WorksheetsRenaissance
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What Northern European writer wrote Utopia?
William Shakespeare
Petrarch
Erasmus
Sir Thomas More
Many ideas of the European Renaissance were based on the cultures of ancient -
Greece and Egypt
Greece and Rome
Greece and China
Greece and India
Which of these Renaissance artists is correctly paired with their famous work?
Michelangelo - The Last Supper
Rafael - Sculpture of David
Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa
Rafael - Sistine Chapel
Increased trade between Europe and the Muslim and Byzantine empires was stimulated by:
Muslim expansion into southern Europe
The repeal of a ban on non-Christian trade by the Pope
The Crusades
A trade alliance between the Byzantine empire and the Holy Roman Empire
The Renaissance means (1) ____ and is when their is renewed interest in (2) ____ culture.
(1) Rebirth; (2) Greco-Roman
(1) Religious; (2) Byzantine
(1) Secularism; (2) Religious
The Renaissance artist known for The David and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Petrarch
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Machiavelli
The Renaissance artist known for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Machiavelli
Sir Thomas More
The movement associated with the Renaissance in which the focus is on the individual with an emphasis on Greek and Roman literature and culture.
Humansim
Gothic
Realism
The name for a wealthy trading/banking individual who would sponsor artists to create beautiful pieces of art work.
patron
helot
plebeian
(1) ______ wrote The Praise of Folly in which he criticized the (2) ______.
(1) Petrarch; (2) Monarch
(1) Erasmus; (2) Church
(1) Sir Thomas More; (2) Monarch
(1) Leonardo da Vinci; (2) Church
What did the Renaissance art and literature focus on?
music and dancing
church and salvation
individuals, worldly matters & Christianity
animals
Who invented the printing press?
Francesco Petrarch
Dante Alighieri
Johannes Gutenberg
Leonardo da Vinci
Which phrase completes this diagram?
Development of Guilds
Production of Books
Growth of Universities
Construction of Monasteries
Which description best describes the type of government supported by Niccolò Machiavelli?
Power belongs to the military of a country
Several branches of government share power
Absolute power belongs in the hands of one ruler
Power belongs in the hands of the people
What phrase best completes this diagram?
Closure of Banks
Church Rules on Usury
Use of Arabic Numbers
Letters of Credit
Who is the father of Humanism?
Petrarch
Michelangelo
Raphael
None of the above
