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Renaissance Group 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“Renaissance” comes from the French word for

(a)  

2.

A powerful and major city-state with its own government and the source of beginning of the ideas that led to Renaissance

a)

Florence

b)

Italy

c)

Genoa

d)

Venice

3.

“Man was the (a)   of his own universe”

4.

Key factor in spurring on works from a new creative for of artists and writers.

a)

Wealth

b)

Talent

c)

Finance

d)

Government

5.

Medici Family ruled Florence for more than (a)   years, backed the growing movement.

6.

What subject has been shown or portrayed more frequently in art forms during the renaissance period?

a)

History

b)

Emotions

c)

Everyday life

d)

Faith

7.

Renaissance thinkers considered the (a)   to be a beautiful thing. And in fact, a model for God’s universe

8.

Which of the following people are renaissance explorers?

a)

Johann Gutenberg

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Niccolo de Conti

d)

Geoffrey Chaucer

9.

The Renaissance revived these cultures

a)

Greek and Roman

b)

Old European

c)

French and Italian

d)

English and French

10.

Artisans quickly rose to the top of the social pyramid with the rise of individualism

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The first mass-produced book that was published by a printing press in 1454 -1455 is __________

a)

Orlando Furioso

b)

Hamlet

c)

The Decameron

d)

Guntenberg Bible

12.

The (a)   was defeated by the English Navy force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake.

13.

During the High Renaissance, Leonardo Da Vinci made masterpieces such as _______ and _______.

(a)  

14.

The Thirty Years war, which occurred in the years 1618-1648 began with the __________ which happened in 1618-1621.

a)

Elizabethan Era

b)

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

c)

Bohemian Revolt

15.

The city of florence became wealthy because of ________.

a)

art

b)

trades

c)

food