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The Italian Renaissance

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Trade increased with ______________, bringing great wealth to Italian cities.

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

North America

2.

The wealth from ____________________ also helped promote, or support, the ideas and arts of the Renaissance.

a)

painting

b)

printing

c)

churches

d)

banking

3.

a network of trade routes that stretched across Asia from China to the Mediterranean Sea

a)

Trans-Saharan Route

b)

Venice Road

c)

Silk Road

d)

Merchant's Path

4.

inventor of the printing press

a)

John Calvin

b)

Niccolo Machiavelli

c)

Cosimo de Medici

d)

Johann Gutenburg

5.

The Italian city of ______________________ was the birthplace of the Renaissance.

a)

Florence

b)

Milan

c)

Naples

d)

Genoa

6.

Sponsors, or __________________, used their wealth to help artists produce great works of art.

a)

humanists

b)

patrons

c)

protestants

d)

scientists

7.

_____________________ means rebirth and is the time period that came after the Middle Ages.

a)

Reformation

b)

Colonization

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Renaissance

8.

_____________________ emphasized, or stressed, individual potential and was a movement to celebrate human abilities and actions.

a)

Catholicism

b)

humanism

c)

patriotism

d)

Protestantism

9.

Renaissance artists and architects developed a renewed interest in classical culture. Which TWO civilizations represent the classical cultures that they wanted to study?

a)

India

b)

Greece

c)

China

d)

Rome

10.

Which of the following were ways that the printing press impacted life in Europe? Choose all that apply.

a)

Books could be printed faster.

b)

More people could afford books.

c)

Ideas about science and exploration spread quickly.

d)

More people learned to read.

e)

The Bible became increasingly available.

11.

The ______________________ family were the greatest bankers in Florence and hired artists and architects to make their city beautiful.

a)

Medici

b)

da Vinci

c)

Alighieri

d)

Gutenburg

12.

What subject did artists study to make their artwork more realistic?

a)

anatomy

b)

philosophy

c)

mathematics

d)

geography

13.

Which artist is considered to be a classic example of a "Renaissance man" and is responsible for the image above?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Cosimo de Medici

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli

14.

Which Renaissance figure wrote a short book called The Prince to give political advice?

a)

Johann Gutenburg

b)

Desiderius Erasmus

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli

15.

Which Renaissance artist painted the Sistine Chapel in St. Peter's Cathedral and created a statue of the Hebrew king David?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Petrarch

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Gutenburg

16.

Which Italian merchant wrote about his travels to China and helped trade between Europe and Asia to grow?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Marco Polo

17.

Which of the following scientists questioned and challenged traditional beliefs and church teachings leading to the development of new scientific fields and principles? Choose all that apply.

a)

Copernicus

b)

Kepler

c)

Galileo

d)

Gutenburg

e)

Newton

18.

In which part of Europe, did scholars first begin to criticize the church and accuse them of corruption?

a)

Western

b)

Northern

c)

Eastern

d)

Southern