7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 11
Renaissance & Reformation
New art, ideas and printing
What your child practices
The rebirth of art and learning in Italy, how the printing press spread ideas, the Reformation, and how questioning led to new science.
California Content Standards learning standard: 7.8.1; 7.8.4; 7.9.1; 7.9.2 · humanism, the printing press, and the causes and ideas of the Reformation
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A patron of the arts is someone who…
- burns books
- builds ships
- paints in secret
- pays artists to create work
pays artists to create work
Hint: Wealthy families and rulers were patrons of many Renaissance artists.
Question 2
Why did the Reformation spread quickly in parts of Europe?
- Printing was banned.
- Many rulers and townspeople supported it, and printed pamphlets carried its ideas.
- It started in the Americas.
- Nobody wanted change.
Many rulers and townspeople supported it, and printed pamphlets carried its ideas.
Hint: Printing let ideas travel quickly.
Question 3
Andreas Vesalius, in 1543, changed medicine by…
- painting the Sistine Chapel
- inventing the thermometer
- publishing detailed drawings of the human body based on careful study
- discovering the Americas
publishing detailed drawings of the human body based on careful study
Hint: He showed that some older medical books contained mistakes.
Question 4
What was one belief of Protestant reformers such as Luther?
- People should be able to read the Bible for themselves, in their own language.
- Only priests may read.
- Books should be burned.
- All Church lands belong to kings.
People should be able to read the Bible for themselves, in their own language.
Hint: Bibles were translated and printed in many local languages.
Question 5
Why did Italian city-states such as Florence become centers of the Renaissance?
- They were closed to ideas.
- They were ruled by Mongols.
- Wealth from trade paid for art and learning.
- They had no merchants.
Wealth from trade paid for art and learning.
Hint: Rich families, like the Medici, supported artists and scholars.
Question 6
What is humanism?
- A way of thinking that focuses on human abilities, reason and education
- A belief that only kings matter
- A form of farming
- A belief that learning is useless
A way of thinking that focuses on human abilities, reason and education
Hint: Renaissance humanists studied literature, history and the arts.