Unit 4

Question 1

What does the term “Renaissance” mean?

Answer 1

Rebirth

Question 2

Who invented the printing press?

Answer 2

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 3

From what did the Renaissance take the focus away?

Answer 3

The Church

Question 4

What was a new focus on worldly issues rather than religious matters?

Answer 4

Realism

Question 5

Who spoke out against the practice of indulgences?

Answer 5

Martin Luther

Question 6

Which of the Following was NOT something Martin Luther included in his 95 Thesis?

A.) He thought that the Bible should be translated from Latin into the vernacular
B.) He protested the sacraments
C.) He opposed the selling of indulgences
D.) He thought that women should be able to be clergy members (aka priests, bishops, etc)

Answer 6

D.) He thought that women should be able to be clergy members (aka priests, bishops, etc)

Question 7

Who were the supporters of Calvinism in Britain that wanted to purify the Church of England of Catholicism and then fled persecution by moving to North America?

Answer 7

Puritans

Question 8

Who supported the idea of the Church granting indulgences?

Answer 8

John Tetzel

Question 9

An important effect of the Protestant Reformation in Europe was that it strengthened the…

Answer 9

Power of Monarchies

Question 10

What is a Medieval Manor

Answer 10

A self-sufficient community that is governed by a Lord

Question 11

Which of the following describes the role of the King in Feudalism?

Answer 11

The King was dependent on the support of his subordinate allies and did not have a strong central authority.

Question 12

Which of the following groups within the Feudal pyramid granted loyalty, protection, and service in exchange for land?

Answer 12

Knights/Vassals

Question 13

Why did the feudal system first develop on the local level in Europe?

Answer 13

European people sought protection from the barbaric times after the fall of the Roman Empire

Question 14

Which of the following is true about serfs?

Answer 14

Serfs were technically free but were tied to the land they farmed

Question 15

Who was the first Explorer to circumnavigate around Cape Horn?

Answer 15

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 16

Where did the name “America” come from?

Answer 16

The explorer, Amerigo Vespucci

Question 17

Which of the following were motivations for exploring during the Age of Exploration?

Answer 17

God, Gold, Glory

Question 18

Which of the following is the closest definition to the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 18

The exchange of biological factors between the New World and the Old World.

Question 19

Which of the following does NOT describe the impact of the Age of Exploration
A.) Overgrazing from animals traded eventually led to soil erosion
B.) 50% of the world’s forests had been cut down by 1850
C.) The population increased from the incorporation of new food in the diet from trade
D.) The Catholic Church continued to still be very powerful, despite the efforts of the Reformation and the Church formed new colonies in the Americas

Answer 19

D.) The Catholic Church continued to still be very powerful, despite the efforts of the Reformation and the Church formed new colonies in the Americas

Question 20

The term Primogeniture means…

Answer 20

The passing down of land and title to the eldest son

Question 21

What language does the term “Renaissance” come from?

Answer 21

French

Question 22

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided up the New World between what two countries?

Answer 22

Spain and Portugal

Question 23

What is the name of the invention that Explorers used as astronomical calculators to solve problems relating to time and location based on the positions of the Sun and stars in the sky?

Answer 23

The Astrolabe

Question 24

Where did Martin Luther nail his 95 theses?

Answer 24

A castle church in Wittenberg Germany