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Renaissance Ducksters Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the period of time in Europe called that happened before the Renaissance?

a)

The Golden Ages

b)

The Middle Ages

c)

The Plague Ages

d)

The Glory Ages

2.

Where did the Renaissance start in Europe?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Greece

d)

Spain

3.

How was humanism different from the way most people thought before the Renaissance?

a)

It thought life could be nice

b)

It said that life did not have to be all work

c)

It said humans could enjoy comforts

d)

all of the above

4.

How was Italy divided up during the start of the Renaissance

a)

fiefs

b)

provinces

c)

city-states

d)

kingdoms

5.

3) From what ancient civilizations did the people in Italy get the idea for humanism?

a)

Greeks and Romans

b)

Egyptians and Chinese

c)

Chinese and Romans

d)

Egyptians and Perisans

6.

In what wealthy and powerful Italian city did the Renaissance get its start?

a)

Venice

b)

Milan

c)

Florence

d)

Rome

e)

Naples

7.

What was Francesco Petrarch famous for?

a)

architecting huge beautiful cathedrals

b)

writing Romeo and Juliet

c)

painting the Mona Lisa

d)

inventing the philosophy of humanism

8.

What artist is considered the first Renaissance painter?

a)

Botticelli

b)

DaVinci

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Giotto

9.

What made Renaissance painting different from the previous period of art?

a)

all of the above

b)

it was very dull

c)

it was very plain

d)

subjects were painted as they appeared in nature

10.

Around what year did the Renaissance begin?

a)

1630

b)

1215

c)

1066

d)

1400

11.

True or False: The Italian Renaissance stayed in Italy and never touched the rest of Europe.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

The government that ran Florence was

a)

a monarchy

b)

a republic

c)

a constitutional monarchy

d)

an oligarchy

13.

Italy became wealthy through

a)

trade

b)

hunting animals

c)

becoming pirates

d)

stealing from rich banks

e)

farming