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Unit 5 The Renaissance

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gutenberg helped spread information around Europe by improving what?

a)

Moveable Type

b)

Written Language

c)

Humanist Thought

d)

Navigation

2.

What was Humanism inspired by?

a)

The Byzantine Empire

b)

a renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman Culture

c)

The Church

d)

The new Italian Culture

3.

Shadow, light and perspective describe art from what time period?

a)

Medieval Times

b)

Ancient Greece and Rome

c)

The Renaissance

d)

The Reformation

4.

Which of the following did da Vinci NOT paint/draw?

a)

Mona Lisa

b)

The Last Supper

c)

Vitruvian Man

d)

Sistine Chapel ceiling

5.

What was Machiavelli's "The Prince" about?

a)

How to gain and maintain power

b)

Being given power from one's father

c)

ruling as a Monarch

d)

ruling like a Humanist

6.

What made Italian cities so important during the Renaissance?

a)

The Pope lived near them

b)

All Renaissance painters and authors lived in these cities

c)

They were hubs of trade and commerce

d)

They had the best schools

7.

What time period are da Vinci and Michelangelo associated with?

a)

Reformation

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Scientific Revolution

d)

Renaissance

8.

Dante and Petrarch wrote using what ideas?

a)

Humanistic

b)

Realistic

c)

Classic

d)

Romantic

9.

What ideas did Humanists believe in

a)

Music

b)

Art

c)

Literature

d)

All of the Above

10.

Human Beauty would be associated with what time period?

a)

The Reformation

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Renaissance

d)

The Middle Ages

11.

What did the Printing Press lead to?

a)

The spread of ideas

b)

The decline of Literacy Rates

c)

More control by the Church

d)

None of the Above

12.

Why is Leonardo da Vinci known as a “Renaissance Man?”

a)

This is the name that has been widely used for Leonardo’s self-portrait.

b)

Leonardo’s many interests perfectly symbolize the revival in learning associated with the Renaissance.

c)

Leonardo was born near the town of Vinci in the Italian province of Renaissance.

d)

Leonardo lived from 1452 to 1519 meaning that chronologically he lived in the middle of the Renaissance period.