Chapter 4 Social Quiz

During the Renaissance, which ideas were being newly proposed about the solar system:

The earth was round and the center of the solar system.

The earth was flat and the other planets moved around in its heaven.

The sun was round and the center of the solar system.

The sun was a flat disc that was held up in the sky by angels.

The scientific method was:

A process of observing, experimenting and drawing conclusions based upon evidence.

A process of reading classical texts for ideas, experimenting and writing down finding in Latin or Greek.

A process of inventing new devices such as the microscope and the telescope.

A process of writing about the discoveries of scientists so ideas could be shared and learned by a wider audience.

Which of the following astronomers first put forth the idea that the earth was a planet that moved around a stationary sun?

Ptolemy

Nicolaus Copernicus

Johannes Kepler

Galileo Galilei

In Renaissance Europe, the writing of Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler were all most closely associated with p. 81

Challenges to the authority of the Pope

Discoveries related to the position of the Earth in the universe

New ideas on the role of the citizen in government

Revival of medieval knowledge about the human body

The Scientific Method’s greatest contribution was to

Encourage individuals to accept traditional explanations of social and scientific problems

Demonstrate that natural occurrences all could be explained by reference to the teachings of the Church

Promote investigation into the physical world using observation and experimentation

Explain how human society and government should work for the improvement of people

Three of the following statements describe some of the advances in learning in Renaissance Europe. Choose the statement that does not accurately describe an advance in learning.

Teachings of the Church and discoveries of science worked together to improve understanding of the physical world.

Creation of the telescope allowed closer observation of the movements of the planets.

Advances were made in the knowledge of anatomy and the functioning of the human body.

Which of the following features of Renaissance painting is most evident in the artwork above?

Perspective

Religious subject matter

Details of nature and landscape

Humanism

Niccolo Machiavelli, the controversial writer about political leadership, wrote that the most important means of judging the success of a leader was by

Whether the people of the state loved the ruler

The amount of wealth which was owned by the state

The amount of money which the leader spent to increase the people’s quality of life

Whether the ruler remained in power and increased the strength of the state

Religious reformers such as Savonarola and Martin Luther criticized the Catholic Church most strongly for its

Support of humanist and scientific writing

Corruption and abuse of its authority

Use of Church money to help the poor

Refusal to recognize the rights of other religions

The ideas of the Protestant Reformation spread quickly across Europe, mostly because of the

Invention of new methods of transportation

Increase in trade that occurred during the Renaissance

C. Availability of books as a result of the invention of the printing press

Growth in the number of Universities throughout Europe during the Renaissance

.What economic action by Alberta’s government to deal with the problem of poverty in Alberta would be considered the most acceptable to a person who agrees with the ideas expressed in the excerpt above?

The Alberta government should reduce welfare payments to the poor in order to reduce reliance on payments from the government.

The Alberta government should reduce the minimum wage to encourage people in need to support themselves.

The Alberta government should increase taxes on top income earners and redistribute more money to the poor.

The Alberta government should increase its efforts to make profits from government-run businesses.

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