World History Semester Test Fall 2023

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Which area of Europe did NOT become predominantly Protestant? Options: Austria, Switzerland, England, Spain

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Spain

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Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Renaissance? Options: desire to beautify cities, increased trade with Asia as a result of the Crusades, rise of rich, powerful merchants who supported the arts, the need to find a cure of the plague

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the need to find a cure of the plague

Front

The movement during the Renaissance that focused on secular subjects as well as people's potential and creativity was called...

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Humanism

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The publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-five theses was....?

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Attacked the abuses in the sale of indulgences, beginning the Protestant Reformation

Front

John Calvin agreed with Luther on most important doctrines EXCEPT

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Predestination

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What word best describes the effort to stop the spread of the Protestant Reformation?

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Counter-Reformation

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Which Renaissance invention helped spread ideas throughout Europe and the rest of the world? Options: Gutenberg's printing press, books, ships, trade routes

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Gutenberg's printing press

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What does it mean that people became more  "secular" during the Renaissance?

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They focused on this world.

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What were the Church pardons called, that were paid for by people in order to be free from the punishment they were due to receive for their sins?

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Indulgences

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The word Renaissance means

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Rebirth