Renaissance Quiz

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• fun loving

• rebirth

• knowledge

• beautiful

What is the name of the trade routes that took merchants across Asia all the way to China?

• Pearl Road

• China Road

• Silk Road

• Ivory Road

During the Crusades, Western European armies brought advance science, medicine, education, and art to the Holy Land.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Match the following work of art with the correct artist.

• Leonardo da Vinci

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• Michelangelo

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• Raphael

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• Donatello

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What city was the center of the Italian Renaissance?

• Rome

• Venice

• Milan

• Florence

How did the Medici family make their fortune?

• insurance

• banking

• fishing

• gambling

Sort the art . . . Which ones are from the Dark Ages and which are from the Renaissance?

Groups:

(a) DARK AGES

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(b) RENAISSANCE

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Raphael dissected human bodies in order to better understand how to make realistic art.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Where was the center of the Northern Renaissance?

• Flanders

• Russia

• Scotland

• Italy

Who wrote The Prince?

• Machiavelli

• Dante Alighieri

• Thomas More

• Erasmus