The Renaissance and Reformation

Pamela Benn

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  1. If you see a date in the 1300's, what century is it?
  2. Your answer:
    15th Century
    13th Century
    14th Century


  3. ____________________invented the moveable type print when he saw someone make a mistake in their page carving when their hand slipped. Later, he improved it and made letters out of metal
  4. Your answer:
    DaVinci
    Johann Guttenberg
    Galileo


  5. The first book ever printed was the ____________, and one of the first copies is housed in the Rare Books Building in New Haven.
  6. Your answer:
    the Magna Carter
    the Bible
    the Koran


  7. Two famous artists born during the Renaissance were ___________________
  8. Your answer:
    Peter Max and Van Gogh
    Leonardo DaVinci and Michelangelo
    Manet and Renoir


  9. Two famous art pieces of the above artists were ______________________.
  10. Your answer:
    The Mona Lisa and the Birth of Venus
    the Mona Lisa and the Sistine Chapel
    St George and the Dragon and The David


  11. ____________ was the first person to say the things revolved around the sun. This was not believed at the time of the Early Renaissance.
  12. Your answer:
    Copernicus
    Botticelli
    Magellan


  13. Later, _________________ proved the above theory to show that the sun was the center of the solar system by using a telescope.
  14. Your answer:
    Galileo
    DaVnci
    Copernicus


  15. The microscope and the telescope were invented in ________________________.
  16. Your answer:
    Italy
    Holland
    Spain


  17. The Medici family of Florence were patrons of ____________.
  18. Your answer:
    the arts
    philosophical studies
    science


  19. The ruler during the Renaissance in England was ____________________. He also played an important part in religious reformation in England.
  20. Your answer:
    John Cabot
    Martin Luther
    Henry VIII


  21. Many famous explorations took place during the Renaissance. One of the most important explorations that Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain supported was the exploration by _________________, although he later died a poor man.
  22. Your answer:
    Columbus
    Vasco DeGama
    Magellan


  23. The Humanist movement came from the belief that______________.
  24. Your answer:
    all men are created equal and no church should rule your life.
    humans are important and Greek and Latin stories teach the most important things about life.
    the Catholic church knew the best way to live life.


  25. The Benedictine monks were not allowed to ____________________.
  26. Your answer:
    illuminate manuscripts.
    get involved in outside politics, talk, wear ordinary clothes
    chant and meditate.


  27. Two art techniques mostly used during the Renaissance were________________.
  28. Your answer:
    perspective and 3-D.
    ships and native societies
    bright colors and pastures.


  29. The tribes of people that lead to the downfall of the Roman Empire and the start of the middle ages were ________________. After the Middle Ages education and learning took hold to start the Renaissance.
  30. Your answer:
    Muslims
    barbarians.
    Christians.


  31. The major religion in Europe during the Middle Ages was Catholicism. After the humanist influence ____________________ began.
  32. Your answer:
    Protestantism
    Buddaism
    Judaism


  33. Raphael's Three Graces may have been influenced by _________________ la Primavera ("Allegory of Spring“)
  34. Your answer:
    Michelangelo
    DaVinci
    Botticelli


  35. Versalius, published the first book on ______________, by studying people who were killed.
  36. Your answer:
    anatomy
    the injustice of the class system
    social rights


  37. _________________ was the Benedictine Monk who did not believe in indulgences and other teachings of the Catholic Church.
  38. Your answer:
    John Locke
    Martin Luther King
    Martin Luther


  39. Henry the VIII outlawed the Catholic Church when they would not grant him _____________.
  40. Your answer:
    a divorce.
    death for his first wife.
    the right to go to war.


  41. ______________ was force to publicly denounce his beliefs that everything revolved around the sun instead of the earth, by order of the Catholic Church.
  42. Your answer:
    Copernicus
    Galileo
    DeGama


  43. __________________ believed that there were six planets and they all rotated around sun in the solar system.
  44. Your answer:
    Copernicus
    Galileo
    the Catholic Church


  45. Calvin was another religious leader that broke away from the Catholic Church. His new church was a form of ___________.
  46. Your answer:
    Jehovah Witnesses
    Protestantism
    Mormonism


  47. The reed or straw used as a roof during medieval times was called______________. During the Renaissance this technique was still used.
  48. Your answer:
    reeding
    weaving
    thatching


  49. The general study of God is called __________________
  50. Your answer:
    humanism
    spirtuality
    theology


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