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Week 25: The Renaissance

Authored by Jessica Caldwell

History

6th Grade

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Week 25: The Renaissance
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which country did Marco Polo visit and write a book about, which had a major influence on the beginnings of the Renaissance period in history?

Italy

Japan

Brazil

China

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The man who changed history with the invention of the printing press in 1454 is named

Leonardo da Vinci

Johannes Gutenberg

Isaac Newton

Sofonisba Anguissola

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Renaissance scientist was the first to introduce the theory that the Earth moves around the sun, which was the opposite of the current belief?

Nicolaus Copernicus

Isaac Newton

Galileo Galilei

Leonardo da Vinci

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Renaissance artist painted the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and carved the 13-foot sculpture of David?

Raphael Sanzo

Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Rebrandt van Rijn

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The idea for the printing press was based on block printing done by the ancient

Chinese

Romans

Spaniards

Greeks

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To escape the invasion of Italy by Attila and the Huns, people built the city that is now called Venice in an area of ______________________.

mountains

deserts

valleys

islands and canals

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT an important difference between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

People wanted a return to Greek and Roman ideas about government an architecture.

Art was maily devoted to religious subjects druing the Renaissance.

People returning from the Crusades caused others to be interested in different cultures.

Humanists started questioning the laws of the Catholic Church during the Renaissance.

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