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Chapter 12 Quiz
Renaissances and Reformations 1350-1563
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Scholars of the Renaissance broadened the number of commonly read classical manuscripts by _______.
Reading pagan writers for the first time in centuries.
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Hunting for forgotten manuscripts in libraries.
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Digging up tombs and hunting for artifacts.
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Sticking to early Christian authors so as not to get in trouble with the Church.
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The idea of humanism _______. (Select all that apply)
Was to develop human potential.
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Was to improve each person's inherent holiness.
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Was to assert the dignity of the individual.
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Was to emphasize the connection of all humanity.
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Renaissance statecraft involved understanding systems of _______. (Select all that apply)
Law
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Education
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Economics
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Diplomacy and negotiation
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By the 14th century, _______ was the most developed urban society in Europe.
Italy
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England
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France
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Spain
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Johnnes Gutenberg's invention of _______ was key to spreading knowledge in Renaissance Europe.
The man of war
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The aqueduct
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The encyclopedia
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The printing press
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The famous Renaissance treatise on statecraft called
The Prince
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Petrarch
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Machiavelli
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Aretino
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Ariosto
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Christian humanism focused on _______.
Making people better individuals and citizens.
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Improving scholasticism as a philosophy.
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Making people better Christians.
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Reforming the Catholic Church.
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Erasmus was a famous _______.
Pope
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Humanist
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Atheist
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King
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Before Martin Luther left the Catholic Church and began his own he was a _______.
Cardinal
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Monk
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Lawyer
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Atheist
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According to Luther's theology, salvation was _______.
Gained through faith in God.
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Earned through good works.
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Granted by a priest.
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Unattainable to the imperfect.
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The Catholic practice of accepting money as a version of restitution for sin is called an _______.
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How many theses did Luther write condemning indulgences?
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The Anabaptists broke with Zwingli because they disagreed with his _______.
Position on baptism.
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Theology of indulgences.
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Alliance with secular authority.
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Return to Roman Catholicism.
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Instead of Luther's focus on God's mercy, John Calvin stressed God's _______.
Love.
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Justice.
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Vengeful nature.
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Inherent disinterest in humanity.
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Calvin calls those who are predestined to go to heaven _______.
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Henry VIII split the Church of England off from Rome because he _______.
Truly believed in Luther's theology.
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Had fallen under the spell of Calvinism.
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Wanted a divorce from his wife.
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Was jealous of the power of the papacy.
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The Church of England was a hybrid of which of the following?
Catholic theology.
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Catholic ritual.
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Protestant theology.
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Puritan ritual.
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The primary council of the Catholic Reformation was the _______.
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Ignacio de Loyola founded the _______.
Benedictines
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Loyolans
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Jesuits
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Franciscans
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The Index of Forbidden Books was the longest institutionalized censorship in Western history, lasting until _______
1564
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1789
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1898
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1966
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Jan Hus was a _______.
Czech reformer.
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English heretic.
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Hungarian king.
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Follower of Luther.
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After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the only part of the Orthodox world that remained unconquered was _______.
Turkey.
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Syria.
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Greece.
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Russia.
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Looking at Italy, what part of the country would you say the Renaissance was centered in?
The Papal States
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The northern city-states
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The Kingdom of Naples
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Sicily
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The invention of the printing press revolutionized the publication of books and other written materials, but for centuries even printed materials were created by hand. Based on this image of the printing process, who would you say could afford the finished product?
Only the nobility, just as when books were handwritten.
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The middle class, but not the working classes
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Everyone
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Just members of the Church
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Based on this photo, a polyglot Bible is _______.
One written in an ancient language.
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One written in multiple languages.
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The original version.
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One written in a vernacular language.
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