Deck 2: Historical Figures and Events That Shaped the Renaissance and Reformation ERA

Question 1

……………………of Poland revolutionized the thought of mankind by proving that the earth moves round the sun.

A)Nicholas Copernicus
B)Ptolemy
C)Giorgio Vasari
D)Galileo

Answer 1

Nicholas Copernicus

Question 2

Galileo was an …………… astronomer

A)French
B)German
C)Italian
D)Russian

Answer 2

Italian

Question 3

John Kepler was an ……………… astronomer

A)German
B)Italian
C)Indian
D)Swedish

Answer 3

German

Question 4

The term Renaissance was first used by the Italian artist and critic …………in his book 'The Lives of the Artists'

A)Giorgio Vasari
B)Robert Fulton
C)Thomas Newcomend
D)Corneille

Question 5

The Renaissance was first defined by ………….historian Jules Michelet (1798-1874), in his work, 'Histoire de France'.

A)German
B)Portuguese
C)French
D)Spanish

Question 6

Who wrote the book 'The Waning of the Middle Ages'?

A)Jacob Burckhardt
B)Cimabue
C)Giotto
D)Johan Huizinga

Question 7

………..was credited with discovering 'the law of gravitation'.

A)Rapheal
B)Dante
C)Michelangelo
D)Sir Isaac Newton

Question 8

Martin Luther was connected with ………………

A)Crusades
B)Science
C)Renaissance
D)Reformation

Question 9

………….is regarded as the "Morning star of the Reformation".

A)Racine
B)Robert Fulton
C)Thomas Newcomen
D)John Wycliff

Question 10

'The Lollards' grew in numbers in ………….

A)Belgium
B)Geneva
C)U.S.A.
D)England

Question 11

After Wyclife's death, his writings were spread in Bohemia by…………., a priest and professor in the University of Prague.

A)Martin Luther
B)Robert Fulton
C)Robert Bakewell
D)John Huss

Question 12

The Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund invited …………to attend a general church council at Constance where he was burned at the stake in 1415.

A)Wyclife
B)Thomas Newcomen
C)Shakespeare
D)John Huss

Question 13

Luther wrote his 95 Thesis and nailing them to the door of the Castle Church of …………on October 31, 1517.

A)Cambridge
B)Edinburg
C)Oxford
D)Wittenberg

Question 14

Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) led a revolt against the Catholic Church in ………….

A)England
B)Holland
C)Germany
D)Switzerland

Question 15

A civil war broke out between the Catholic and the Reformed Cantons in which ………….was killed in the Battle of Kappel in 1531.

A)Moliere
B)Robert Fulton
C)Thomas Newcomen
D)Zwingli

Question 16

…………….introduced Calvinism in Scotland

A)Racine
B)Thomas Newcomen
C)John Knox
D)Moliere

Question 17

John Knox introduced Calvinism in Scotland, where it was called ……………………….

A)Presbyterianism
B)Puritans
C)Round Heads
D)Huguenots

Question 18

King ………….was broke with the Pope who did not agree with his decision to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon

A)Henry VII
B)Henry VIII
C)Louis-Philippe
D)Louis XVIII

Question 19

In 1534 the King ……………..induced Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy which substituted the king for the Pope as head of the Church in England.

A)Henry VIII
B)Henry IV
C)Henry V
D)Edward VI

Question 20

The most significant agency of the Catholic reform was ………….

A)The Society of Jesus
B)Calvinism
C)Puritanism
D)Socialist Society

Question 21

The Society of Jesus was founded by ……………

A)St. Ignatius Loyola
B)Robert Fulton
C)Martin Luther
D)John Calvin

Question 22

The Edict of Nantes was issued by King Henry IV in 1598 restored peace in …………

A)France
B)Germany
C)Britain
D)Poland

Question 23

Who defeated the Spanish Armada?

A)Elizabeth I
B)Victoria
C)Charles X
D)Queen Anne

Question 24

In 1618, a war broke out in …………..between the Catholics and the Protestants, which lasted for thirty years. Hence it is known as the Thirty Years War.

A)Germany
B)France
C)Russia
D)Rome