WorksheetsRenaissance and the Reconquista
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Renaissance was a "rebirth" of which of the following in Europe?
Christian enthusiasm and devotion
Polytheism
Plague and warfare
Art and learning
Which of the following was not a reason why Italy became the center and beginning of the Renaissance in Europe?
Italy housed many old Roman and Greek texts
Italy was center of Mediterranean trade
Italian city-states had thriving commercial economies
Italy was unaffected by the plague
The Medici family was an important factor in the development of the Renaissance because they
Led and ignited the Reconquista movement
Created the first unified Italian state
Ruled Florence and financially supported artists and humanist studies
Financed the voyage of Christopher Columbus
Which of the following is a concentration of humanist studies?
Agriculture
Human potential and achievement
World religions
Animals of the world
Which two cultures or cultures were the focus of studies by many humanists and scholars during the Renaissance
Frank and Anglo-Saxon
Greece & Rome
China and India
Mesopotamia and Egypt
Which of the following would be an example of a topic Humanists would study during the Renaissance?
Mesopotamian agriculture
Life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great
Norse Mythology
Aryan Sanskrit
What conflict was a series of wars with the purpose of expelling the Islamic Moors out of Spain and Portugal?
The Crusades
The Reconquista
The Moors War
The Hundred Years War
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known throughout Spain as "El Cid" is famous for
Being the first king of the newly created kingdom of Spain
Becoming a national Spanish hero after his victory at Valencia
Leading the siege of Granada, the last battle of the Reconquista
Claiming land in the New World for Spain
Who were the Spanish Monarchs who finally defeated the Moors and ended the Reconquista?
Ferdinand and Isabella
Henry VIII and Catherine
Peter and Mary
Ricardo and Caterina
Which of the following did not occur in 1492?
King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon united their kingdoms, creating the modern day country of Spain.
Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas for Spain
El Cid captured Valencia
Spain defeated the last remnant of Muslims at Granada
