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Journey Across Time - Chapter 17 Practice Test

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
gondolas
f.
Renaissance
b.
Ignatius of Loyola
g.
predestination
c.
Petrarch
h.
Mary I
d.
Catherine de’ Medici
i.
Charles V
e.
William Shakespeare
j.
chiaroscuro
 

 1. 

a time of rebirth of interest in art and learning
 

 2. 

became Holy Roman Emperor in 1519
 

 3. 

an artistic technique using light and shadows to soften edges
 

 4. 

tried to make England a Catholic country
 

 5. 

English playwright who wrote tragedies and comedies
 

 6. 

famous medieval scholar of ancient Roman writers
 

 7. 

outlawed freedom of religion in France
 

 8. 

founded the Jesuits
 

 9. 

long, narrow boats used for transport in Venice
 

 10. 

a belief that the outcome of people’s lives are planned in advance by God
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
diplomacy
f.
Huguenots
b.
florin
g.
Johannes Gutenberg
c.
oil painting
h.
Counter-Reformation
d.
Florence
i.
King James I
e.
Niccolò Machiavelli
j.
theology
 

 11. 

persecuted Puritans
 

 12. 

the gold coin of Florence
 

 13. 

developed a printing press with movable metal type
 

 14. 

author of The Prince
 

 15. 

Catholic attempt to convince people to return to the Catholic Church
 

 16. 

developed in Flanders
 

 17. 

the art of making deals with other governments
 

 18. 

French Protestants
 

 19. 

a wealthy Italian city that played an important role in the Renaissance
 

 20. 

the study of questions about God
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 21. 

What does it mean that people became more secular during the Renaissance?
a.
They focused on getting to heaven.
c.
They often married twice.
b.
They focused on this world.
d.
They divided time into seconds.
 

 22. 

Florence grew wealthy through
a.
banking.
c.
book-selling.
b.
farming.
d.
the travel industry.
 

 23. 

Urban nobility in Italy blended what groups by marriage?
a.
wealthy merchants and old nobles
b.
clergy and nobles
c.
landowning nobles and peasants
d.
merchants and traders
 

 24. 

Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
a.
a conservative Pope
c.
an Italian scientist and artist
b.
a French professor
d.
a skilled novelist and poet
 

 25. 

When did the Renaissance spread to northern Europe?
a.
the late 1300s
c.
the late 1400s
b.
the early 1400s
d.
the early 1500s
 

 26. 

The humanist clergyman Desiderius Erasmus wanted
a.
all people to be able to read the Bible.
b.
to remove the pope from power.
c.
to sell indulgences.
d.
to convert to Protestantism.
 

 27. 

What happened when peasants revolted in the 1520s?
a.
Nobles fled the countryside.
b.
Nobles brutally crushed the revolt.
c.
Peasants were given food.
d.
Peasants took over farms.
 

 28. 

John Calvin taught that
a.
God decides who goes to heaven.
b.
doing good gets people to heaven.
c.
people should obey the pope.
d.
only clergy can know the truth.
 

 29. 

During the Spanish Inquisition
a.
Jewish scholars flourished.
b.
the Pope encouraged heresy trials.
c.
Spain converted to Protestantism.
d.
2,000 Spaniards were executed.
 

 30. 

King Henry VIII
a.
formed the Lutheran church.
c.
accepted the pope’s authority.
b.
was a cruel king of France.
d.
beheaded two Queens.
 

 31. 

The Puritans wanted to
a.
purify the Anglican Church.
c.
make England a Catholic country.
b.
move to India.
d.
report to the pope.
 

 32. 

What did Lutheranism teach would get a person into heaven?
a.
faith in Jesus
c.
buying indulgences
b.
doing good deeds
d.
converting to Catholicism
 

 33. 

Italian city-states became wealthy through
a.
war.
c.
wine-making.
b.
farming.
d.
trade.
 

 34. 

Streets in Venice were
a.
paved in marble.
c.
dirt.
b.
paved in brick.
d.
canals and waterways.
 

 35. 

Who ruled the city of Florence?
a.
Marco Polo
c.
the Medici family
b.
wealthy merchants
d.
the pope
 

 36. 

What is The Divine Comedy?
a.
a story of a trip from hell to heaven
b.
a comedy performed in theaters
c.
a play about the end of the world
d.
a comedy about a monastery
 

 37. 

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
a.
tolerated all religions in Spain.
b.
joined two kingdoms into Spain.
c.
converted Spain to Protestantism.
d.
were tried for heresy.
 

 38. 

Why did Protestantism succeed?
a.
Some Kings supported it.
b.
Luther supported the peasant revolt.
c.
The pope died.
d.
The Catholics collected taxes.
 

 39. 

What did King Henry IV of France agree to do to remain in power?
a.
convert to Protestantism
c.
convert to Catholicism
b.
convert to Judaism
d.
convert to Islam
 

 40. 

Michelangelo painted which of the following?
a.
Mona Lisa
c.
School of Athens
b.
the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
d.
The Last Supper
 

Essay
 

 41. 

What is humanism?
 

 42. 

What was new and different about Renaissance art?
 

 43. 

What was unique about the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci?
 

 44. 

How did the Renaissance affect England and English culture?
 



 
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