Paul
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Jesuits
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Name the early Catholic Church reformer known for the “bonfire of the vanities” and who was eventually executed for his dangerous ideas?
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Girolamo Savonarola
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Ignatius of Loyola
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Charles Borromeo
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Francis of Sales
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Which of the following was NOT a motive for European exploration of the world?
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The search for great wealth
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The spread of religious beliefs to new territories
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The discovery of fame and glory
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A lack of interest in medieval travelers
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Which of the following is NOT an advance in technology that aided European explorers?
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The compass
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The astrolabe
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The iron-clad sailing ship
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The caravel
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Name the explorer who became the first European to attempt to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?
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Bartholomeo Dias
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Vasco da Gama
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Pedro Cabral
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Name the Italian explorer who became the first sailor sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Christopher Columbus
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Name the famous Dutch-born sailor who worked for both the Dutch and the English
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Sir Francis Drake
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John Cabot
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Jacques Cartier
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Henry Hudson
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Which of the following diseases was unknown to native Americans prior to European exploration?
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Smallpox
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Tuberculosis
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Measles
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All of the above
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Which of the following was an animal imported from Europe to the Americas as part of the Columbian Exchange?
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Guinea Pigs
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Horses
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Llamas
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Turkeys
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What economic system was based on the principle that a nation’s strength depended on its wealth?
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Capitalism
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Socialism
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Mercantilism
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Communism
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Which of the following was NOT an impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
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The divisions of African populations against each other
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The building of successful economies in many American colonies
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The growth of the rice industry in the southern English colonies
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None of the above
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Name the Chinese emperor who built the Forbidden City inside the imperial city of Beijing
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Hongwu
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Yonglo
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Zheng He
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Kubla Khan
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What is the code of ethics that was required of medieval Japanese samurai warriors?
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Bushido
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Zen Buddhism
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The Daimyo code
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The code of the kamikaze
Free Responses (write both, 20 points each, 40 total points)
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Many historians argue that the Protestant Reformation and its religious freedoms brought equal amounts of change and controversy throughout the European world. Write a response that assesses the validity of this statement.
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Why did European leaders approve the voyages of the Age of Exploration? How did those voyages impact the world? Explain your responses.
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