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WorksheetsThe Renaissance
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
2.
A movement in Renaissance Europe, celebrating human potential and achievement and stressing the study of subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
3.
A broad range of cultural activities and creations.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
4.
A person who supports an activity or institution by providing financial backing.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
5.
An Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
6.
An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
7.
An Italian Renaissance painter, born in 1452 A.D., who painted many masterpieces, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and also excelled in scientific research.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
8.
Architect best known for designing and building large domes for churches; especially the Duomo in Florence.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
9.
The most famous English writer of the Renaissance, best known for his plays Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
10.
An Italian Renaissance artist, born in 1475 A.D., who worked mainly as a sculptor but also painted such famous works as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
11.
Italian artist of Florence who studied the great works by Leonardo da Vinci and appreciated the classical period. His most famous works was The School of Athens.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
12.
The early leader of the Humanist movement, an Italian poet and scholar. One of the first thinkers to stress the value of classical learning, teachings of Greece and Rome.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
13.
A German who, in the mid-1400s, invented a press for printing with movable type.
a)
Johann Gutenberg
b)
Elizabethan Age
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
vernacular
14.
The period during the rule of Queen Elizabeth I in England, from 1558 to 1603 A.D.
a)
Johann Gutenberg
b)
Elizabethan Age
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
vernacular
15.
One who excels in many different fields of study.
a)
Johann Gutenberg
b)
Elizabethan Age
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
vernacular
16.
A person’s native language.
a)
Johann Gutenberg
b)
Elizabethan Age
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
vernacular
17.
A machine for pressing paper against inked movable type.
a)
printing press
b)
perspective
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
vernacular
18.
A technique of painting, developed during the Renaissance, that represents the appearance of objects in three-dimensional space.
a)
printing press
b)
perspective
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
vernacular
19.
The buying and selling of goods; business.
a)
commerce
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
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