World History Chapter 17 – Test answers

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

The study of classical texts caused humanists focus on what subject?

For what is the Medici family famous?

What were Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More?

What was the first full-sized book Gutenberg printed?

In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?

Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?

Who declared himself the head of the English Church?

What was one of John Calvin's major teachings?

Who was the important Catholic Reformer who founded the Jesuit order?

What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance Man"?

How did Italy's location help it become the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Why was block printing more useful in Europe than in China?

Which of the following was one of Luther's main beliefs?

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

Which of the following was agreed upon at the Council of Trent?

The Peace of Augsburg ended a war between the supporters of which two groups?

The period of European history known as the Renaissance roughly covers the time from

The best synonym for secular is

To become known as an important patron, one most needed to be

The technique known as perspective is most useful in the creation of

A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who

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

Renaissance painters in Flanders, as in Italy, tended to produce work that was

In Greek, the word utopia means

The first movable type was in

The printing press was invented by

What did Thomas More write?

Which of the following did Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More have in common?

Who was the last oh Henry VIII's children to rule England?

Which official measure made the king, instead of the pope, the head of the English Church?

Who was the wife of a king of England, the mother of a queen of England, and the aunt of an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?

Whom did Henry VIII want to marry badly enough to prompt his break with the Roman Catholic Church and the pope?

Which term originally referred to a German prince who was not loyal to the pope?

Which term means "to take back a statement"?

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

Which official measure made it a crime to give Martin Luther food or shelter?

Which term refers to a pardon that releases a sinner from a penalty for committing a sin?

Which term means "to set aside"?

Who ruled England beginning in 1558?

The followers of John Knox became known as

Predestination was one of the main doctrines of

The founder of the religious order known as the Jesuits was

Only the baptism of adults was valid to the

The wife that outlived Henry XIII

Painted The School of Athens

Sculpted the white marble David

Wrote The Prince

The only wife Henry was thought to have truly loved

Northern Renaissance painter who pained everyday scenes with many people

Painted portraits that were almost like photographs

The 4th wife of Henry VIII. He thought she looked like a horse and divorced her.

Sculpted the bronze statue of David

Author of a handbook on how to be a Renaissance man or woman

Painted The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa

The best example of a "true Renaissance man"

From Flanders and he developed oil based paints