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The Renaissance and The Seeds of Modern Europe

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What emphasizes the abilities and accomplishments of humans?
a)
Perspective
b)
Liberalism
c)
Humanism
d)
Reformation
2.
What was Martin Luther trying to reform?
a)
Orthodox Church
b)
Protestant Church
c)
Lutheran Church
d)
Catholic Church
3.
Before the 1500s, how did people in Europe get their scientific information?
a)
Chinese writers
b)
Church officials
c)
Humanistic scholars
d)
European scientists
4.
Where did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Germany
b)
Spain
c)
France
d)
Italy
5.
Who were the wealthy bankers and merchants?
a)
the da Vinci family
b)
the Medici family
c)
the Protestant family
d)
the Gutenberg family
6.
What group was upset by the Scientific Revolution?
a)
Church leaders
b)
merchants
c)
kings
d)
other scientists
7.
Who is best known for discovering forces of gravity?
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Galileo Galilei
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Nicholaus Copernicus
8.
Which of these is NOT a theme of Shakespeare's writings?
a)
power and greed
b)
betrayal and revenge
c)
love and hate
d)
death and sacrifice
9.
Who painted the School of Athens?
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Jan van Eyck
10.
Who painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the David?
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Jan van Eyck
11.
Who painted using the new technique of oil paint?
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Jan van Eyck
12.
This person was a scientist, inventor, and artist.
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Jan van Eyck
13.
Who first proposed the idea of a heliocentric solar system?
a)
Nicholaus Copernicus
b)
Galileo Galilei
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Andreas Vesalius
14.
Who provided the first accurate knowledge of the human body by dissecting them?
a)
Nicholaus Copernicus
b)
Galileo Galilei
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Andreas Vesalius
15.
Who used his newly improved telescope to prove the heliocentric solar system?
a)
Nicholaus Copernicus
b)
Galileo Galilei
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Andreas Vesalius
16.
This person was an astronomer, mathematician, and physicist.
a)
Nicholaus Copernicus
b)
Galileo Galilei
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Andreas Vesalius
17.
Which writer was arrested for making fun of government leaders in his writing?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Voltaire
c)
Niccolo Machiavelli
d)
Martin Luther
18.
Which writer is the best known English author of the Renaissance?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Voltaire
c)
Niccolo Machiavelli
d)
Martin Luther
19.
Which writer believed people should do anything necessary to keep power?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Voltaire
c)
Niccolo Machiavelli
d)
Martin Luther
20.
What did Gutenberg invent?
a)
the telescope
b)
the Bible
c)
the movable type printing press
d)
the Pieta
21.
Who left the Catholic church so he could divorce his wife?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Martin Luther
c)
Niccolo Machiavelli
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
22.
Who returned England to the Anglican religion?
a)
Mary
b)
Martin Luther
c)
Elizabeth
d)
Voltaire
23.
Who made England Catholic after Henry VIII died?
a)
Mary
b)
Martin Luther
c)
Elizabeth
d)
Voltaire
24.
Who began the Reformation movement in Germany?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Johann Gutenberg
c)
Martin Luther
d)
Queen Elizabeth
25.
Humanists believed humans should_____accept the world as they found it.
a)
ALWAYS
b)
NOT
c)
SOMETIMES
d)
PROBABLY
26.
Who worked under the patronage of the Medici family?
a)
Voltaire
b)
Shakespeare
c)
Michelangelo
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
27.
Who built the Globe Theater?
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Machiavelli
c)
da Vinci
d)
Michelangelo
28.
What was Martin Luther's original plan when he wrote the 95 theses?
a)
He wanted to start a new church.
b)
He wanted to improve the Catholic church.
c)
He wanted to divorce his wife.
d)
He wasn't the person that wrote the 95 theses!
29.
Which of these was NOT a complaint Luther had about the Catholic church?
a)
the church told people what to believe 
b)
selling indulgences
c)
the Bible was only written in German
d)
collecting high taxes
30.
What was the Catholic church's response to Martin Luther?
a)
the Reformation
b)
the Counter-Reformation
c)
the Protestants
d)
the Renaissance
31.
What was used to prosecute, convict, and punish Protestants?
a)
the Inquisition
b)
the Reformation
c)
the Indulgences
d)
the Printing Press
32.
The Renaissance was the rebirth of what ancient cultures?
a)
Greek and Roman
b)
Byzantine and Macedonian
c)
Persian and Chinese
d)
Indian and Japanese
33.

The system that proposes everything revolves around the sun is called-

a)

geocentric

b)

heliocentric

c)

soleocentric

d)

religion centered

34.

Which of these was NOT an area of study advanced by humanism?

a)

Math

b)

Literature

c)

Art

d)

Science

35.

Someone who gives money or support to artists and intellectuals is called a-

a)

reformationist

b)

heretic

c)

humanist

d)

patron

36.

What process was used to learn and make discoveries in the Scientific Revolution?

a)

Counter-reformation

b)

Heliocentricism

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Humanism

37.

Henry VIII, Mary, and Elizabeth continued to change the religion in what country?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

Greece

38.

Calculus was invented by-

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Newton

39.

Who painted this?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Jan van Eyck

d)

Raphael

40.

Which artist sculpted this piece?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

da Vinci

c)

van Eyck

d)

Raphael

41.

What is the name of this statue?

a)

Pieta

b)

Mona Lisa

c)

School of Athens

d)

David

42.

According to the map, Rome is located ____from the Kingdom of France.

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

43.

What religion is represented by the color pink?

a)

Lutheran

b)

Catholic

c)

Calvinist

d)

Anglican

44.

According to this map, what is the main religion in the southwest portion of Europe?

a)

Lutheran

b)

Catholic

c)

Calvinist

d)

Anglican

45.

What is this painting called?

a)

Pieta

b)

David

c)

Mona Lisa

d)

Raphael

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