Renaissance History Quiz Page 1

Who is known for designing and building the first mechanized printing press in Europe?

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Johann Gutenberg

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Isaac Newton

Which region was famous for weaving wool into cloth for both domestic use and export during the Renaissance?

• Flanders

• Molucas

• Casco da Gama

• Prince Henry

Who put forth the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun?

• Isaac Newton

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Leonardo Da Vinci

What is predestination?

• A type of government ruled by a deity

• A belief in the means by which all those whom God has chosen will be saved

• A group of people with different religious beliefs

• A key center of the spice trade

Who is known for discovering gravity?

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Johann Gutenberg

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

What is a theocracy?

• A government where a deity is the supreme ruler

• A group of people with different religious beliefs

• A key center of the spice trade

• An imaginary line dividing new lands

Who was the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope?

• Prince Henry

• Casco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Johann Gutenberg

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

• A theory about the Earth's rotation

• An agreement dividing new lands between Spain and Portugal

• A key center of the spice trade

• A type of government ruled by a deity

Who discovered the Americas while searching for a faster route to Asia?

• Casco da Gama

• Prince Henry

• Christopher Columbus

• Nicolaus Copernicus

What was the Line of Demarcation?

• A key center of the spice trade

• An imaginary line dividing new lands in the Americas

• A type of government ruled by a deity

• A group of people with different religious beliefs