WorksheetsHistory
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
What was the main way Italian city-states became wealthy?
Trade
Shipbuilding
Banking
What was the Renaissance?
Rebirth of interest in art and learning
Christian states fighting to get in control of land from the Muslims
Italian City-states joined together
Who was Marco Polo?
An Author
A Trader
A Traveler
What was Marco Polo’s impact on trade?
Wrote a book about Asia and influenced people to trade with China
Traveled to Asia and told the Chinese the wonders of Europe
Told the Christians about Asia
What was the Hundred Year War?
A war between England and France which France won with the help of Joan of Arc
A war between England and France which England won with the help of Joan of Arc
A war between the Muslims and the Christians which the Christians won with the help of Joan of Arc
A war between the Muslims and the Christians which the Muslims won with the help of Joan of Arc
What was the Reconquista?
The Christians attempt to end Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
The rebirth of interest in art and learning
The Muslims attempt to end Christian rule in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
Where did the Medieval Nobles live?
In a castle on the manor
Cities
In the kings house
In a knights manor
Where did Renaissance Nobles live?
Cities
In a castle on the manor
With the knights
With the kings
Where did the Medieval Nobles get their wealth?
Land
Trading
Money
Where did Renaissance Nobles get their wealth from?
Trading
Land
Money
Did Medieval Nobles like trading with Merchants and why?
No because they believed they were above town merchants
Yes because they decided that money from trade was just as good as money from land
Yes because Urban nobility married wealthy merchants
No because Urban nobility married wealthy merchants
Did Renaissance Nobles like trading with Merchants?
Yes because they decided that money from trade was just as good as money from land and Urban nobility married wealthy merchants
No because they believed they were above town merchants
No because they believed that the king hated merchants
Yes because they believed they were one of the highest power of rank
How did Medieval Nobles run the land
Feudalism
By the king’s order
Republics
How did Renaissance Nobles run the land
By Republics (Government controlled by the citizens but one powerful man ran the government
Fuedalism
By the kings order
All of the answers
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy? (Choose all of the correct answers)
Italy had been the center of the Roman Empire and interested in Greek and Roman art
Italy’s cities have become very wealthy and enabled them to pay artists
The region was divided into many small city-states and most of them were important cities of the Renaissance
The king forced artists to come to Italy after he conquered most of Europe
What was the Impact of the Black Death? (Choose all the correct answers)
Killed one third of the population
Trade declined
Wages rose because workers were few and in demand
Food prices fell
killed one fourth of the population
