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Renaissance

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The period from 1350-1550 in Europe meaning "rebirth" is known as

a)

Reformation

b)

Middle Ages

c)

The Dark Ages

d)

Renaissance

e)

Mrs. House's birthday

2.

Where did the Renaissance originate?

a)

Rome

b)

Venice

c)

Florence

d)

Paris

e)

Clover, SC

3.

Which Italian city-state became rich through trade and building boats for traveling through the many canals?

a)

Rome

b)

Venice

c)

Genoa

d)

Florence

e)

Gastonia

4.

Who was the wealthy banking family from Florence that supported the arts in Italy?

a)

Medici

b)

Da Vinci

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Polo

e)

DeCuir

5.

Which of the following is NOT a reason the Renaissance began in Italy?

a)

City-states often competed with each other for power

b)

It was rich from trade along the Mediterranean Sea

c)

it was the center of the Roman Empire

d)

The pope of the Catholic church decreed, or ordered, it

6.

Which European explorer kept a detailed log of his travels to Asia?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Lorenzo de Medici

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Marco Polo

e)

Mr. Largen

7.

What is the belief that individuals and their accomplishments in literature, the arts, and history were important?

a)

diplomacy

b)

humanism

c)

reformation

d)

secularism

e)

favoritism

8.

During the Renaissance, humanists became less _______ and more ______.

a)

humanist, diplomatic

b)

diplomatic, humanist

c)

secular, religious

d)

religious, secular

e)

hungry, angry

9.

Which of the following is NOT a technique used by Renaissance artists?

a)

chiaroscuro

b)

perspective

c)

mosaic

d)

sfumato

e)

proportion

10.

Humanism spread more rapidly because books were printed in _____.

a)

Latin

b)

vernacular

c)

cursive

d)

secular

e)

block print

11.

Which of the following is NOT a famous Renaissance writer?

a)

Geoffrey Chaucer

b)

Dante Aligheri

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Miguel de Cervantes

e)

Niccolas Copernicus

12.

What is a major difference in Medieval Art and Renaissance Art?

a)

Medieval art uses perspective and chiaroscuro.

b)

Renaissance art is realistic and more secular.

c)

Renaissance art is more religious and unrealistic.

d)

Medieval art is more secular and realistic.

e)

Medieval art was old, Renaissnace art was new.

13.

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince, a book that taught people how to

a)

pray and read the Bible

b)

marry the most powerful prince

c)

behave and maintain power

d)

sing and dance

e)

wear a crown on their head

14.

________________________'s most famous discovery was the law of gravitation.

a)

Archimedes

b)

Newton

c)

Galileo

d)

Copernicus

e)

Mrs. House

15.

_____________________ built one of the first telescopes which finally proved that the Earth revolved around the sun.

a)

Newton

b)

Copernicus

c)

Galileo

d)

Kepler

e)

Mrs. Cauble

16.

The 'father' of Humanism is

a)

Gutenberg

b)

Machiavelli

c)

Petrarch

d)

Da Vinci

e)

Shakespeare

17.

The Renaissance started and stayed in Italy.

a)

of course it did

b)

no way