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Renaissance, Exploration, Reformation Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Founded on the principles of the Reformation, this was any Christian who belonged to a non-Catholic church.

a)

Lutheran

b)

Protestant

c)

Daoist

d)

Atheist

2.

The first explorer to reach the southernmost tip of Africa.

a)

Bartolomeu Dias

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Prince Henry the Navigator

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

3.

What is another word for a cartographer?

a)

Artist

b)

Mapmaker

c)

Musician

d)

Merchant

4.

He was the first person to promote the Renaissance philosophy giving him the nickname the “Father of Humanism”.

a)

Donatello

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Francesco Petrarch

d)

Raphael

5.

Niccolò Machiavelli famously believed that it is better to be feared than…

a)

Dead

b)

Loved

c)

Embarrassed

d)

Suffering

6.

Practiced by the Roman Catholic Church, it is a pardon for sins committed during a person’s lifetime.

a)

Repercussion

b)

Repent

c)

Indulgence

d)

Astrolabe

7.

The most famous patrons of the arts during the Renaissance who eventually opened a public library.

a)

Medici Family

b)

Lutherans

c)

Arawaks

d)

The Alfieris

8.

A military or trading camp set up at a distance from the main force.

a)

Merchant

b)

Monopoly

c)

Outpost

d)

Missionary

9.

The farthest south part of Africa.

a)

Cape of Fortune

b)

Cape of Good Hope

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Spice Island

10.

The Last Supper, showing Jesus and his apostles on the night before the crucifixion is a famous painting completed by…

a)

Francesco Petrarch

b)

Raphael

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

11.

Started by Martin Luther, this was a movement for religious change.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Reformation

c)

Secularism

d)

Humanism

12.

Who did Renaissance architects look back on for inspiration when designing buildings?

a)

Egyptians and Babylonians

b)

Lutherans and Calvinists

c)

Romans and Greeks

d)

Sumerians and Aztecs

13.

What group of people did Portugal defeat in the 1500s to take over the spice trade?

a)

Spaniards

b)

Africans

c)

Arab Merchants

d)

Natives of Southeast Asia

14.

Why did future explorers not take Magellan's route westward to the Spice Islands?

a)

The Strait of Magellan was too difficult to find.

b)

It was not practical because it was not the shortest route.

c)

His crew never documented their exploration trip.

d)

They preferred to travel by land which was less risky.

15.

Land to the west of the Line of Demarcation went to…

a)

Portugal

b)

Italy

c)

Brazil

d)

Spain