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Renaissance

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Western Europe became more ____________ during the Renaissance.

a)

Artsy

b)

Secular

c)

European

d)

Christian

2.

Northern Renaissance artists like Van Eyke specialized in what type of Renaissance characteristic?

a)

Cubism

b)

Perspective

c)

Humanism

d)

Realism

3.

The focus on the importance of the individual person during the Renaissance is called _________.

a)

Focusism

b)

Perspective

c)

Humanism

d)

Realism

4.

The ruler of a city state during the Renaissance is called a _________.

a)

Doge

b)

Gode

c)

Oged

d)

Egod

5.

Machiavelli believed that the best leaders must be _________.

a)

loved by the people

b)

smarter than other leaders

c)

feared by the people

d)

excellent fighters

6.

What does the term Renaissance mean?

a)

more art

b)

rebirth

c)

focus on the individual

d)

perspective

7.

Why did Europeans become more literate during the Renaissance.

a)

Authors began to write in vernacular

b)

Gutenberg's printing press helped create many books quickly

c)

Authors wrote in Latin a lot less than before

d)

All of the above

8.

How does Renaissance architecture reflect life during the Renaissance?

a)

Buildings were round because people ate more

b)

Buildings were ordered and measurable because life was more predictable

c)

Buildings showed statues of polytheistic gods because people were more secular

d)

Buildings showed Humanism and emotion

9.

What Renaissance art characteristic is shown in this painting?

a)

Perspective

b)

Realism

c)

Ordered measurability

d)

Deoism

10.

What is a cause of the Scientific Revolution?

a)

"God wants it to happen" is not an acceptable answer during the Renaissance.

b)

People began to use their reason to figure out the world around them.

c)

Many new inventions helped scientists make observations.

d)

All of the above.

11.

Who came up with the Scientific Method?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Newton

c)

Galileo

d)

Mabel

12.

What Renaissance characteristic is being shown in this sculpture?

a)

Realism

b)

Symmetry

c)

Perspective

d)

Humanism

13.

What Renaissance art characteristic does this work of art show?

a)

Humanism because the artist paints the human form accurately.

b)

Attention to the Greek culture because this shows a scene from Greek myths.

c)

Humanism because the artist shows the emotional faces of the people in the painting.

d)

All of the above.

14.

Which of the following statements is true about the Renaissance?

a)

People became much more religious during the Renaissance.

b)

European culture declined for the first time since the fall of Rome.

c)

Europeans lived lives that were more ordered and predictable.

d)

All of the above.

15.

What is one effect of the invention of the Printing Press?

a)

Knowledge and ideas could spread much more quickly.

b)

People could form better armies to defend their cities.

c)

Disease spread much more quickly.

d)

Europeans began believing in Islam.