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WorksheetsME, Asia, & Renaissance Review Game
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance because:
Thriving cities, wealthy merchants, and ancient heritage
Italy was not the birthplace
England was the birthplace because of Shakespeare!
Constant warfare brought the Renaissance to Italy
Renaissance means "____________"
rebirth
new ideas
human achievement
middle ages
Why were Wealthy merchant families important in Italy during the Renaissance?
They had a lot of money and helped pay for the creation of art!
They hated art and attempted to stop it from happening
They were not as rich as they said they were and caused the country a lot of debt.
They were rich, but kept to themselves.
What is the intellectual movement that focused on human achievement and individuality instead of the divine?
Realism
Humanism
Science
Skepticism
True or False: The art and literature of the Middle Ages was looked down upon so the Renaissance scholars looked back to Ancient Greece and Rome.
True
False
This Renaissance writer is best know for writing "The Prince" - which changed political philosophy forever.
Francesco Petrarch
Leonardo Da Vinci
Niccolo Machiaveli
Martin Luther
Perhaps the most important invention in starting the Modern Age:
The pen
The Tennis Shoe
The Printing Press
The Clothes Line
What do YOU think is the biggest contribution the Renaissance gave the world?
The Artistic techniques
The Invention of The Printing Press
The Prince - Political Philosophy
Scientific Advances - Galileo
This person invented the telescope and observed the moon. He was also arrested and confined to house arrest by the Church for supporting heliocentrism. Who were they?
Galileo
Da Vinci
Copernicus
Aristotle
This family was important because they created the first bank and were the most important in the city of Florence. Who were they?
Sforza Family
Borgia Family
Piccolomini Family
Medici Family
Where did people get their information from BEFORE the Scientific Revolution?
Ancient Greek philosophers such as Aristotle
They used the scientific method
They followed the Church’s view
They made up their own minds
These are possible causes of the Renaissance. Which one is INCORRECT?
The Crusades exposed soldiers to new ideas and philosophies
People were becoming more dependent on the Catholic Church
Italian cities were the centers of trade and commerce
The printing press was invented and helped spread literacy
Which of the following is NOT a result of the invention of the printing press?
Books cost more to produce and were more expensive to buy
Literacy increased (more people learned how to read and write)
Books were available more quickly than before
People could keep up with works of literature and science more easily
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Renaissance art?
Religious subjects
Realistic depictions of humans
Flat or 2-D
Styled after the Greeks and Romans
Michelangelo did all the following except which?
Pieta
Sistine Chapel
Adoration of the Lamb
Statue of David
What did "Patrons" do?
Painted great works of art
Gave money and supported the arts
Wrote great plays
Played the Lute
The Greeks and Romans were what? Choose the BEST answer related to the Renaissance
Great cooks and chefs
Empires near the Mediterranean sea
Awesome fashion designers
Two great cultures the people of the Renaissance admired and copied
What did the Printing press do?
Automatically publish newspapers
It was an automatic copying machine printing about 50 pages a minute
Produce large amounts of writings and books so that they no longer had to be written by hand
Printed numbers on football jerseys
Humanism was all of the following EXCEPT which one?
A new focus on this life and the human existence more than the afterlife
The studying of the Human Body
Completely forgetting religion and the afterlife and focusing ONLY on this life
More of a focus on the individual
This is a photo of the what?
Roman Empire
Sistine Chapel
Kings Castle in Hamlet
Greek Empire
Feudalism was what?
A dying form of government in the Renaissance
A new form of painting
A form of government in the Greek and Roman Empires
A new invention during the Renaissance
Lower class during the Middle Ages who worked on a manor in exchange for protection.
Knight
Noble
Lord
Peasant
The ottoman empire practice what religion?
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Where was the Ottoman Empire located?
Southeastern Europe
Southwest Asia
South America
Northern Africa
What is the name of the capital of the Ottoman Empire
Constantinople
Rome
Istanbul
Ceylon
What is the correct location of the Ottoman Empire
Nicknamed 'the Magnificent' or 'the Lawgiver', he was the leader of the Ottoman Empire from 1520-1566
Mehmed the Conqueror
Muhammad II
Mustafa IV
Suleiman
Emperor, Shogun, _____, Samurai,
Peasants, Merchants
A social and political system that provided protection through a stable social pyramid.
