Renaissance and Medieval Europe Quiz

Which events contributed to the end of medieval Europe?

• The Crusades, Black Death, Hundred Years' War, and Great Schism

• The Renaissance and the Reformation

• The Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment

• The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars

What marked the "rebirth" of European culture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Scientific Revolution

Who invented the movable type that made it easier to reproduce pamphlets and books?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Martin Luther

• Johann Gutenberg

• Galileo Galilei

What did Renaissance humanists emphasize in their studies?

• The power of human reason

• The importance of religious texts

• The authority of the Pope

• The significance of medieval traditions

Which city-states grew wealthy from banking, farming, and making goods during the Renaissance?

• Paris, London, and Berlin

• Milan, Florence, and Siena

• Rome, Athens, and Sparta

• Venice, Naples, and Genoa

What architectural style did Renaissance architects develop from ancient Rome?

• Gothic style

• Baroque style

• Classical style

• Modern style

Which Renaissance writer is known as the "Father of Humanism"?

• William Shakespeare

• Miguel de Cervantes

• Petrarch

• Niccolò Machiavelli

Who concluded that the Earth orbited the sun, challenging the Church's teachings?

• Galileo Galilei

• Johann Gutenberg

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

What was Galileo Galilei's contribution to science?

• He invented the printing press.

• He developed the theory of relativity.

• He laid the foundation for modern physics with his studies of motion.

• He discovered the laws of planetary motion.

What was Johann Gutenberg's significant invention?

• The telescope

• The printing press with movable type

• The steam engine

• The electric light bulb