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Chapter 17: Renaissance & Reformation Study Guide
The Renaissance (Sections 1 & 2)
1) What factors led to the
2) What was the Renaissance a
Renaissance?
rebirth or revival of?
3) For what three reasons did the
Renaissance begin in Italy?
4) How were the Medici
significant to Florence and the
Renaissance?
5) Explain humanism and how it
changed society.
6) Explain who patrons were.
7) Describe the ideal Renaissance
Man.
8) Who wrote The Courtier and
what is it about?
9) What did Machiavelli write
and what is it about?
10) What were the new
characteristics of Renaissance
art?
11) What is Brunelleschi known
for?
12) What is Donatello known
for?
Chapter 17: Renaissance & Reformation Study Guide
13) What is Michelangelo known
for?
14) What is Raphael known for?
15) What is Leonardo da Vinci
known for?
16) How did literature change in
the Renaissance?
17) Who was Francesco Petrarch
and what impact did he have on
the Renaissance?
18) How was the Northern
Renaissance different from the
Italian Renaissance?
19) List the notable German and
Flemish artists of the Northern
Renaissance.
20) What were the beliefs of the
Christian humanists?
21) Describe Desiderius
Erasmus’ In Praise of Folly.
22) Describe Thomas More’s
Utopia.
23) Who was Christine de Pizan?
24) What was the significance of
the Elizabethan Age?
25) Describe the works of
Shakespeare.
26) Who invented the printing
press and HOW did it change
society?
27) What are the legacies of the
Renaissance?
Chapter 17: Renaissance & Reformation Study Guide
The Reformation (Sections 3 & 4)
1) What were the causes of the
2) What were indulgences?
Reformation?
3) What were the arguments and
teachings of Martin Luther?
4) How did the Pope and HRE
respond to Luther’s 95 Theses?
5) What was the Edict of
Worms?
6) What was the significance of
the Peace of Augsburg?
7) How was the Reformation in
England different from the Ref.
of Germany?
8) What was the Act of
Supremacy?
9) What were the beliefs of
Zwingli and Calvin?
10) What were the beliefs of John 11) Who were Huguenots?
Knox and what religious sect did
he found?
12) How was the Reformation
able to spread? Why?
Chapter 17: Renaissance & Reformation Study Guide
13) What were women’s roles in
the Reformation?
14) What were the goals of the
Catholic or Counter
Reformation?
15) What religious sect did
Ignatius of Loyola found?
16) What were the beliefs and
main activities of Ignatius of
Loyola’s religious order?
17) What was agreed upon in the
Council of Trent?
18) What were the religious,
social, and political effects of the
Reformation?