Exploration and Renaissance Quiz

What was the primary goal of the Portuguese in exploring Africa?

• To find new lands for colonization

• To sail around the tip of Africa to reach Asia

• To establish slave trade routes

• To convert indigenous populations to Christianity

Who wrote The Prince, a book about political power and ruling?

• Erasmus

• Machiavelli

• Martin Luther

• Savonarola

What was Christopher Columbus’s intended destination when he set sail in 1492?

• India

• Japan

• The Americas

• China

What were the main accomplishments of Vasco da Gama?

• Discovering the New World

• Circumnavigating the globe

• Rounding the Cape of Good Hope and reaching India

• Conquering the Aztec Empire

What are the two main divisions of Islam?

• Sunni and Shia

• Orthodox and Reform

• Eastern and Western

• Sunni and Catholic

What is the focus of humanism?

• The power of monarchs

• Secular learning and human potential

• The authority of the church

• Military achievements

Who was Savonarola, and what led to his death?

• A Renaissance painter exiled for his art

• A friar who criticized the Church’s corruption, later executed

• An explorer who died of illness in South America

• A reformer who led the Protestant Reformation

What was the purpose of Erasmus’s In Praise of Folly?

• To explore themes of romance and heroism

• To criticize corruption in society and the Church

• To inspire explorers to seek new lands

• To support the Protestant Reformation

Who was responsible for ending the War of the Roses and establishing the Tudor dynasty?

• Henry VI

• Edward IV

• Richard III

• Henry Tudor

What does the term “theocracy” mean?

• A government ruled by the wealthy

• A government ruled by religious leaders

• A democratic government

• A monarchy