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Grade 8 General Knowledge Term 1.1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this artwork called?

a)

The Creation of God

b)

The Creation of Adam

c)

The Sistine Chapel

d)

Banksy

2.

Who painted this?

a)

Michaelangelo

b)

Raphael

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Banksy

3.

What is the "Renaissance"?

a)

A philosophy

b)

A type of pizza

c)

A city in Italy

d)

The "rebirth" of interest in classical civilisation

4.

What does the word "philosophy" mean?

a)

Iconoclast

b)

Hatred of ancient Greek artworks

c)

Love of wisdom

d)

Love of school

5.

Where is this artwork?

a)

The Vatican

b)

The Louvre

c)

Bristol

d)

In a private collection

6.

Who is the philosopher in the middle pointing to the sky?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Pythagoras

7.

Who is the philosopher who is known as the father of geometry?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Plato

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Euclid

8.

Which famous contemporary artists used this artwork? (Select all the correct answers)

a)

Lil Nas X

b)

Beyonce

c)

Jay Z

d)

Banksy

e)

Michaelangelo

9.

What is an "iconoclast"?

a)

Someone who destroyed artwork of the ancient Greeks and romans

b)

An artist

c)

An icon

d)

someone who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

10.

What happened to the print of this Banksy artwork?

a)

It was painted over

b)

It has been lost

c)

It was shredded at an auction

d)

Nothing.

11.

What year was Nelson Mandela released from prison?

a)

1987

b)

1974

c)

1990

d)

1994

12.

Why was Nelson Mandela imprisoned? Select all the correct answers.

a)

He was a terrorist

b)

He was an ANC member

c)

He was leading the armed resistance against apartheid

d)

For plotting to overthrow the government

13.

Is ANC an abbreviation or an acronym?

a)

abbreviation

b)

acronym

14.

What was a "passbook" during apartheid?

a)

A book that gave black people coupons to buy food

b)

A book that gave black people permission to be in a "white" area

c)

A book that helped black people pass their exams

d)

A book that sent black people to prison

15.

Where is Soweto?

a)

Durban

b)

Johannesburg

c)

Pretoria

d)

Cape Town