Renaissance-Revolution Quiz

What does Renaissance mean?

• pretty

• rebirth

• sudden change

Who invented the printing press?

• William Shakespeare

• Johann Gutenberg

• Martin Luther

• Leonardo da Vinci

Which event most accurately describes what we celebrate on July 4 in America?

• the birth of our country

• the writing of the Constitution

• the signing of the Declaration of Independence

Which explorer gets credit for circumnavigating the globe?

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry

• Hernan Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which Italian cities became rich through trade, beginning the Renaissance?

• Florence and Venice

• Rome and Italy

• Rome and Paris

• Venice and Paris

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• William Shakespeare

What group was formed by Martin Luther's followers?

• Catholics

• Humanists

• Protestants

________ offered proof that the Earth orbited the sun.

• Galileo

• Martin Luther

• Isaac Newton

• Church leaders

Columbus hoped to prove that ______________.

• the world was round.

• the New World existed.

• he could reach Asia by sailing west.

• he could reach Asia by sailing east.

Who were the first Europeans to claim and colonize parts of the Americas in the early 1500's?

• the Spanish

• the English

• the Vikings

• the Protestants