WorksheetsRenaissance/Reformation
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
From which group below did the artists in Italy model their paintings and sculpture during the Renaissance?
French impressionists
Petrarch's students
Ancient Greece and Rome
Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Paris, France
Florence, Italy
Athens, Greece
London, England
What were the two key features of the Renaissance?
Love of knights and hearldry
Love of weapons and warfare
Love of art and learning
Love of travel and exploration
Michelangelo is remembered for which great works of art?
The Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
David, the Pieta and Moses
The School of Athens and Peter
The Portrait of Queen Elizabeth and St. Catherine
Leonardo da Vinci is remembered for which great works of art?
The Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
David and Moses
The leaning tower of Pisa
The Council of Trent
What was a good reason for an artist to move to Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance?
You could escape the Crusades
Your art work would be burned
You could live in an old abandoned castles
Your art work would be supported by wealthy families
Which of the families, listed below helped make Florence the center of Italian art, literature, culture, banking and trade?
Alighieris
Petrarchs
Machiavellis
Medicis
What is one of the most famous paintings in the world?
The school of Athens
Mona Lisa
Madonna of the Rocks
Girl with a Pearl Earring
What was on reason the Renaissance began where it did?
Artists and scholars found classical works in the city's museums
Queen Elizabeth supported playwrights and poets
The Pope brought the Catholic Church great wealth which was spent on art
The Medicis paid artists and scholars to pursue their work
The Renaissance is considered a time of great change or rebirth in what areas?
weaponry and warfare
world and space exploration
population and agricultural increase
learning, art, and invention
What person's contribution was most important in spreading the ideas of the Renaissance?
Cosimo de Medici
Johannes Gutenberg
Dante Alighieri
Leonardo da Vinci
The artists and architects of the Renaissance were financially supported by which of the following?
rich families and wealthy church leaders
large European Universities
the most powerful nations in Europe
the printing industry
Which trader traveled to China and served in the court of the Kublai Kahn?
Medici
Leonardo
Marco Polo
Pope Leo X
Which writer is remembered for works such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth....
Michelangelo
Miguel de Cervantes
Petrarch
William Shakespeare
What is Humanism?
The study of how humans affect geography
An emphasis on worldly concerns and belief in the worth of people
An analysis of religious thought
When people started questioning the thoughts of Confucius
How did art get more realistic during the Renaissance?
perspective and chiaroscuro
abstract art
color instead of black and white
3-D printers
What invention brought great change to the Renaissance and Reformation?
wheeled cart
steam engine
flying machine
printing press
What happened during the Reformation?
The Christian Church split into the Catholics and Protestants
The pope became tolerant of Muslims, Jewish people and Protestants
The style of art became less realistic
Explorers followed the routes of ancient map makers
Who is credited with starting the Reformation?
King Henry VIII
John Calvin
Martin Luther
Desiderius Erasmus
Why did the Reformation occur?
People wanted to change where they lived.
People wanted to make changes to the feudal system.
People wanted to end the crusades
People wanted to make changes in the Catholic Church
What was a Christian called who protested against the selling of indulgences by the Catholic Church?
protestants
priests
dromedaries
gladiators
Which person in addition to Martin Luther, was on of the first protestant leaders?
Pope Urban II
John Calvin
Thomas Cramner
St. Ignatius Loyola
What was the main idea of Calvanism
Predestination
Lutheranism
Heresy
Polytheism
What word best describes the effort to stop the spread of the Protestant Reformation?
Reconstruction
Potestantism
Humanism
Counter-Reformation
What was not a criticism of the Catholic church?
It cared for the poor and sick
It was wealthy and powerful
It sold indulgences
Some priests could not read the bible
