Question 1

Henry VIII of England and Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain used similar moves to diminish the power of which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Judges and sheriffs 
B)  Urban merchants 
C)  Monks and other clergy 
D)  Aristocrats and nobles 
A)  Judges and sheriffs 
B)  Urban merchants 
C)  Monks and other clergy 
D)  Aristocrats and nobles

Question 2

Where did most Renaissance artists receive their training?

Accepted Answer

A)  In monasteries, decorating manuscripts 
B)  From books on art techniques 
C)  In the workshops of older artists 
D)  At Dominican-run universities 
A)  In monasteries, decorating manuscripts 
B)  From books on art techniques 
C)  In the workshops of older artists 
D)  At Dominican-run universities

Question 3

What was the Genevan Consistory?

Accepted Answer

A)  The council of Swiss bishops who rejected Calvin's teachings 
B)  The pope's secret police and inquisitional body 
C)  A group of Calvinist pastors and laymen who monitored citizens' behavior 
D)  A group of Calvin's supporters who persecuted Catholics and Jews 
A)  The council of Swiss bishops who rejected Calvin's teachings 
B)  The pope's secret police and inquisitional body 
C)  A group of Calvinist pastors and laymen who monitored citizens' behavior 
D)  A group of Calvin's supporters who persecuted Catholics and Jews

Question 4

The status of women changed dramatically as a result of the Reformation. In what ways were women affected? How can we explain these changes?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
This answe

Question 5

Early humanists sought to synthesize classical teachings with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Christian beliefs 
B)  Italian customs 
C)  Arabic science 
D)  Political theories 
A)  Christian beliefs 
B)  Italian customs 
C)  Arabic science 
D)  Political theories

Question 6

What percentage of those tried and executed as witches were women?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 to 20 
B)  30 to 40 
C)  45 to 55 
D)  75 to 85 
A)  10 to 20 
B)  30 to 40 
C)  45 to 55 
D)  75 to 85

Question 7

What were the guiding principles and basic tactics of the rulers of England, France, and Spain in their efforts to centralize their states? To what extent did these rulers rely on new policies and practices? Which of these monarchs was the most successful, and why?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
This essay

Question 8

In 1545, the papacy created what body to help plan the Church's response to the Reformation?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Council of Augsburg 
B)  The Council of Trent 
C)  The Council of Worms 
D)  The Council of Rome 
A)  The Council of Augsburg 
B)  The Council of Trent 
C)  The Council of Worms 
D)  The Council of Rome

Question 9

Which of the following was an important consequence of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scholars and artists increasingly came from economically humble origins. 
B)  The culture of village life came to be dominated by Christian humanism. 
C)  The gulf between the learned minority and uneducated majority increased. 
D)  The social and economic status of women improved. 
A)  Scholars and artists increasingly came from economically humble origins. 
B)  The culture of village life came to be dominated by Christian humanism. 
C)  The gulf between the learned minority and uneducated majority increased. 
D)  The social and economic status of women improved.

Question 10

In the Habsburg-Valois wars of the sixteenth century, why did the Catholic French kings support the Lutheran German princes?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had a vision in which God told them to do so. 
B)  They wanted to keep the Holy Roman Empire fragmented. 
C)  They wanted to maintain open debate on religion. 
D)  They were paid off by the German princes. 
A)  They had a vision in which God told them to do so. 
B)  They wanted to keep the Holy Roman Empire fragmented. 
C)  They wanted to maintain open debate on religion. 
D)  They were paid off by the German princes.

