World History
Module 8-9
Study Guide
The Test will come from the following areas:
Identify the factors that led to the Italian Renaissance & describe the characteristics of Renaissance thought.
Explain how Renaissance writers combined classical teachings & Christian doctrine.
Describe how Renaissance art differed from art of the Middle Ages.
Explain how the ideas of the Italian Renaissance spread to other parts of Europe.
Describe how northern Renaissance writers differed from Italian humanists.
List the principal characteristics of northern Renaissance art.
Discuss the developments that led to the Reformation.
Describe how Martin Luther protested against the Roman Catholic Church & began a new church.
Identify the factors that caused the spread of Protestantism.
Explain the role that Calvinism played in the Reformation.
Describe how the Catholic Church responded to the Reformation.
Discuss the results of the Reformation & the Counter-Reformation.
Explain why Europeans believed in superstitions.
Describe the characteristics of daily life that were typical in Europe during the Renaissance & Reformation.
Explain how knowledge spread to European villages.
Identify the factors that caused changes in the daily lives of Europeans.
Determine how religion & government affected each other.
Explain how migration patterns changed.