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Renaissance Quiz Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the Renaissance first begin in Italy? Italy had...

a)

trade routes

b)

mountains

c)

priests

d)

explorers

2.

Italy in the Renaissance was not a unified country. It was made up of several small nation states. Which of the following cultures had a similar structure?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

Greece during the Golden Age

d)

Roman during Pax Romana

3.

How did the ideas of the Middle Ages and Renaissance differ? The ideas of the Middle Ages focused on...

a)

money

b)

religion

c)

education

d)

government

4.

Who were the humanists during the Renaissance? They were the...

a)

explorers

b)

farmers

c)

clergy

d)

educators

5.

People who supported the arts were called...

a)

patrons

b)

monarchs

c)

heresy

d)

rebellion

6.

What effect did the merchant families, like the de’ Medici Family, have on the Renaissance in Italian cities? The families...

a)

wanted to show off their money

b)

used their money to keep trade routes safe

c)

supported the work of scientists, artists, and educators

d)

formed new governments

7.

Who could be educated during the Renaissance?

a)

only girls

b)

only clergy

c)

princes and princesses

d)

any boy whose family could afford it

8.

What language did most Renaissance writers write in?

a)

Latin

b)

their own language

c)

German

d)

English

9.

The difference in the way things look close up and far away is called...

a)

gravity

b)

perspective

c)

heresy

d)

rebellion

10.

How did art differ from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance? Renaissance art was...

a)

more religious

b)

less life-like

c)

more life-like

d)

less colorful

11.

Who was the “true Renaissance man”?

a)

Gutenberg

b)

Luther

c)

Newton

d)

Da Vinci

12.

Who invented movable type and the printing press?

a)

Gutenberg

b)

Luther

c)

Newton

d)

Da Vinvi

13.

Why was the printing press important to the Renaissance? It was...

a)

used by the Pope to spread the Catholic religion

b)

used to spread new thoughts and ideas

c)

never used by monks

d)

used by school boys all over Europe

14.

Who proved things were held to the earth by a force?

a)

Gutenberg

b)

Luther

c)

Newton

d)

Da Vinci

15.

What was one effect of the Reformation?

a)

The Roman Catholic Church became less powerful

b)

The Lutheran Church took over all of Europe

c)

The Jewish people took over all of Europe

d)

There were no more religions in Europe

16.

What troubled Martin Luther the most? He...

a)

wanted to become Jewish

b)

was an inventor

c)

did not believe in selling forgiveness

d)

wanted to become Pope

17.

If a person went against the churches’ teachings he/she would be charged with...

a)

heresy

b)

rebellion

c)

tutoring

d)

lying

18.

In many places in Europe during the Renaissance Protestants were persecuted for their religious beliefs. What other culture had similar persecutions?

a)

Egypt

b)

Hindus in India

c)

Christians in Rome

d)

Buddhists in China

19.

What does this quote from William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” tell us about the Renaissance? It was a time of...

a)

new beginnings

b)

feudalism

c)

fear and isolation

d)

war

20.

What type of person would enjoy this quote? A...

a)

king

b)

child

c)

humanist

d)

painter