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Renaissance

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which person is most associated with this time period?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Henry Bessemer

c)

Michelangelo

d)

John Huss

2.

Which name is correctly matched with a box in this diagram?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci in Box 1

b)

William Shakespeare in Box 1

c)

Machiavelli in Box 2

d)

Michelangelo in Box 2

3.

These studies focusing on classic Greek and Roman texts were of major importance during the -

a)

Catholic Reformation

b)

Italian Renaissance

c)

Glorious Revolution

d)

Industrial Revolution

4.

Which of the following most likely resulted from the change shown in this table?

a)

Higher literacy rates

b)

Decline in secularism

c)

Stronger monarchies

d)

End of the guild system

5.

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

a)

Humanism

b)

Socialism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Protestantism

6.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
7.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Rebirth
b)
Stagnation
c)
Traditional
d)
A Latin term for art
8.
Who painted "The Last Supper"?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Botticelli
c)
Kepler
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
9.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Boticceli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Donatello
10.
The Medici Family...
a)
Were the first mafia family to live in Italy
b)
Were the most famous painters in Florence
c)
Were the family of Mona Lisa
d)
Were patrons of the arts in Florence
11.
"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince" 
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Castiglione
c)
Shakespeare 
d)
Petrarch
12.
Which of the following is a synonym best used to describe the word "secular"
a)
Worldly
b)
Religious
c)
Chivalry
d)
Rebirth
13.

What was the most important factor in the population decline in 1347 in Europe?​​

a)

The Bubonic Plague

b)

The Grim Death

c)

The Hundred Years War

d)

The Great Schism

14.

What number of the map led the spread of Renaissance ideas into Europe in the 1400s?​

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.

This image represents-

a)

Italian Renaissance

b)

Northern Renaissance

16.

This image represents-

a)

Italian Renaissance

b)

Northern Renaissance

17.
The movable-type printing press helped the Renaissance by --
a)
supporting the teachings of the Catholic Church
b)
increasing the use of new accounting practices
c)
motivating the analysis of Eyptian society
d)
expanding the distibution of new ideas
18.

Major Classical Authors:

- Cicero

- Homer

- Ovid

- Sophocles

- Virgil

During the Renaissance, these authors were most often studied by --

a)

bankers

b)

humanists

c)

feudal lords

d)

parish priests