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Module 6A: The Renaissance

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two classical civilizations did the Renaissance view as worthy of study? (Select two)

a)

Egypt

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Greece

d)

Sumaria

e)

Rome

2.

Where was the birthplace of the Renaissance?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Greece

e)

Itlay

3.

Which of the following were achievements of Leonardo da Vinci?

a)
b)
c)

Scientist and Engineer

d)

Designed St. Peter's Basilica

e)
4.

Which family created the largest bank & helped to make Florence one of the most powerful and wealthy cities of the Italian Renaissance?

a)

The Brunelleschi Family

b)

The Medici Family

c)

The Machiavelli Family

d)

The Lorenzo Family

5.

How id the ideas of the Renaissance spread to the rest of Europe?

a)

Church leaders spread Renaissance ideas

b)

Monarchs made laws enforcing Renaissance ideas

c)

Merchants spread Renaissance ideas as they traveled

d)

Military spread Renaissance ideas through civil wars

6.

Which of the following were characteristics of humanism? Select two.

a)

Gave importance to finding knowledge only through the Catholic Church

b)

Focused on gaining knowledge through reason and not just religious faith

c)

Gave importance to the individual and to human society.

d)

Focused on the art of making agreements between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church

e)

Gave importance to a government in which the power comes form the group and not the individual

7.

Who is considered to by the most famous playwright of the Northern Renaissance?

a)

Dante Alighieri

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer

c)

Francesco Petrarch

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

e)

William Shakespeare

8.

How did Renaissance ideas primarily make their way into Europe?

a)

Through missionaries and monks

b)

Through merchants and trade

c)

Through books and schools

d)

Through ancient ruins and ideas

9.

This family from Florence influenced Renaissance art by being PATRONS and paying artists.

a)

Petrarch

b)

Aquinas

c)

Medici

d)

Renaissance

10.

Which Renaissance Humanist believed that to gain knowledge there needed to be a balance between reason and faith?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Thomas Aquinas

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Michelangelo

11.

Which of the following are achievements of William Shakespeare?

a)

Painter, sculptor, architect

b)

Poet, playwright, made new English words

c)

Inventor, mathematician, studied anatomy

d)

Humanist, monk, made religious changes

12.
A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
13.
 A movement in Renaissance Europe, celebrating human potential and achievement and stressing the study of subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.
a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
14.
An Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
15.
Architect best known for designing and building large domes for churches; especially the Duomo in Florence.
a)
Florence
b)
city-state
c)
Leonardo Da Vinci
d)
Brunelleschi
16.
 An Italian Renaissance artist, born in 1475 A.D., who worked mainly as a sculptor but also painted such famous works as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
17.
______________ art was flat with rigid, emotionless figures, while ______________ art had full backgrounds with figures that showed emotion and detail.
a)
Renaissance, Medieval
b)
Renaissance, Classical
c)
Classical, Medieval
d)
Medieval, Renaissance
18.
What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?
a)
realism
b)
perspective
c)
idealism
d)
distancism
19.
How did the city-states of Italy gain wealth?
a)
Through industry
b)
 Through banking and trade
c)
Through the sale of Renaissance art
d)
Through the large farming estates
20.

Which system was put into place to support artists during the Renaissance?

a)

Systems of Patronage

b)

Manorialism

c)

Feudalism

d)

System of Mercantalism