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Renaissance Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Consider the different units we've studied, which time period occurred right before the Renaissance?

a)

The Roman Empire

b)

The Middle/Dark Ages

c)

The Greek Empire

d)

The Industrial Area

2.

What does the Renaissance, by definition, mean?

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The recreation

c)

The Reformation

d)

The rebirth

3.

True or False: Renaissance art improved in detail and perspective from Middle Ages art.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

England

b)

Romania

c)

Morocco

d)

Italy

5.

What is a unique geographic (land) feature of Italy?

a)

It is completely landlocked (surrounded by countries)

b)

It is a peninsula, allowing for trade and travel

c)

It is surrounded by desert

d)

It is an island far away from other countries

6.

Why did the Renaissance begin?

a)

The Catholic Church encouraged people to question it's teachings

b)

People stopped reading books and stopped wanting to learn new information

c)

The events of the Black Death made people question life and it's meaning

d)

The Kings and royalty at the time wanted a new society

7.

True or False: People began to move from the country to the cities after the Black Death.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: The White House is the same building as the Capitol Building

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What continents are apart of Afro EurAsia?

(a)  

10.

What was the quickest way new ideas and knowledge spread throughout the Renaissance time period?

a)

Travel and trade

b)

The internet

c)

The Pope making announcements from Vatican City

d)

Quarantine

11.

What is humanism?

a)

The view that religion does not need to be the center of human life

b)

The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community

c)

A cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of old, classical work

d)

The practice of the Bible being translated into multiple languages

12.

What is secularism?

a)

The view that religion does not need to be the center of human life

b)

A cultural movement of the Renaissance based on the study of classical work

c)

The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community

d)

The practice of the Bible being translated into multiple languages

13.

What is individualism?

a)

The view that religion does not need to be the center of human life

b)

The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community

c)

The belief that the individual was more important than the larger community

d)

The practice of the Bible being translated into multiple languages

14.

Why was individualism a reaction to feudalism?

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15.

What is architecture?

a)

The act of drawing blueprints

b)

The art of making humans look realistic in paintings

c)

The act of making arches

d)

The art or practice of designing and constructing buildings

16.

A type of architecture referring to the ancient cultures of Rome and Greece

a)

Contemporary

b)

Contextual

c)

Classical

d)

Concave

17.

A type of architecture style common in the Middle Ages; Usually very tall, ornate, and pointy

a)

Grandiose

b)

Greater

c)

Graphic

d)

Gothic

18.

Renaissance architecture usually has all of the following except:

a)

Domes

b)

Plain/boring walls

c)

Columns/Pillars

d)

Detail