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Renaissance and Reformation Test Study Guide
Test format:
 Multiple Choice
 Short Answer
 Matching
 Document-Based Source Questions
Know the following terms and their definitions (AND IMPORTANCE TO HISTORY AND
THIS UNIT) for identification and/or matching. All of these definitions are in the activities
Renaissance
Humanism
Secular
Classical Era
Medieval Era/Middle Ages
Johannes Gutenberg
Printing press
Linear Perspective
Hierarchical Order
Halo
Leonardo da Vinci
Medieval Period / Middle Ages
Liberal Arts
The Prince
Machiavelli
Protestant Reformation
Relics
Indulgences
Pope / Papal
Sect
Roman Catholic Church
Martin Luther
Wittenberg
95 Theses (including date)
Diet of Worms
Excommunication
Heresy
Lutheranism
Henry VIII
Katherine of Aragon
Mary Tudor
Annulment
Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth
Act of Supremacy
Church of England / Anglicanism
Edward VI
Counter-Reformation
Council of Trent
STUDY QUESTIONS
Renaissance
1. What was life like in the Middle Ages in Europe?
2. What were some of the influences of the Renaissance from the Classical World, the Muslim World,
and China? How did these ideas get to Italy?
3. What is humanism?
4. How did art change from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance? What art techniques demonstrate
this?
5. How did education change from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance?
6. What was The Prince and what point does Machiavelli make in it? How does this show an example
of humanism?
Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany
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Why did the RCC have so much power in the late Middle Ages and during the Renaissance?
What were the major abuses/corruption of the RCC?
Why did Luther decide to write the 95 Theses? How did humanism help influence him?
How did the Church respond to Martin Luther when he tried to reform the abuses?
Why did Luther’s ideas become popular in Germany and all over Europe? What role did the
printing press play in spreading Luther’s ideas?
6. What happened at Luther’s trial at the Diet of Worms? Why did the German princes ensure that
Luther was not executed?
7. Do you think Luther meant to start a revolution when he first wrote the 95 Theses? Why or why
not?
Part 2: Henry VIII and the Reformation in England
1. What religion was Henry VIII? How did he feel about that religion ORIGINALLY?
2. Why did Henry VIII want to leave his first wife, Katherine of Aragon? Why was it not easy for
him to do this?
3. What did Henry VIII do in order to marry his Anne Boleyn?
4. Who was the child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn?
5. What happened to Anne Boleyn? Why?
6. Who was the child of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour? What happened to him?
7. What problem was presented for England after Henry VIII died and his son both died?
8. What motivated Henry VIII to start his own Church? How are Henry VIII’s reasons similar and
different to Martin Luther’s reasons for starting new sects of Christianity?
The Catholic Church responds: the Counter-Reformation
1. What is the Council of Trent?
2. What changes did the Catholic Church make in response to the Protestant Reformation?