Name:______________________________

Quiz 4: “The Exchange of Ideas”

Part I: Matching (10 points)

Directions: Match the term with its definition.

1. Allegory____ a) Certificates that reduced the time people would be

punished for their sins after they died.

2. Anatomy____ b) Pseudoscience of the stars.

3. Astrology____ c) Official exclusion from the Catholic Church.

4. Disseminates____ d) A work in which the characters and events are meant to

be understood as representing other things and
symbolically expressing a deeper moral or political
meaning.

5. Excommunication____ e) The language commonly spoken by the people who live

in that region.

6. Heresy____ f) To spread information

7. Indulgences____ g) A person who copied books

8. Philosopher____ h) The science that deals with the structure of humans,

animals, and plants.

9. Scribe____ i) One who studies the truth and principles underlying

human conduct and knowledge and the nature of the
universe.

10. Vernacular____ j) Opposing Church teachings.

Part II: Fill in the Blank (10 points)
Directions: Using the names in the word box below, fill in the blanks of the Innovators with the
correct word. Not all names will be used. Complete the discovery without help from a word box.

Andreas Vesalius Johannes Kepler Nicolaus Copernicus

Leonardo Da Vinci Indian Civilization Galileo Galilei

Classical Civilization Filippo Brunelleschi Islamic Civilization

Subject Innovator Discovery

Astronomy (1)

Astronomy (2)

Medicine

Mathematics (1)

Mathematics (2)

Part III: Short Answer

1. What was the Protestant Reformation? Why did it happen? (2 points)

2. How did the Catholic church react to the Protestant Reformation? (2 points)
3. List three ways information spread in the Renaissance before the invention of the
printing press? (3 points)

a. ___________________________

b. ___________________________

c. ___________________________

4. Explain the scientific method in your own words. (2 points)

5. Name two concepts that people in the Italian Renaissance believe made strong leaders?
(2 points)

a. ________________________________

b. ________________________________

6. Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following statement: (2 points)

a) “The __________justifies the means.”

b) Who said this statement? ___________________

 7. Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following table: (2 points)

Event Effects

Development of printing press

Writing and printing books in the vernacular

8. Directions: Match the following person with their accomplishments: (5 points)

1. Isabella D’Este____ A. Political philosopher who wrote The Prince.

2. Johannes Gutenberg____ B. Humanist political leader who was known as the

“first lady of the world”.

3. Niccolo Machiavelli____ C. Precursor to the Protestant Reformation. Had the

“Bonfire of the vanities” to protest the corruption in
the Catholic Church.

4. Martin Luther____ D. Inventor of the Printing Press.

5. Savonarola____ E. Wrote the 95 Theses and started the Protestant

Reformation. Translated the Bible into German.