Key People of the Reformation and Renaissance
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Social Studies
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9th - 12th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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11 Slides • 10 Questions
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by Austin Woodside
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Multiple Choice
True or False: Leonardo Da Vinci believed that it was important for people learn.
TRUE
FALSE
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Multiple Choice
Machiavelli believed leaders should be feared or loved?
Loved
Feared
Neither
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Since the Renaissance was a time to focus on humans ...
Humans started to question the leadership of the church.
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Humans were learning about some of the unfairness they lived through as a result of corruption in the Catholic Church.
This inspired Martin Luther...
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Poll
What did you find most interesting from the video?
Luther showed integrity by translating the bible for the poor.
Luther started the Reformation by writing the 95 theses;
Martin Luther is the reasons there are Lutherans and Catholics (Christian subgroups) today.
How goofy the animated cartoons looked.
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Multiple Choice
What action did Martin Luther take to begin the Protestant Reformation?
He disagreed with the pope and slandered his name.
He posted 95 theses to a church door in Wittenberg.
He started a theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland.
He invented the printing press to spread his ideas.
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Multiple Choice
Henry VIII (8th) was motivated to break from the Catholic Church because...
He needed a daughter to take over after his death.
Henry needed an annulment so he could re-marry and have a son.
He as a follower of Luther and disagreed with indulgences.
His wife Catherine was a Protestant and she influenced him to break with the Pope.
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Poll
What did you find most interesting about Henry VIII?
He executed several of his wives.
He blamed his wife for not birthing him a son to take over his thrown.
Henry VIII's actions were a part of the Reformation where people left Catholicism.
Henry VIII was a scholar and an athlete.
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Open Ended
Based on the previous document, explain why the printing press was important for the Renaissance.
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Multiple Choice
The printing press increased these two things in Europe:
Knowledge and literacy.
Wars and literacy.
Corruption and knowledge.
Religious belief and wars
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Multiple Choice
Protestantism resulted from the Reformation. Protestantism became popular mostly in what part of Europe?
Eastern Europe
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Western Europe
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Open Ended
What was or what is your favorite book?
by Austin Woodside
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