Question 11

Use the following to answer questions :
-witch-hunts

Accepted Answer

A) A French word meaning "rebirth," used to describe a cultural movement that began in fourteenth-century Italy and looked back to the classical past. 
B) Financial support of writers and artists by cities, groups, and individuals, often to produce specific works or works in specific styles. 
C) A program of study designed by Italians that emphasized the critical study of Latin and Greek literature with the goal of understanding human nature. 
D) A group from northern Europe who thought that the best elements of classical and Christian cultures should be combined and saw such learning as a way to bring about reform of the church and deepen people's spiritual lives. 
E) An argument about women's character, nature, and proper role in society that began in the later years of the fourteenth century and lasted for centuries.
F)A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church.
G)A document issued by the pope that substituted for earthly penance or time in purgatory.
H)An assembly of representatives from the territories of the Holy Roman Empire convened by Charles V in the city of Worms in 1521. It was here that Martin Luther refused to recant his writings.
I)Originally meaning "a follower of Luther," this term came to be generally applied to all non-Catholic western European Christians.
J)Calvin's teaching that God decided at the beginning of time who could be saved and who damned, so people could not actively work to achieve salvation.
K)Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity.
L)French Calvinists.
M)Catholic and Protestant moderates who sought to end the religious violence in France by restoring a strong monarchy and granting official recognition to the Huguenots.
N)Campaign against witchcraft in Europe and European colonies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in which hundreds of thousands of people, mostly women, were tried, and many of them executed. 
A) A French word meaning "rebirth," used to describe a cultural movement that began in fourteenth-century Italy and looked back to the classical past. 
B) Financial support of writers and artists by cities, groups, and individuals, often to produce specific works or works in specific styles. 
C) A program of study designed by Italians that emphasized the critical study of Latin and Greek literature with the goal of understanding human nature. 
D) A group from northern Europe who thought that the best elements of classical and Christian cultures should be combined and saw such learning as a way to bring about reform of the church and deepen people's spiritual lives. 
E) An argument about women's character, nature, and proper role in society that began in the later years of the fourteenth century and lasted for centuries.
F)A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church.
G)A document issued by the pope that substituted for earthly penance or time in purgatory.
H)An assembly of representatives from the territories of the Holy Roman Empire convened by Charles V in the city of Worms in 1521. It was here that Martin Luther refused to recant his writings.
I)Originally meaning "a follower of Luther," this term came to be generally applied to all non-Catholic western European Christians.
J)Calvin's teaching that God decided at the beginning of time who could be saved and who damned, so people could not actively work to achieve salvation.
K)Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity.
L)French Calvinists.
M)Catholic and Protestant moderates who sought to end the religious violence in France by restoring a strong monarchy and granting official recognition to the Huguenots.
N)Campaign against witchcraft in Europe and European colonies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in which hundreds of thousands of people, mostly women, were tried, and many of them executed.

Question 12

Use the following to answer questions :
-Diet of Worms

Accepted Answer

A) A French word meaning "rebirth," used to describe a cultural movement that began in fourteenth-century Italy and looked back to the classical past. 
B) Financial support of writers and artists by cities, groups, and individuals, often to produce specific works or works in specific styles. 
C) A program of study designed by Italians that emphasized the critical study of Latin and Greek literature with the goal of understanding human nature. 
D) A group from northern Europe who thought that the best elements of classical and Christian cultures should be combined and saw such learning as a way to bring about reform of the church and deepen people's spiritual lives. 
E) An argument about women's character, nature, and proper role in society that began in the later years of the fourteenth century and lasted for centuries.
F)A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church.
G)A document issued by the pope that substituted for earthly penance or time in purgatory.
H)An assembly of representatives from the territories of the Holy Roman Empire convened by Charles V in the city of Worms in 1521. It was here that Martin Luther refused to recant his writings.
I)Originally meaning "a follower of Luther," this term came to be generally applied to all non-Catholic western European Christians.
J)Calvin's teaching that God decided at the beginning of time who could be saved and who damned, so people could not actively work to achieve salvation.
K)Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity.
L)French Calvinists.
M)Catholic and Protestant moderates who sought to end the religious violence in France by restoring a strong monarchy and granting official recognition to the Huguenots.
N)Campaign against witchcraft in Europe and European colonies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in which hundreds of thousands of people, mostly women, were tried, and many of them executed. 
A) A French word meaning "rebirth," used to describe a cultural movement that began in fourteenth-century Italy and looked back to the classical past. 
B) Financial support of writers and artists by cities, groups, and individuals, often to produce specific works or works in specific styles. 
C) A program of study designed by Italians that emphasized the critical study of Latin and Greek literature with the goal of understanding human nature. 
D) A group from northern Europe who thought that the best elements of classical and Christian cultures should be combined and saw such learning as a way to bring about reform of the church and deepen people's spiritual lives. 
E) An argument about women's character, nature, and proper role in society that began in the later years of the fourteenth century and lasted for centuries.
F)A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church.
G)A document issued by the pope that substituted for earthly penance or time in purgatory.
H)An assembly of representatives from the territories of the Holy Roman Empire convened by Charles V in the city of Worms in 1521. It was here that Martin Luther refused to recant his writings.
I)Originally meaning "a follower of Luther," this term came to be generally applied to all non-Catholic western European Christians.
J)Calvin's teaching that God decided at the beginning of time who could be saved and who damned, so people could not actively work to achieve salvation.
K)Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity.
L)French Calvinists.
M)Catholic and Protestant moderates who sought to end the religious violence in France by restoring a strong monarchy and granting official recognition to the Huguenots.
N)Campaign against witchcraft in Europe and European colonies during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in which hundreds of thousands of people, mostly women, were tried, and many of them executed.

