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WorksheetsThe Renaissance
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the Magna Carta
a)
The Italian Constitution
b)
A document that limited the English King`s power
c)
The Dominican Constitution
2.
Bubonic plague is also known as
a)
Black Pot
b)
Black Death
c)
Black Rat
3.
What does Renaissance mean?
a)
rebirth
b)
unity
c)
universal
d)
arts
4.
What did the Renaissance of Italy refer to?
a)
rebirth of dancing and music
b)
rebirth of art and learning
5.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Renewed
b)
Rebuilt
c)
Remade
d)
Rebirth
6.
Humanism...
a)
emphasized the Bible
b)
leads to happier lives
c)
encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
d)
focuses on the potential of humans to achieve
7.
Luther protested the practice of selling indulgences. What was that practice?
a)
Clergy members bought indulgences to reach higher offices.
b)
The clergy sold pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins.
c)
Charles V told his people that buying indulgences was a way to earn a way to heaven.
d)
Indulgences permitted priests to marry and have children.
8.
The intellectual and cultural movement known as humanism arose from the study of
a)
medieval scholarship.
b)
original Christian writings.
c)
classical Greek and Roman culture.
d)
the contributions of the Tang and Song dynasties.
9.
The printing press was invented by
a)
Jan van Eyck.
b)
Johann Gutenberg.
c)
Peter Bruegel the Elder.
d)
Hans Holbein the Younger.
10.
A 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope’s authority was the _________________________.
a)
Catholic Reformation
b)
Secular
c)
Reformation
d)
Renaissance
11.
This is the belief that the individual can achieve great things.
a)
Individualism
b)
Humanism
c)
Renaissance
d)
Reformation
12.
Which of the following is associated with Humanism?
a)
the ideas of the middle ages
b)
the ideas of Greece & Rome
c)
the ideas of ancient China
d)
the ideas of ancient India
13.
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
14.
Who was Martin Luther
a)
A protestant ant against the roman church
b)
A bowl of candy
c)
A painter
d)
Inventor of the printing press
15.
Humanism...
a)
emphasized the Bible
b)
leads to happier lives
c)
encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
d)
focuses on the potential of humans to achieve
16.
Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Cheaper book prices
b)
Increase in education/literacy
c)
Increase in church power
d)
Rapid spread of ideas
17.
Who created the Printing Press?
a)
Jane Grey
b)
Albrecht Durer
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
Johannes Guttenburg
18.
Which family was a patron of artist like Leonardo da Vinci?
a)
Abotts
b)
Medici
c)
Himlers
d)
Boccaccio
19.
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
a)
Rebirth
b)
Stagnation
c)
Traditional
d)
A Latin term for art
20.
Which of the following is associated with Humanism?
a)
the ideas of the middle ages
b)
the ideas of Greece & Rome
c)
the ideas of ancient China
d)
the ideas of ancient India
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