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Global 9
Spring 2012
Miss Canone
Homework Packet #2
Directions: Complete this packet using your notes and/or your textbook (pages 336-359 or the
glossary).
Part 1: Key Vocabulary
1. Humanism:
2. Perspective:
3. Renaissance:
4. Apprentice:
5. Guild:
6. Heliocentric Theory:
7. Scientific Method:
8. Commercial Revolution:
9. Predestination:
10. Indulgence:
Part 2: Key People
Directions: Match the people with the descriptions of their achievements
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Johannes Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Martin Luther
Henry VIII
Machiavelli
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo
Newton
A. Wrote The Prince and argued that rulers should use whatever methods necessary to
achieve their goals (“it is better to be feared than loved”)
B. Renaissance artist and inventor; famous paintings included Mona Lisa and The Last
Supper
C. English king who under the Act of Supremacy made himself the head of the Church of
England (also had 6 wives)
D. Invented the printing press in the 1450s
E. German astronomer who calculated the ellipse shaped orbits of the planets revolving
around the sun
F. English scientist who devised laws of gravity and laws of motion
G. Renaissance sculptor, engineer, painter, and architect; famous works included Pieta,
statue of David, and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
H. Leader of the Protestant Reformation who fought against the corruption in the Catholic
Church
I. Polish scholar who proposed the heliocentric model
J. Italian scientist who was tried before the Inquisition for agreeing with the heliocentric
theory
Part 3: Key Questions
Commercial Revolution (pages 199-200 in text)
1. How did the Commercial Revolution change business practices?
2. As a result of the introduction of joint stock companies, banking, shareholders,
entrepreneurs, and guilds:
A. What economic system declined?
B. What economic system began?
Renaissance (pages 336-341 in text)
1. What does “Renaissance” mean? Describe this time period.
2. What great civilizations did the Renaissance attempt to recapture?
3. Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
4. A. What was humanism? B. How did it fit in with Renaissance ideals?
5. A. What does it mean to say “it is better to be feared than loved”?
B. Which Renaissance thinker advocated this idea?
C. What type of government does this idea support?
6. A. What invention by Johann Gutenberg forever changed society? (page 345 in text)
B. How did it change people’s lives?
7. A. Who were some of the great Renaissance artists/writers?
B. What subjects did they portray/address?
Protestant Reformation (pages 346-355)
1. What was the Protestant Reformation?
2. Why did the Protestant Reformation begin?
3. Identify how the following people affected the Protestant Reformation:
C. Martin Luther -
D. John Calvin-
E. Henry VIII –
4. After the Protestant Reformation, what happened to the power of the following:
A. Kings/Royal power –
B. Pope/ Catholic Church –
5. How does Protestantism differ from Catholicism?
6. Explain the significance of the following to the Counter Reformation (Catholic
Reformation):
A. Major goal:
B. Council of Trent:
7. Explain the significance of the following:
A. Inquisition:
B. Witch Hunts:
C. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre:
Part 4: Regents Practice
1.
A major reason that the Renaissance began in Italy was that:
a. Italian city-states had grown wealthy from trade between Europe and Asia
b. Farmers produced great agricultural surpluses on vast plains
c. Merchants supported the Green Revolution
d. Many European scholars had migrated to this area
2. One factor that enabled the Renaissance to flourish in Northern Italy was that the
region had:
a. A wealthy class that invested in the arts
b. A socialist form of government
c. Limited contact with the Byzantine Empire
d. A shrinking middle class
Base your answer to question 3 on the illustration below.
