Worksheets1.3 "The Renaissance"
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A period of European history, lasting from 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world was ____________________________.
a)
Catholic Reformation
b)
Reformation
c)
Peace of Augsburg
d)
Renaissance
2.
Where did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
England
d)
Germany
3.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Rebirth
b)
Stagnation
c)
Traditional
d)
A Latin term for art
4.
What is the name of this statute?
a)
Arthur
b)
Daniel
c)
Michael
d)
David
5.
Who painted this?
a)
leonardo
b)
Raphael
c)
donatello
d)
michalangelo
6.
Who created David, and painted the Sistine chapel?
a)
michalangelo
b)
leonardo
c)
rafael
d)
donatello
7.
The printing press was invented by
a)
Jan van Eyck.
b)
Johann Gutenberg.
c)
Peter Bruegel the Elder.
d)
Hans Holbein the Younger.
8.
Who painted "The Last Supper"?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Botticelli
c)
Kepler
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
9.
What was the Renaissance a "rebirth" of?
a)
Religion
b)
Classical culture
c)
Life (after the black death)
d)
Middle Ages
10.
The Printing Press
a)
Allowed ideas to be spread faster because books were easier to get
b)
Was created by Leonardo Da Vinci
c)
Was invented by the Ottoman Turks
d)
Helped Mansa Musa spread Islam
11.
Which number represents Europe?
a)
1
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
12.
Born in Stratford England, __________ was one of its most popular playwrights and helped shape the Northern Renaissance.
a)
Dante Alighieri
b)
Cervantes
c)
Pieter Bruegel
d)
William Shakespeare
13.
Which of the following cities was an important center during the early Renaissance?
a)
Florence
b)
London
c)
Ghent
d)
Paris
14.
Secular means
a)
part of religion
b)
separate from religion
c)
similar
d)
part of religion
15.
Which was a key intellectual movement or philosophy of the Renaissance?
a)
Humanism
b)
City State
c)
Cultural relativism
d)
Behavioralism
16.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
17.
Raphael is best known for his creation of which of the following?
a)
Mona Lisa
b)
Last Supper
c)
Murals of the Sistine Chapel
d)
School of Athens
18.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
19.
When did the renaissance take place?
a)
1800-1900
b)
1776
c)
500BC-500AD
d)
1400-1600's
20.
All were Renaissance artists accept...
a)
Leonardo da'Vinci
b)
Michaelangelo
c)
King James
d)
Donatelo
21.
What was the name of Machiavelli's famous book?
a)
The Last Supper
b)
Dante's Inferno
c)
The Art of War
d)
The Prince
22.
What does writing in the vernacular mean?
a)
writing in a foreign language
b)
writing in first person voice
c)
writing in Latin
d)
writing in people's native language
23.
In addition to being an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was also a
a)
farmer.
b)
soldier.
c)
painter.
d)
diver.
24.
Which of the following is associated with Humanism?
a)
the ideas of the middle ages
b)
the ideas of Greece & Rome
c)
the ideas of ancient China
d)
the ideas of ancient India
25.
Around how many people in Europe died due to the Black Plague?
a)
1/2
b)
1/4
c)
1/3
d)
3/7
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