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1. TRUE / FALSE (mark ‘a’ for TRUE, for FALSE mark ‘b’): Artistic developments—new ways of painting and new ideas of
what topics were interesting and worthwhile—were an important part of the Renaissance.
2. The Renaissance began in
a. Germany
b. Italy
c. Constantinople d. England
3. For what is the Medici family famous?
a. for being artists
b. for being writers
c. for being religious reformers
d. for being rulers & supporters of the arts
4. Who declared himself the head of the English Church?
a. Emperor Charles b. John Knox
c. Martin Luther
d. Henry VIII
5. Why did Martin Luther criticize the Catholic Church?
a. He objected to the Church’s use of the vernacular.
b. He objected to the sale of indulgences by Church officials.
c. The Church was calling for a 5th Crusade and he did not want to go.
d. He wanted divorces to be legal and the Church said no.
6. How was the invention of the printing press an important part of the Renaissance and Reformation?
a. It quickly spread Martin Luther’s ideas throughout Europe.
b. It made reading books much easier and much less expensive because millions of books were soon printed.
c. Neither a nor b.
d. Both a and b
7. What is humanism?
a. being nicer to people
b. seeing all people as
c. focusing on human potential d. all of these are
and achievements
true of it.
one big happy family
8. TRUE / FALSE: In Japan, the first emperors were of the Yamato clan.
9. In Japan, who lived by a code of honor emphasizing bravery and loyalty and pledged to commit suicide rather than
face defeat or dishonor?
a. The Yamato clan.
b. the Kamikazes
c. the resident Koreans
d. The Samurai
10. The first Europeans to explore Africa by sailing south along the West African coast in the 1400s were the
a. Spanish
b. Portuguese
c. English
d. Dutch
11. What did the Spanish and Portuguese learn from the islands along the west coast of Africa?
a.
b.
c.
d.
That those islands were too far from Europe to be of any practical use.
That shooting first was the only safe way to deal with native peoples.
That rich mineral deposits, once discovered, more than paid for the coasts of exploration.
That growing sugar, with labor provided by enslaved Africans, could be very profitable.
12. What did ships transport on the middle passage.?
a. sugar
b. enslaved Africans
c. rum, trade goods, and currency
d. manufactured goods
13. TRUE OR FALSE: Today’s mestizos are descendants of Portuguese colonists and Native Americans.
14. What did the encomienda system provide for New Spain?
a. more land
b. more settlers
c. military protection
d. a cheap labor source
1. a. What was the vernacular? (1 pt.)
b. How did use of it affect people’s religious beliefs? (1 pt.)
2. Give a characteristic of Renaissance art—something that made it different from the art of the Middle
Ages. (1 pt.)
3. Explain why Henry VIII started the Church of England. The more you explain the more points you can
earn. (up to 3 pts.).
4. Name and briefly describe one of the inventions of the technological developments that helped make
possible Europeans’ explorations of the 1400s. Tell how that item helped in sailing in unknown waters.
(1 point)
invention/technological development: _________________________
brief description & how it helped