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WorksheetsRenaissance Vocabulary
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
Consider the different units we've studied, which time period occurred right before the Renaissance?
The Roman Empire
The Middle/Dark Ages
The Greek Empire
The Industrial Area
What does the Renaissance, by definition, mean?
The Renaissance
The recreation
The Reformation
The rebirth
True or False: Renaissance art improved in detail and perspective from Middle Ages art.
True
False
Where did the Renaissance begin?
England
Romania
Morocco
Italy
What is a unique geographic (land) feature of Italy?
It is completely landlocked (surrounded by countries)
It is a peninsula, allowing for trade and travel
It is surrounded by desert
It is an island far away from other countries
Why did the Renaissance begin?
The Catholic Church encouraged people to question it's teachings
People stopped reading books and stopped wanting to learn new information
The events of the Black Death made people question life and it's meaning
The Kings and royalty at the time wanted a new society
True or False: People began to move from the country to the cities after the Black Death.
True
False
True or False: The White House is the same building as the Capitol Building
True
False
What continents are apart of Afro EurAsia?
(a)
What was the quickest way new ideas and knowledge spread throughout the Renaissance time period?
Travel and trade
The internet
The Pope making announcements from Vatican City
Quarantine
What is humanism?
The view that religion does not need to be the center of human life
The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community
A cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of old, classical work
The practice of the Bible being translated into multiple languages
What is secularism?
The view that religion does not need to be the center of human life
A cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of classical work
The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community
The practice of the Bible being translated into multiple languages
What is individualism?
The view that religion does not need to be the center of human life
The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community
The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community
The practice of the Bible being translated into multiple languages
Why was individualism a reaction to feudalism?
What is architecture?
The act of drawing blueprints
The art of making humans look realistic in paintings
The act of making arches
The art or practice of designing and constructing buildings
A type of architecture referring to the ancient cultures of Rome and Greece
Contemporary
Contextual
Classical
Concave
A type of architecture style common in the Middle Ages; Usually very tall, ornate, and pointy
Grandiose
Greater
Graphic
Gothic
Renaissance architecture usually has all of the following except:
Domes
Plain/boring walls
Columns/Pillars
Detail
