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WorksheetsWH Unit 2: Renaissance & Exploration
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
The Renaissance was a rebirth of which of the following?
Science
Literature
Art
All of the above.
Which Renaissance idea was inspired by ancient and classical texts?
Secularism
Humanism
Vernacular
Socratic Method
Which were the first two countries to sail to the new world in the Americas? Choose two.
Spain
Portugal
Canada
Russia
Who was a perfect example of a "Renaissance man"?
Robert Schultz
Vasco da Gama
Leonardo da Vinci
Henry the Navigator
From the 1200's to 1400's, which trading network protected against pirates?
Hanseatic League
United Nations
NATO
Dutch East India Company
What major invention did Johann Gutenberg introduce to the world?
Caravel
Columbian Exchange
Printing press
Painting scenes from everyday life
Who wrote the book Utopia?
William Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
Johann Gutenberg
Thomas More
Which English playwright helped bring Renaissance ideas to mass audiences?
William Shakespeare
Thomas More
Christopher Columbus
Michelangelo
Which explorer was the first to sail around southern Africa?
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco da Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
Christopher Columbus
Who was one of the first Portuguese patrons of the explorers?
William Shakespeare
Henry the Navigator
Ferdinand and Isabella
Niccolo Machiavelli
Which term refers to the global transfer of goods, plants, and animals?
Columbian Exchange
Panama Canal
Globalization
Renaissance
Which of the following were brought to the Western world as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Disease
Coffee
Rice
All of the above.
In 1492, which explorer sailed West for Asia and landed in the Caribbean?
Christopher Columbus
Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
In 1497, which explorer set sail for India and was amazed at the precious gems, silks and spices?
Leonardo da Vinci
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Which term means that a nation's strength depends on its wealth?
Mercantilism
Socialism
Encomienda
Vernacular
Which economic system favors private ownership where individuals work for profit?
Communism
Capitalism
Founded in 1600, what was the first joint stock company?
Columbian Exchange
British East India Company
Nasdaq
Apple
Which development in navigation allowed ships to sail fast and into the wind?
Caravel
Hull
Bow
Gunport
Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Claude Monet
Pablo Picasso
Which group of people did the Europeans begin to exploit as a source of labor?
Africans
Dutch
Chinese
British
