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WorksheetsQuick Renaissance Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did Italian cities like Venice and Milan become wealthy at the start of the Renaissance?
a)
they were mercenaries
b)
trade and manufacturing
c)
they created religious art
d)
trade with the Americas
2.
In which country did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
England
d)
America
3.
The Renaissance movement that is based on the values of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, such that individuals and human society were important is known as:
a)
Humanity
b)
Humanism
c)
Homo Sapienism
d)
Hajj
4.
What did humanism emphasize?
a)
that all people should follow chivalry
b)
the Roman Catholic Church knew everything about the universe
c)
all serfs needed to be controlled
d)
the importance of all individuals and maximizing your potential
5.
Humanism during the Renaissance placed more value on an individual person and
a)
the need to promote agriculture
b)
their loyalty to the king
c)
learning about many different subjects
d)
desire to forget the past
6.
Which book written by Machiavelli was a guide for rulers?
a)
The Iliad
b)
The Prince
c)
Utopia
d)
Praise of Folly
7.
Who invented the Printing Press?
a)
John Smith
b)
Leonardo Da Vinci
c)
Johannes Gutenberg
d)
Lorenzo di Medici
8.
How did Renaissance writers like Dante, Cervantes, and Shakespeare influence later writers?
a)
by writing in Latin
b)
by creating the first newspapers
c)
by writing the Bible
d)
by writing in the common language (vernacular)
9.
What invention helped spread Renaissance ideas around Europe?
a)
the cotton gin
b)
the printing press
c)
the steam engine
d)
the typewriter
10.
What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?
a)
realism
b)
perspective
c)
idealism
d)
distancism
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