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Renaissance Study Guide
2008 edition
This is to help you prepare for the Test.
1. Cluster the following terms under the proper heading
predestination
Henry VIII
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Ignatius Loyola
95 Theses
Act of Supremacy
Geneva, Switzerland
Council of Trent
indulgence
Jesuits
Peace of Augsburg
Salvation through faith
theocracy
John Knox
Diet of Worms
Elizabethan settlement
annulment
the Inquisition
Salvation through good
works
A. The Reformation (Protestant)
B. The English Reformation (forming the Anglican Church)
C. The Counter Reformation (Catholic)
D. Calvinism
2.
Using the 3 major reformations during this time. What were they, who was involved and where
did they occur?
a.
b.
c.
3. Be able to distinguish between Gothic and Renaissance architecture.
A.
B.
Which of the above buildings represents Gothic architecture?
Which of the above buildings represents Renaissance architecture?
List 5 characteristics that distinguish the two structures from each other:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
4. Identify the following people:
___________________ “I was a diplomat and historian of Florence who believed that power counts
more than ideals. I wrote a famous essay called The Prince.”
b. ___________________ “I applied my knowledge of mathematics and science to my paintings. The
Mona Lisa is my most widely recognized work.”
c. ___________________ “I sculpted biblical figures and painted frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel.”
d. ___________________ “I wrote plays that were masterpieces of poetic drama and created such
characters as Romeo, Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet.”
e. ___________________ “My belief that salvation was possible through faith alone led me to
challenge church practices, particularly the sale of indulgences. I later broke with the church
completely.”
f. ___________________ “I founded a highly disciplined religious order, the Jesuits, which played a
major role in the Catholic revival.”
g. ___________________ “I theorized that the Sun is the center of the universe, but I did not have the
instruments or mathematical formulas to prove my theory.”
a.
h. ___________________ “I used my newly invented
telescope to help disprove the geocentric
theory, but was
forced by the Inquisition to renounce my belief that the
Earth moves
around the Sun”
i. ___________________ “I supported the Catholic Church until the pope refused to grant my annulment.
I became angered and began the English Reformation.”
j. ___________________ “I summoned Church leaders to Trent, Italy to discuss ways the Catholic
Church could combat the threat of the Protestant movement.”
5. General Questions:
Why was the Age of Exploration important to European expansion?
What were the contributions of the Explorers from the in-class activity?
How did the explorers contribute to the growth of the European economy?
What were the steps of the scientific method and how did it change science?
What was mercantilism? Capitalism?
How was the concept of humanism important to the Renaissance ideals.
6. KNOW YOUR MAP!
B. There were three major reformations during this time. What were they, who was involved and where
did they occur?
1.
2.
3.
Cluster the following terms under the proper heading
predestination
Henry VIII
theocracy
Martin Luther
John Calvin
John Knox
Ignatius Loyola
95 Theses
Diet of Worms
Act of Supremacy
Geneva, Switz.
Elizabethan settlement
Council of Trent
indulgence
annulment
Jesuits
Peace of Augsburg
the Inquisition
salvation through faith
salvation through good
works
E. The Reformation (Protestant)
F.
The English Reformation (forming the Anglican Church)
G. The Counter Reformation (Catholic)
H. Calvinism
Answer the following questions
Name the five major powers on the Italian Peninsula and describe the alliances that formed as a result of
the Peace of Lodi.
1.
4.
2.
5.
3.
Describe the relationship between the Hanseatic League and the Venetian Flanders Fleet.
A four-level social class system emerged during the Renaissance in Italy. Describe the levels of the system
and who belonged to each level.
What are the downfalls of arranged marriages in Italy?
Be familiar with the locations of the spread of Lutheranism, Calvinism, the Anglican Church, and
Catholicism.