WorksheetsRenaissance
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 6mins
The period from 1350-1550 in Europe meaning "rebirth" is known as
Reformation
Middle Ages
The Dark Ages
Renaissance
Mrs. House's birthday
Where did the Renaissance originate?
Rome
Venice
Florence
Paris
Clover, SC
Which Italian city-state became rich through trade and building boats for traveling through the many canals?
Rome
Venice
Genoa
Florence
Gastonia
Who was the wealthy banking family from Florence that supported the arts in Italy?
Medici
Da Vinci
Machiavelli
Polo
DeCuir
Which of the following is NOT a reason the Renaissance began in Italy?
City-states often competed with each other for power
It was rich from trade along the Mediterranean Sea
it was the center of the Roman Empire
The pope of the Catholic church decreed, or ordered, it
Which European explorer kept a detailed log of his travels to Asia?
Michelangelo
Lorenzo de Medici
Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
Mr. Largen
What is the belief that individuals and their accomplishments in literature, the arts, and history were important?
diplomacy
humanism
reformation
secularism
favoritism
During the Renaissance, humanists became less _______ and more ______.
humanist, diplomatic
diplomatic, humanist
secular, religious
religious, secular
hungry, angry
Which of the following is NOT a technique used by Renaissance artists?
chiaroscuro
perspective
mosaic
sfumato
proportion
Humanism spread more rapidly because books were printed in _____.
Latin
vernacular
cursive
secular
block print
Which of the following is NOT a famous Renaissance writer?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Dante Aligheri
William Shakespeare
Miguel de Cervantes
Niccolas Copernicus
What is a major difference in Medieval Art and Renaissance Art?
Medieval art uses perspective and chiaroscuro.
Renaissance art is realistic and more secular.
Renaissance art is more religious and unrealistic.
Medieval art is more secular and realistic.
Medieval art was old, Renaissnace art was new.
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince, a book that taught people how to
pray and read the Bible
marry the most powerful prince
behave and maintain power
sing and dance
wear a crown on their head
________________________'s most famous discovery was the law of gravitation.
Archimedes
Newton
Galileo
Copernicus
Mrs. House
_____________________ built one of the first telescopes which finally proved that the Earth revolved around the sun.
Newton
Copernicus
Galileo
Kepler
Mrs. Cauble
The 'father' of Humanism is
Gutenberg
Machiavelli
Petrarch
Da Vinci
Shakespeare
The Renaissance started and stayed in Italy.
of course it did
no way
