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The Renaissance

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the leader of China during Marco Polo's travels?
a)
Emperor Zhaozong
b)
Empress Wen
c)
Emperor Qin
d)
Kublai Khan
2.

Powerful banking family from Florence helped the city become a center for art.

a)

Cosmos Apadus

b)

Cervantes Familia

c)

Desiderius Erasmus

d)

Cosimo de'Medici

3.
In addition to being an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was also a
a)
farmer.
b)
soldier.
c)
painter.
d)
diver.
4.

Michelangelo was best known for three artistic talents. Which one is NOT one of his talents.

a)

sculptor

b)

painter

c)

potter

d)

architect

5.

Which of these professions did Shakespeare not do?

a)

poet

b)

playwright

c)

actor

d)

teacher

6.

What did Johann Gutenberg invent?

a)

tank

b)

printing press

c)

leocopter

d)

under water breathing device

7.

How did Gutenberg's printing press impact Europe?

a)

it decreased literacy throughout the continent

b)

it allowed literature to be mass produced

c)

it allowed more people to train and join the priesthood

d)

it decreased the production of navigational maps

8.

What was an important influence for the Renaissance Humanists?

a)

the River Valley Civilization cultures

b)

The Greek and Roman cutures

c)

The Manorial System

9.

Machiavelli's most famous book is _______.

a)

Discourses on Livy

b)

The Pirate

c)

The Prince

d)

A Renaissance Life

10.

Dante's greatest work was written in _____________.

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Italian

d)

English