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WH Unit 2: Renaissance & Exploration

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Renaissance was a rebirth of which of the following?

a)

Science

b)

Literature

c)

Art

d)

All of the above.

2.

Which Renaissance idea was inspired by ancient and classical texts?

a)

Secularism

b)

Humanism

c)

Vernacular

d)

Socratic Method

3.

Which were the first two countries to sail to the new world in the Americas? Choose two.

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

Canada

d)

Russia

4.

Who was a perfect example of a "Renaissance man"?

a)

Robert Schultz

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Henry the Navigator

5.

From the 1200's to 1400's, which trading network protected against pirates?

a)

Hanseatic League

b)

United Nations

c)

NATO

d)

Dutch East India Company

6.

What major invention did Johann Gutenberg introduce to the world?

a)

Caravel

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Printing press

d)

Painting scenes from everyday life

7.

Who wrote the book Utopia?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Johann Gutenberg

d)

Thomas More

8.

Which English playwright helped bring Renaissance ideas to mass audiences?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Thomas More

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Michelangelo

9.

Which explorer was the first to sail around southern Africa?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Christopher Columbus

10.

Who was one of the first Portuguese patrons of the explorers?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Henry the Navigator

c)

Ferdinand and Isabella

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli

11.

Which term refers to the global transfer of goods, plants, and animals?

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Globalization

d)

Renaissance

12.

Which of the following were brought to the Western world as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Disease

b)

Coffee

c)

Rice

d)

All of the above.

13.

In 1492, which explorer sailed West for Asia and landed in the Caribbean?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Henry the Navigator

c)

Bartolomeu Dias

d)

Vasco da Gama

14.

In 1497, which explorer set sail for India and was amazed at the precious gems, silks and spices?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Bartolomeu Dias

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Christopher Columbus

15.

Which term means that a nation's strength depends on its wealth?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Socialism

c)

Encomienda

d)

Vernacular

16.

Which economic system favors private ownership where individuals work for profit?

a)

Communism

b)

Capitalism

17.

Founded in 1600, what was the first joint stock company?

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

British East India Company

c)

Nasdaq

d)

Apple

18.

Which development in navigation allowed ships to sail fast and into the wind?

a)

Caravel

b)

Hull

c)

Bow

d)

Gunport

19.

Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Claude Monet

d)

Pablo Picasso

20.

Which group of people did the Europeans begin to exploit as a source of labor?

a)

Africans

b)

Dutch

c)

Chinese

d)

British