Question 13

Describe the basic ideas of Calvinism. How are Calvin's reformation ideas different from those of Luther?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Calvinism

Question 14

For Luther, what did "freedom" mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personal liberty from all secular laws 
B)  Independence from the authority of the Roman Church 
C)  A total lack of any restrictions on religious beliefs 
D)  Free will and the rights of the individual 
A)  Personal liberty from all secular laws 
B)  Independence from the authority of the Roman Church 
C)  A total lack of any restrictions on religious beliefs 
D)  Free will and the rights of the individual

Question 15

Why did the wealthy sponsor artists during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because it was good for their businesses 
B)  In order to please God 
C)  As a means of glorifying themselves and their families 
D)  In order to control unemployment 
A)  Because it was good for their businesses 
B)  In order to please God 
C)  As a means of glorifying themselves and their families 
D)  In order to control unemployment

Question 16

Based upon Map 15.2, "Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555," which city appears to have been at the heart of the Calvinist movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Edinburgh 
B)  Antwerp 
C)  Amsterdam 
D)  Geneva 
A)  Edinburgh 
B)  Antwerp 
C)  Amsterdam 
D)  Geneva

Question 17

What was one of the root sources of Florentine prosperity?

Accepted Answer

A)  The city's large mercantile fleet 
B)  Banking profits 
C)  The large deposits of gold in the hills around Florence 
D)  Its domination of the spice trade from the Near East 
A)  The city's large mercantile fleet 
B)  Banking profits 
C)  The large deposits of gold in the hills around Florence 
D)  Its domination of the spice trade from the Near East

Question 18

Based on Map 15.2, "Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555," which religious faith likely exercised the biggest influence on the Dutch colonists who migrated to the New World in the early seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Calvinism 
B)  Lutheranism 
C)  The Church of England 
D)  Catholicism 
A)  Calvinism 
B)  Lutheranism 
C)  The Church of England 
D)  Catholicism

Question 19

Which of the following helped form Luther's understanding of Christianity as relying only on faith, grace, and Scripture?

Accepted Answer

A)  His successful tenure at the University of Wittenberg 
B)  His father's personal faith 
C)  His close reading of Plato in Greek 
D)  His study of Saint Paul's letters in the New Testament 
A)  His successful tenure at the University of Wittenberg 
B)  His father's personal faith 
C)  His close reading of Plato in Greek 
D)  His study of Saint Paul's letters in the New Testament

Exam 15: Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600

Henry VIII of England and Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain used similar moves to diminish the power of which of the following groups?

Where did most Renaissance artists receive their training?

What was the Genevan Consistory?

The status of women changed dramatically as a result of the Reformation. In what ways were women affected? How can we explain these changes?

Early humanists sought to synthesize classical teachings with which of the following?

What percentage of those tried and executed as witches were women?

What were the guiding principles and basic tactics of the rulers of England, France, and Spain in their efforts to centralize their states? To what extent did these rulers rely on new policies and practices? Which of these monarchs was the most successful, and why?

In 1545, the papacy created what body to help plan the Church's response to the Reformation?

Which of the following was an important consequence of the Renaissance?

In the Habsburg-Valois wars of the sixteenth century, why did the Catholic French kings support the Lutheran German princes?

Use the following to answer questions : -witch-hunts

Use the following to answer questions : -Diet of Worms

Describe the basic ideas of Calvinism. How are Calvin's reformation ideas different from those of Luther?

For Luther, what did "freedom" mean?

Why did the wealthy sponsor artists during the Renaissance?

Based upon Map 15.2, "Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555," which city appears to have been at the heart of the Calvinist movement?

What was one of the root sources of Florentine prosperity?

Based on Map 15.2, "Religious Divisions in Europe, ca. 1555," which religious faith likely exercised the biggest influence on the Dutch colonists who migrated to the New World in the early seventeenth century?

Which of the following helped form Luther's understanding of Christianity as relying only on faith, grace, and Scripture?

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