Renaissance Vocabulary

What does the word Renaissance mean?

• rebirth

• redo

• recess

• review

Which object makes stars and planets easier to see?

• A printing press

• A telescope

• A play

• A painting

Which artist wrote the play Hamlet?

• Dante

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• William Shakespeare

A time of great creativity in art, writing, and learning in Europe between the years 1300 and 1500.

• Renaissance

• Scientific Revolution

• Humanism

Which deadly disease spread throughout Europe during the 1300's and killed many people?

• The coronavirus

• The plague

• The flu

What did the printing press do?

• It made it easier to print pages of books.

• It made it easier to paint.

• It made it easier to write.

What is a fresco?

• A painting done on a wall.

• A painting done on a canvas.

• A painting done one plaster on a wall of ceiling.

• A painting of nature.

Michelangelo created all of the following works of art EXCEPT:

• Sistine Chapel

• David

• Mona Lisa

What is a definition of politics?

• The activities of government and leaders.

• A tool that makes far away objects, like stars and planets, easier to see.

• A disease that spreads quickly and kills many people.

The time between 1500 and 1700 when Europeans learned much about the world and science.

• The Renaissance

• Humanism

• The Scientific Revolution