Europe in Modern Times: Renaissance Quiz

A "rebirth," a time of renewed interest in art and learning.

• Renaissance

• Humanism

• Perspective

• Absolutism

Small, triangular-sailed oceangoing ships

• Canoes

• Caravels

• Pontoons

• Plantations

The route between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of North America

• Arctic Circle

• North Sea

• Northwest Passage

• Mediterranean Sea

The study of nonreligious subjects such as history and philosophy.

• Enlightenment

• Perspective

• Absolutism

• Humanism

Large Commercial Farms

• Plantations

• Fascism

• Northwest Passage

• Caravels

A technique that allows artists to portray a three-dimensional space on a flat surface.

• Shading

• Perspective

• Sculpting

• Photography

Changes made by the Catholic Church to keep Catholicism strong.

• Enlightenment

• Catholic Reformation

• Catholic Revolution

• Absolutism

A three-stage pattern of Atlantic trade that carried goods and enslaved people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

• Triangular Trade

• Northwest Passage

• French Revolution

• Fascism

A series of major advances in science during the 1500s and 1600s.

• Scientific Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Space Revolution

• Scientific Method

A political system of centralized and unlimited government power.

• Enlightenment

• Abolishment

• Democracy

• Absolutism