WorksheetsRenaissance Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Renaissance comes from a French word which means...
birth
return
scholars
rebirth
Marco Polo was an explorer and writer. Both roles led to increase trade with Italy because...
he traveled to Africa and people found his stories interesting.
his journey to China opened the way for trade along the Silk Road and his book made people want to buy Chinese goods.
his voyages to the new world were dangerous and people were entertained by his book
he followed the Crusaders to the Holy Land and lived to tell the story
Two historical events that opened the way for trade between Europe and Asia
Charlemagne's rule and the signing of the Magna Carta
The Crusades and the reopening of the Silk Road
Arab trading and the spread of Islam
Rebuilding the Great Wall of China and Admiral He's voyage throughout the Asian coast.
Which picture represents the origins of the Renaissance?
Trade with Italy increased because....
Italy was at war with European nation
Italy had converted to Islam
Italy was the center of the Mediterranean world
Constantinople became the new Roman capital
The Renaissance began in...
England
Italy
Spain
France
One major change brought on by the Renaissance was that...
Trade was decreasing
People were becoming more secular in their thinking
Roman ruins were disappearing
Italy became unified under one ruler
At the beginning of the Renaissance people were...
moving to cities to live
spending more time in the courntry
farming more
moving to the country to live
Marco Polo became the first European to
sail around the world
sail around the southern cape of Africa
become an expert on China
sail to Constantinople
Italy's city-states made their money by...
war and farming
banking and trade
arts and literature
taxes and shipping
The pope and city-states did not want Italy to unify under one leader because...
They could not agree on a king
The king was unpopular
The king would always be assassinated after taking power
They did not want one leader to have all the power
The Renaissance was a rediscovery of
Classical philosophies and literature of Greece and Rome
Muslim innovations
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Renaissance began in Spain because of the....
Spanish monarchy
culture left behind by the Muslims
voyages of the Christopher Columbus
Templar Knighs
Name the group that allowed the silk road to be an opened trade route so ideas and trade could pass from Asia to Europe.
Byzantines
Muslim Turks
The Tangs
The Mongols
Name the concept that places importance on the individual and supports creativity of people.
humansim
Christianity
scholasticism
Islam
The Renaissance was partly started when ancient writings was discovered. The writing was from what two civilizations?
Islam and Arab
Greek and Roman
Chinese and Japanese
Chinese and Mongolian
Select the four Renaissance artist.
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Raphael Sanzio
Marco Polo
Donatello
Renaissance Italy expanded as the city-states were becoming more...
religious
independent
unified
urban
The wealthy Italian family who owned banks in Florence who paid artists, writers and architects to create their art.
The Medici family
The da Vinici family
The Machiavelli family
The Bontello family
The diplomat from Florence, Italy whose book, The Prince, states that in order to keep power and protect his people, a ruler must do whatever was necessary even if he would lie or kill.
Medici
Raphael
Marco Polo
Machiavelli