3. Which conclusion can be drawn from the information provided by the map?
a. Africa was Europe’s most active trading partner
b. The Hanseatic League controlled trade in the Black Sea
c. Asians and Europeans traded primarily by water routes
d. A vast network of trade routes connected the centers of trade in Europe
4. An important characteristic of Renaissance humanists was their emphasis on:
a. Accepting ideas based on Confucian thought
b. The teachings of the Roman Catholic Church
c. Magic and alchemy
d. Classical Roman and Greek writings
5. Which European historical periods are in the proper chronological order?
a. Middle Ages -> Renaissance -> Ancient Greece -> Roman Empire
b. Renaissance -> Ancient Greece -> Roman Empire -> Middle Ages
c. Ancient Greece -> Roman Empire -> Middle Ages -> Renaissance
d. Roman Empire -> Middle Ages -> Renaissance -> Ancient Greece
6. Which statement best expresses an idea held by many Renaissance humanist
philosophers?
a. People should study worldly subjects as well as sacred matters
b. Governments should establish overseas empires
c. Individuals should withdraw from the world and study religion
d. Scholars should dedicate themselves to the study of life after death
7. In which way were the developments of the Renaissance in Italy similar to the
developments of the Tang dynasty in China?
a. The rebirth of art, technology, and learning was a central theme in both
regions
b. Warfare and insurrection led to the devastation of both societies
c. Religious reform was a main focus in both regions
d. The peasant class was responsible for the emergence of both eras
8. One way in which the writers of the Renaissance were influenced by the writers of
ancient Greece was that the Renaissance writers:
a. Stressed the power of human reason
b. Promoted the religious doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church
c. Showed little interest in secular affairs
d. Produced few new scientific ideas
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Leonardo da Vinci used movement and perspective in his work
Machiavelli’s The Prince advised rulers on how to gain and maintain power
Humanist scholars examined worldly subjects and classical culture
Which period is associated with these statements?
a. French Revolution
b. Renaissance
c. Early Middle Ages
d. Enlightenment
10. Prior to the Protestant Reformation, the medieval church in western Europe was
criticized for:
a. Sponsoring explorations to the Middle East
b. Allowing the Bible to be printed and distributed to the people
c. Being too concerned with worldly power and riches
d. Refusing to sell indulgences to peasants
11. One major influence the Renaissance had on the Protestant Reformation was that the
philosophers of the Renaissance:
a. Supported democratic forms of government
b. Encouraged a questioning attitude
c. Stressed the importance of life after death
d. Denied the existence of God
Base your answers to questions 12 and 13 on the passage below.
“Kings and Princes coin money only out of metals, but the Pope coins money out of
everything – indulgences, ceremonies, dispensations, pardons; all fish come to his net.
-Martin Luther, 1519
12. The ideas presented in this passage led directly to the:
a. Commercial Revolution
b. Spanish Inquisition
c. Protestant Reformation
d. French Revolution
13. In this passage, Martin Luther presents his:
a. Objections to practices of the Catholic Church
b. Plan for economic change in Central Europe
c. Objections to using only metals as the basis for money
d. Justification for the dethroning of an absolute monarch
14. A direct impact that the printing press had on 16th century Europe was that it
encouraged the:
a. Spread of ideas
b. Beginnings of communism
c. Establishment of democracy
d. Development of industrialization
15. One way in which Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, and Protestantism are
similar is that each:
a. Accepts the supreme authority of the Pope
b. Rejects the Old Testament as part of the Bible
c. Is a branch of Christianity
d. Was once the official religion of the Byzantine Empire
16. An immediate result of the Protestant Reformation was the:
a. End of religious unity in Europe
b. Translation of the Koran
c. Increase in power of the Roman Catholic Church
d. Destruction of the increasing power of monarchs
17. A major goal of the Counter-Reformation was to:
a. Reinstate the power of the Roman Catholic Church
b. Reduce the authority of absolute monarchs
c. Encourage new ideas in science and philosophy throughout Europe
d. Compromise with European Protestants
18. In Spain, an effect of the Inquisition during the 16th century was to:
a. Prevent the introduction of Protestant religions
b. Reintroduce Moorish culture to the Iberian Peninsula
c. Encourage the development of the Industrial Revolution
d. Implement the ideas of the Renaissance in major cities